Burying the Lede « The Game Beat

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Burying the Lede

I'm so pissed I missed the screening text adventure documentary GET LAMP at PAX East, but luckily now I can buy it. And so can you!
I don't know if it's a good sign or a bad sign for games' widespread acceptance that WCG Ultimate Gamer is starting a second season on SyFy soon. But it's definitely a sign.
Dan Amrich talks about how he battled feelings of burnout during his GamePro days.
Game journalism can be confusing.
G4 knows how to label stuff.
"When I first started writing professionally, having a gender-neutral name as I do, I wouldn't even disclose that I was female unless asked directly, not just because I feared backlash, but because I didn't want to make it relevant."
"The problem with judging the value of [classic gaming] mags isn't that there's a vast oversupply. It's more a case of under-demand."

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Kyle Orland has been writing about video games (and video game journalism itself) professionally for a wide variety of outlets for nearly a decade. He's the author of Wii for Dummies and the co-author of The Videogame Style Guide and Reference Manual. His favorite game of all time is Super Mario 64.