Emphasis on the “(hopefully)”
- Rock Paper Shotgun saw fit to take down this review of the Official WoW Magazine (explanation for why here), but I still found it interesting. So will you, perhaps?
- I’ll have more on Game Theory soon, I hope, but for now just read their generalize take on what game journalism can do better.
- I am such a fan of this idea for travel journalism through the lens of game design. Kind of like a new spin on This Gaming Life.
- A lot of the thoughts in this piece about game testers could be applied to game reviewers as well.
- IGN changes from a 100-point scale to a 20-point scale. Here’s betting most of the review still cluster around “7”
- The “glamorous” life of a freelancer, written by a Kill Screen contributor, apparently.
- I wish journalists could analyze sales data at this granular a level in the US.
- Even Tim Rogers thinks he needs an editor.
- Something to keep in mind, critics.
- “Game Reviews in One Sentence! Actually, they are pithy expressions of the core experience… but review is easier to say!”
- “I want to let everyone in on a little secret: Joystiq knew the name of the Kinect five days before it was announced to the public.”
- “I went to the Canadian Arctic once to write. I was hardly attacked at all by night monsters, though.”