Welcome to the games journalism thread. This is a place to discuss the highs and lows of games journalism (EXCLUDING GAMERGATE) along with comparing and contrasting what makes games journalism good or bad in the first place.
Feel free to have debates about what the goals of games journalism should even be, along with articles you really like or think are examples of poor journalistic standards. In addition, feel free to discuss trends with the industry in general, even if you feel they're not innately good or bad and are just aspects of an evolving industry (such as the move from covering upcoming games to covering released games).
While we are focusing on games journalism both big and small, when posting bad games journalism, try avoid linking to a wordpress blog that's only read by the author and five of their friends. There's not much use in wasting time discussing something that no one is reading unless that content is actually good.
To be clear, this is not a thread to promote your own work or to be hostile/abusive to games journalists. Also, this is not a thread to discuss how much you hate that BloodBorne got a 7 out of 10 from a website. And once again, this is definitely not a thread to discuss anything GamerGate related. You have been warned.
Finally, let me list out some guidelines again to help make things clear:
1.) Feel free to make posts about both good and bad examples of games journalism, talk about what games journalism should be, and discuss trends in the games journalism industry in general.
2.) Do not self promote your own work.
3.) ABSOLUTELY NO GAMERGATE DISCUSSION.
4.) Try to avoid tiny blogs that you feel are posting bad content, as no one reads them, and it detracts from discussing the actual games journalism industry.
5.) Do not be hostile and/or abusive to games journalists. This is about criticizing work, not harassing the person.
6.) Think very long and hard before putting reviews in the thread. IGN's Football Manager review is an example of bad games journalism. A site giving BloodBorne a 6 out of 10 is not.
Feel free to have debates about what the goals of games journalism should even be, along with articles you really like or think are examples of poor journalistic standards. In addition, feel free to discuss trends with the industry in general, even if you feel they're not innately good or bad and are just aspects of an evolving industry (such as the move from covering upcoming games to covering released games).
While we are focusing on games journalism both big and small, when posting bad games journalism, try avoid linking to a wordpress blog that's only read by the author and five of their friends. There's not much use in wasting time discussing something that no one is reading unless that content is actually good.
To be clear, this is not a thread to promote your own work or to be hostile/abusive to games journalists. Also, this is not a thread to discuss how much you hate that BloodBorne got a 7 out of 10 from a website. And once again, this is definitely not a thread to discuss anything GamerGate related. You have been warned.
Finally, let me list out some guidelines again to help make things clear:
1.) Feel free to make posts about both good and bad examples of games journalism, talk about what games journalism should be, and discuss trends in the games journalism industry in general.
2.) Do not self promote your own work.
3.) ABSOLUTELY NO GAMERGATE DISCUSSION.
4.) Try to avoid tiny blogs that you feel are posting bad content, as no one reads them, and it detracts from discussing the actual games journalism industry.
5.) Do not be hostile and/or abusive to games journalists. This is about criticizing work, not harassing the person.
6.) Think very long and hard before putting reviews in the thread. IGN's Football Manager review is an example of bad games journalism. A site giving BloodBorne a 6 out of 10 is not.