You don't have to click far from your homepage to see visible promotion of video games in many online outlets these days - game titles and hardware brands pop up in business, technology and cultural headlines all over the place from the smallest blogs to the New York Times. Apparently the effects the internet has had on the quality and integrity of video game journalism is a bit of a hot-button issue. First, read what BitMob feels are the Top 10 Bad Things the Internet Brought to Gaming Journalism, then check out what CrispyGamer had to say as a followup with their Top 10 Good Things the Internet Has Brought to Game Journalism. And I will sit back and find more already-reported stories to turn into content for my own nonprofessional gamer journalism!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
the internet's effects on videogame journalism
You don't have to click far from your homepage to see visible promotion of video games in many online outlets these days - game titles and hardware brands pop up in business, technology and cultural headlines all over the place from the smallest blogs to the New York Times. Apparently the effects the internet has had on the quality and integrity of video game journalism is a bit of a hot-button issue. First, read what BitMob feels are the Top 10 Bad Things the Internet Brought to Gaming Journalism, then check out what CrispyGamer had to say as a followup with their Top 10 Good Things the Internet Has Brought to Game Journalism. And I will sit back and find more already-reported stories to turn into content for my own nonprofessional gamer journalism!
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