News: Various views on game journalism

February 15, 2005, 02:04 PM

by chazumaru, via Various -
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A bunch of interesting views on the issues and challenges of videogame journalism have surfaced on the net lately. Game Girl Advance gave new impetus to the recent discovery of reviews from a communist viewpoint by openly criticizing "New Game Journalism". The Video Game Ombudsman linked to an unforgiving two-part rant from These Damned Machines Are Killing Me trying to figure out why exactly consumer game magazines suck (here & there). Although more optimistic, Matthew Sakey's latest column at the IGDA argues that the press has "a responsibility to comport itself in a certain manner, and some of the more childish antics, while amusing (if you're eleven), reflect poorly on the industry". Meanwhile, on GI.biz, Future Publishing CEO Greg Ingham defends his strategy after Future's £97.5 million bid for Highbury House, Future's main challenger in the UK's video game press industry. Those entering in the business in such turbulent times might want to take a look at these links.