Comments on: What is Video Game Journalism Becoming? http://gamerlimit.com/2008/12/what-is-video-game-journalism-becoming/ Gamer Limit Thu, 17 May 2012 03:45:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Shawn Elliot’s Review Symposium Begins | Gamer Limit http://gamerlimit.com/2008/12/what-is-video-game-journalism-becoming/#comment-1033 Shawn Elliot’s Review Symposium Begins | Gamer Limit Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:52:29 +0000 http://gamerlimit.com/?p=658#comment-1033 [...] little while ago, I posted about Reviews vs. Criticism. This is an ongoing topic amongst authors and fans of videogame writing. Shawn Elliot, formerly of [...] [...] little while ago, I posted about Reviews vs. Criticism. This is an ongoing topic amongst authors and fans of videogame writing. Shawn Elliot, formerly of [...]

]]> By: Patrick http://gamerlimit.com/2008/12/what-is-video-game-journalism-becoming/#comment-768 Patrick Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:57:17 +0000 http://gamerlimit.com/?p=658#comment-768 You do bring up a good point. Now it seems everyone just makes a blog and thinks they are a video game journalist. I like to read the news about what is happening in the game industry. The internet is full of review (opinion) pieces, top 10 lists, and fanboy propoganda. This is why I try to stick with the larger sites and more well know independent sites. I want facts. I can form my own opinions about games, if I want others opinions then I go to a forum to discuss them. You do bring up a good point. Now it seems everyone just makes a blog and thinks they are a video game journalist. I like to read the news about what is happening in the game industry. The internet is full of review (opinion) pieces, top 10 lists, and fanboy propoganda. This is why I try to stick with the larger sites and more well know independent sites. I want facts. I can form my own opinions about games, if I want others opinions then I go to a forum to discuss them.

]]> By: Seth http://gamerlimit.com/2008/12/what-is-video-game-journalism-becoming/#comment-767 Seth Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:36:31 +0000 http://gamerlimit.com/?p=658#comment-767 Wow. Great find and topic. I don't like the current "nature of the business" as stated in this article. It's interesting that the proposal is to move away from score based reviews though. I think that a score should be arrived at after careful analysis of several factors including fair value and major competitors. In my opinion, the best way to assess whether or not a game is worth the investment of time and money is to play the demo and then skim three reader reviews at different score levels to find out about elements of the game that matter most to you. Wow. Great find and topic. I don’t like the current “nature of the business” as stated in this article. It’s interesting that the proposal is to move away from score based reviews though. I think that a score should be arrived at after careful analysis of several factors including fair value and major competitors.

In my opinion, the best way to assess whether or not a game is worth the investment of time and money is to play the demo and then skim three reader reviews at different score levels to find out about elements of the game that matter most to you.

]]> By: Labwarrior http://gamerlimit.com/2008/12/what-is-video-game-journalism-becoming/#comment-766 Labwarrior Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:35:20 +0000 http://gamerlimit.com/?p=658#comment-766 Seeing that i had 100x more fun playing games like Fable 2, Banjo 3, Lost Odyssey, Ninja Gaiden 2 than the overdcored LBP, Gears 2, MGS4, GTA4 is rather clear that game joyrnalism has died long time ago Completly, there is no such thing as review, there is only high score tribute to well known, or overhyped games, games that totally not worth it and would get 5/10 otherwise (LBP) get 10/10. Why ? because have silly suckboys, and kids are supposed to love them Braid is a 10/10 platformer, LBP is 5/10 in gameplay at best case, that is the problem "game journalism" has today, reviewers have lost any sense of taste and sense about what i worth in gaming That is ... having fun Seeing that i had 100x more fun playing games like Fable 2, Banjo 3, Lost Odyssey, Ninja Gaiden 2 than the overdcored LBP, Gears 2, MGS4, GTA4 is rather clear that game joyrnalism has died long time ago

Completly, there is no such thing as review, there is only high score tribute to well known, or overhyped games, games that totally not worth it and would get 5/10 otherwise (LBP) get 10/10. Why ? because have silly suckboys, and kids are supposed to love them

Braid is a 10/10 platformer, LBP is 5/10 in gameplay at best case, that is the problem “game journalism” has today, reviewers have lost any sense of taste and sense about what i worth in gaming

That is … having fun

]]> By: David http://gamerlimit.com/2008/12/what-is-video-game-journalism-becoming/#comment-764 David Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:19:25 +0000 http://gamerlimit.com/?p=658#comment-764 Thanks for the read. Personnally I'm dead tired of what we call video game journalism. Most of the time its just some fanboy ranting or cussing a game. We just don't have articles like you would find for film or even music album. Thanks for the read. Personnally I’m dead tired of what we call video game journalism. Most of the time its just some fanboy ranting or cussing a game. We just don’t have articles like you would find for film or even music album.

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