| sidmeiernintifan said: In my opinion the issue here is that many game journalists work as game journalists because they couldn't get another job. They are often people with a background in literature, like English majors, and wish videogames were more like HBO tv shows than like games, that way they would be less ashamed of their job. They want videogames to be a "respectable" art form, and mainly a storytelling medium. These are the same people who call The Last of Us the Citizen Kane of videogames, when it has no new gameplay ideas. They would never recognize Doom, Street Fighter II or Super Mario Bros as "The Citizen Kane" of videogames. These writers are ashamed of the people they write for basically. |
Quite true, I would imagine most internet 'journalists' nowadays, don't even have a degree in journalism. Which is why the profession has become a laughing stock. It's sad. But, I guess the best recourse is to do your own research, and let games journalists rot.
