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darkknightkryta on 06 January 2015
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adriane23 said:
XanderXT said:
adriane23 said:
Guitarguy said:
Greg Miller wasn't a serious gaming reporter in my opinion. Half of the podcasts were him just making bad jokes or messing around with the other dudes. Still a big blow to IGN but I doubt the general public will notice/care.

I think that's what you would call an oxymoron. Greg Miller was one of the few editors at IGN with an actual journalism degree, and a professional journalism background. He said a few times that gaming journalism/reporting wasn't real journalism/reporting. Gaming reporting is critical blogging on its best day.

Huh.... Perhaps I should read more about him. Where can I get this info?

Past Podcast Beyond episodes, and several interviews he's done (See Aisha Tyler's podcast). He got his degree in journalism at the University of Missouri and then got hired as a journalist for a Missouri newspaper before working at IGN. He's said several times that gaming journalism isn't close to what real journalists do on Podcast Beyond.

EDIT: Oh it also looks like he has a Wikipedia page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Miller_%28Internet_celebrity%29

Is it sad to say that his reviews are some of the most unprofessional reviews I've read?  Like, I'm not saying they're terrible, poorly written or anything like that.  But they honestly seem like they're written for blogs.  Whether that's IGN's doing or not, I'm not sure.