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Is there a need/demand for it?

Yes 28 68.29%
 
No 13 31.71%
 
Total:41
papamudd on 26 June 2013
kowenicki said:

I rarely seen any.

All I see is graduates from the "school of fanboy" or people that couldn't possibly make it in real journalism... poorly researched, badly presented and sensationalist.  Usually kids with a chip on their shoulder.  The main problem is that this is mostly an internet based industry and therefore getting hits is the main driver.

If I have offended anyone here that writes articles... I dont care.

I read an "article" just the other day on the sister site to here and it was absolute biased garbage dresed up as a serious and objective comment.  Another thing that bugs me, opinion pieces (usually biased) dressed up as articles of fact.....  just cut out all the preamble crap and post your final paragraph, thats all you wanted to say anyway.

Gaming journalism is on the same level as blogging in the main and often even lower.


Coming from one of the more vocal and biased people on the message board... Though u do bring up valid points from tome to time i normally skip over your comments



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sales2099 on 26 June 2013

No, there isn't.

With the internet and multitude of sites that gives trailers, screenshots, gameplay videos, and industry news, journalism has no real place.



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famousringo on 26 June 2013

Since the publishers put out press releases for free and there's a glut of poorly thought out opinions on the internet, seems pretty redundant to me.



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Mythmaker1 on 26 June 2013
sales2099 said:
No, there isn't.

With the internet and multitude of sites that gives trailers, screenshots, gameplay videos, and industry news, journalism has no real place.

With respect, what you just described is, in fact, journalism. By and large, it's simply inefficient, heavily biased and unprofessional journalism, but still journalism.



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Runa216 on 27 June 2013

Has anyone thought that maybe, just maybe, the problem lay with the fandom that is so aggressive and divisive (read: fanboys), not the subject matter or the journalism?

Food for thought.



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