Archive for the ‘journalism’ Category

5 Dec 1

Concerning Games “Journalism” and Integrity

By now you’ve all seen the whole Gerstmann Controversy. I’m not going to go into details about it, if you want to know what happened just Google it and you’ll find the millions of entries. These events really have brought to a boil something that has been happening for years, that is the changing state [...]

26 Sep 0

Bully Hands on Preview

Last week I visited Rockstar Games to check out their upcoming game Bully. When Bully was announced back at E3 2005 to a small closed door group of press it immediately garnered a ton of attention. Unfortunately it was the wrong kind of attention with numerous groups and a lawyer that should not be named [...]

20 Sep 0

Prices per Region on Consoles

Consider the following quote: Given different costs of living, the price of an Xbox 360 is not the same in San Francisco and Topeka. How do you deal with that? Moore: It’s more expensive in Topeka. But we don’t just look at the console cost in isolation. We look at what it takes to be [...]

19 Sep 0

The Seattle Trip

I recently got to go to Seattle to visit FASA Studios to check out Shadowrun. Of course the flight out there couldn’t be any more nightmarish. Iwas originally supposed to fly from Allentown to Chicago to Seattle. Iwould have left at 10AM Eastern and go there at 2PM Pacific. Insteadmy flight was delayed to Chicago [...]

31 Jul 1

Becoming a Better Video Game Journalist

Game Daily has a pretty good article up regarding video game journalism and ways you can improve yourself. I know this is something I’m constantly looking to do with myself over at Evil Avatar My only question regarding this article though is this; why does he get to tell me what makes me better? Regardless, [...]