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Now THIS is News!
CheapAssGamer.com’s CAGcast podcast recently discussed, well, I’ll let CheapyD himself tell it to you:
On CAGcast #133, Wombat and I discussed how major gaming blogs seem to
post any and all gaming rumors with little consideration given to the
credibility of the source or the plausibility of the story.
It goes on to use the specific example of the [...]
Professional Integrity 101
I’ve never been easy on the big bloggers who call themselves “news sites”; namely, Joystiq and Kotaku. Recently I’ve had a bit of sympathy toward Joystiq, if only because their news stories have been setting a dependable trend of being timely, opinionated and humorous. And, that devil boy Brian “Kotaku” Crecente has been just way [...]
The Lester Bangs of Video Games is Under Our Noses
I’ve been kicking around a response to the uproar that was Chuck Klosterman’s article, “The Lester Bangs of Video Games“. Poor Chuck. He was misunderstood. All he wanted to do was jump on the video game criticism bandwagon. Hell, if Hillary Clinton can put it on her agenda, and with legislators carrying out their witch [...]
Journalism or Plagarism?
Okay, call it a coincidence but I’m really starting to suspect my blog is acting as fodder for “original” news stories on other blogs and online pubs. For instance, I wrote yesterday how this summer is a drought for videogaming, and surprisingly Joystiq, a day later, echoes the same sentiments without naming their source of [...]
E3 2006 – Leftovers and Wrap-up
Everyone is talking like Gears of War is going to be as good as it was intended, which ends up being good for gamers, but does anyone else think that Cliff Bleszinski gets a free ride from the gaming press? Sure he hangs with porn stars, highlights his hair and acts like a rock star, [...]
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