Email: Game Journalist Admits Problem

I stumbled across this article from 2007 where the author discusses the problems with the video game journalists.  Since he is a journalist he defends himself after he says something bad but it was an interesting read.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_106/1286-Cant-Wait-Till-Tomorrow

It isn’t saying anything we don’t already know. What I always find striking is that these writers don’t feel ashamed that they are part of this Pavlovian monstrosity. I’d feel damn ashamed to be so easily manipulated.

Of course, the rub is that the game journalists do not feel manipulated. Rather, they feel like they are the manipulators (i.e. of us).

A choice is coming for the game journalist. Do they tie their boat to the “Game Industry” or to the gamers? One has a future, the other does not.