tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post3897103086760554979..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: The Difficulty Writing About Video GamesPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-49474629583739822019-12-01T13:57:19.560+00:002019-12-01T13:57:19.560+00:00I remember playing old video games. those were awe...I remember playing <a href="https://theorizingsimplification.blogspot.com/2019/11/understanding-popular-video-games.html" rel="nofollow">old video games</a>. those were awesomeFausto Boyleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241962052412543271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-40214138136778953992013-06-12T09:42:36.460+01:002013-06-12T09:42:36.460+01:00I'm also a big fan of video games :DI'm also a big fan of <a href="http://meowchie.snydle.com/classic-games.html" rel="nofollow"> video games :D</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08511385311743784119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-79657636674300238772012-12-13T11:56:32.494+00:002012-12-13T11:56:32.494+00:00Forgot to mention another retro um, retrospective ...Forgot to mention another retro um, retrospective will be gracing the blog this weekend.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-33248047876866685112012-12-13T10:17:19.951+00:002012-12-13T10:17:19.951+00:00I started off on C&VG and regularly read that ...I started off on C&VG and regularly read that with Your Sinclair and Commodore Format, before graduating to Mean Machines and various Sega mags. The last one I used to get regularly was Edge in 93-94. The others were anarchic and a good laugh while Edge was super serious. Now? Well, it would appear the Xbox rags Cat has occasionally offer nothing but acres of spiritless print. Isn't gaming supposed to be fun?<br /><br />Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-82601177858187075372012-12-12T00:07:12.177+00:002012-12-12T00:07:12.177+00:00Interesting take. Not being particularly academic ...Interesting take. Not being particularly academic I can't really comment on that side, but I do know that video games journalism is big business employing many many journalists, despite the huge shortcomings in coverage you point out.<br /><br />I'll admit on here that my only regular magazine subscription is not to Private Eye, New Statesman or any other such worthy current affairs publication, but to the Official Nintendo Magazine. I cannot rationally say why I still get this magazine through the door as it is little more than corporate puff for the latest from that particular gaming empire. Yet still, age 34, the day the magazine drops on the doormat is a relative highlight of the month when I can immerse myself in glossy screenshots of gaming heaven to come for some hours on the sofa.<br /><br />Is it a psychological comfort blanket to take me back to a more innocent and trouble-free age? Quite possibly. But I doubt I am alone in getting a magazine like this regularly.<br /><br />That said, It's my belief that the standard of video games journalism used to be a hell of a lot higher and I wonder if it is this I miss. <br /><br />I remember being bowled away by the comic-like layout masking quite insightful wit and criticism in C&VG. I remember the ZZAP 64 Gold medals actually really meant the game was worth buying going on hard-gaming experience. I remember "Total" magazine for Nintendo systems ploughing a fairly niche independent furrow with good humour.<br /><br />It's fair to say now that as games have become more corporate and mainstream, so indeed has the journalism which covers it. Similarly, as with most other areas of trade/hobby press, the link between journalists and industry is cosy and conformist so rocking the boat with overt criticism is rare and not encouraged.<br /><br />Is there space for a new and bolder brand of journalism in the world of games? I think there is given the average age of gamers. But would it make enough money to be sustainable? As with all other areas of journalism - unless punters are willing to pay for it, making something work like this would probably have to be labour of love than a business looking to sustain itself.<br />Alex Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197211489381075789noreply@blogger.com