With physical print becoming a thing of the past, more and more publishing houses are turning to the internet to get their news out to their audience. However, in the case of gaming journalism I feel these publication houses have yet to find a standard formula that not only works, but also appeases their readers. With that being said what is it that we, the gaming public, would like to see? Is it more reviews and previews, is it more of an in-depth look into the games themselves, or do we want more interviews with the game makers? Along those lines, how do we want the material presented? Do we as the gaming public want shorter, more concise articles and reviews or do we prefer a writer who goes into a lot of depth and background? These are important questions that we as the gaming public should be asking ourselves. With physical print slowly dying out major changes to journalism are inevitable. When this time comes these publishing giants along with their writers will be looking to their readers to help shape the way such content is presented.
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Not that I want to put professional writers out of business... I like information on upcoming games (like Borderlands, MAG, etc)... but for a review I prefer more information and fewer "impressions". I want to know the various modes available; does it have online or offline co-op?, does it have switch sticks, inverted view controller options? I guess I wish that reviewers stuck around after posting a review and answered questions (which they do seem to do here to some extent).
The problem I have with "regular gamers" writing reviews is that their/our opinions are usually more biased than the "professional" writers. I would rather trust someone who sits down and plays games endlessly everyday over somebody who thinks Halo 3 is the crowning achievement of games. That's probably an extreme example but hopefully you get my point. And "regular gamers" will more often have buyer's remorse if they pick up a crappy game; so they might try and justify their purchase by exaggerating the good and omitting the bad aspects of the game in their review.
Add in a bit of "Not So Serious".
Multiple writers to cover all genres.
Have more than one reviewer to off-set the person that enjoys the genre and get a true unbiased opinion.
The perfect blend of humor and being serious.
Cover all sorts of little things such as homebrew and the like, the good ones and the bad.
Games reviewed on their merits, not compared to every single game out there.
@Holy
You mean game journalism needs more loud, obnoxious, arrogant assholes who think to highly of themselves, are shitty writers and vastly overestimate just how funny they think they are?
I don't see how that would help the current state of gaming journalism.
also, cocks.