Kyle Orland put together a feature over at GameDaily that discusses the importance of game journalists needing to have played every important game in order to be, well, a good game journalist. The thing is, just because we are in the field, it doesn't mean that we all need to have played every single game in order to bring great coverage to the masses. Check it out and let us know what you think on the subject. I'll share some of the thoughts with you here:
Destructoid's Robert Summa:
Destructoid Executive Editor Robert Summa admits he never developed a taste for Final Fantasy during his formative years because "my circle of friends growing up, that's just not the kind of games we played. We played sports games, Mario, and all the other classics."
Journo views on WoW:
World of Warcraft was a surprisingly common omission from many journalist's playlists, given its popularity among millions of registered players. St. Petersburg Times game reviewer and blogger Josh Korr resisted the game's immense popularity because "for everything I've read about WoW, nobody has satisfactorily explained what's so great about it." Denver Post game columnist Dave Thomas was put off by "the bleary eyes of WoW players as they try to turn their endless hours of grind into some interesting conversation." But some are not so strong -- Gamasutra podcast host Tom Kim finally decided to stop being "that guy who doesn't play World of Warcraft" among his friends because, as he puts it, "there comes a point where, due to critical mass, certain things become nigh unavoidable."
What do you think? How important is it that your favorite source of gaming know-how be extremely well-versed in gaming's past and/or present?
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1:00 PM on 02.09.2007
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As far as my FF absence, I've been trying to go back and fill in those gaps.
Destructoid's editors have their likes and dislikes and put it into what they publish.. That creates discussion and argument, among other things, which luckily I totally get off on. Uh, I mean I enjoy that.
This is probably the number 1 reason I don't play older more established games. There are too many games coming out that I want to play, it tends to make me forget about older ones that I have been suggested to play as well.
Think about that for a second.
Yeah, we're in need of a standards increase, to say the lest.
As for the journalists themselves being developed into an all-around know it all for games. I don't think its necessary at all. Just as long as the team of journalists that are working together have people that fill in the "deficiencies" of others onboard the team.
Its all about the present. I want my news sources to know what the hell is going on. Have opinions on games and have clear reason for loving or hating games, without being fanboys or girls.
In my opinion, he was just being honest.
Plus if you played every game out there, you would never have time to write about them or enjoy them.
-2/10! lol
I don't blame Summa for not wanting to play Final Fantasy, because let's face it, the series is really hit or miss. If you didn't like the first one, you probably aren't going to love the sequels.
Ever.
as far as i'm concerned, i want to see the title reviewed by multiple editors.
typically gaming sites tend to have on staff their fps/action fans, sports fans, driving fans, rpg fans etc...
depending on the title, i like the majority of the review to be done by the writer who enjoys/knows the genre. then i like a couple additional takes on the game from people who may not ordinarily consider playin that type of game. also like it when games are revisted a few weeks after release with additional information regarding online activity.
i have never made it more than 15 mins into anything turn based.
That picture wouldn't be cool if you didn't have those gloves on.
Just thought I'd let you know.
(Ignore me plz)
We can all sit around and pretend the scoring system isn't subjective. I don't care about that. What I want to know is how an average gaming session of the game would feel like. Sure I tend to enjoy occasional poetry from journalists who loves their own voice and enjoy reading about how whatever game is so a rip-off of another but that is more about validating my own opinion or in some cases knowing which opinion to adapt to game.
I got a feeling the gaming journalism is a concept that could endure further evolution but on the other hand taking a sneak peek on how the music and movies journalism work would hint that this is as deep as it gets; the way stuff work is convenient enough. Most people, I.E. people who actually buy gaming magazines and such probably don't share my elitist opinions and that is what matters for the people with the cash. Well I have my Destructoid here to read and I think it is good enough.