@nintendoll - uh, yeah.

Jimbo, your internet famous!

When it comes to news coverage...yeah, print's dead and traditional jornalism is dead.

The ability of sites like Destructoid to cover a story live or seconds after it's happened is a dream for anyone that's searching for information. the wait is over.

And yes this blogs can be a little biased but those of us who visit these websites are looking for that biased, the opinion of true gamer. Also tradional journalism can biased too or in the worst of scenario is "bought out" (Gamespot).

The Blogs give the information a personal touch, that traditional gaming journalism lacks.

Without having watched the video, I think you guys just need to keep doing what you do here, and anyone who thinks otherwise can go suck a fat one. And if others still want to try their hand and ink-on-paper "serious" journalism, more power to them, I guess.

@nintendoll

This.

Also, when did Workman leave Destructoid? I must not have been paying attention when this happened or something.

Gamepro as a respected magazine?

They've got their facts wrong somewhere.

Print does nothing a blog can't...like I said in the c-blogs they're both places to put words, no matter what misconceptions GamePro guy has about the format.

@Nintendoll

The front page on the weekends comes from Cblogs. News and videos from three or four days ago is front page news, today!

One determining factor in this entire argument is that magazines are 30 days old (or more) by the time they hit the news stands. Most of the garbage I read in EGM and GI are things that I've heard over a month ago on Destructoid or Kotaku.

Also, I don't need to know which direction Ed Boon wipes his ass. I only need to know that he's making another Mortal Kombat. Is there much else to the story? No.

People who read videogame "journalism" take this industry way too seriously. Are unbiased reviews and hard hitting investigative journalism really what the industry needs to thrive? People have emotions and opinions, and the greatest thing about living in our country is that we can express them freely. That's what a blogger specializes in doing.

@Concerns of a Merchant
This site isn't driven by the need to produce ad revenue. It is only a means to an end for Niero and crew. If you ever talk to the guy, you'd realize that Destructoid was based purely on his passion for video gaming.

We also have some of the best writers/features in the industry. Look at where some of our alumni have gone to work before shoveling more crap out of your mouth.

I haven't picked up a gaming magazine in years. Like CoutingConflict said, all/most of the news in the magazine is at least a month old, so magazines have become irrelevant (to me, at least).

topFAPgearFAPgorillaFAP:

"News does not always need to be snarky. That needs to change at some point for blogs. As much as we like the "fun" way of doing things, at some point things have to change."

Why does it need to change? There are plenty of "professional" news sites/blogs out there. I, for one, enjoy the laid back, more personal sites/blogs (like Dtoid). There is certainly room for both.

[oh, I guess I'm going to have to split my response]

@Alexeadi
You bring up a good point. There can be a duality, and there should be a duality. And let me be clear, this isn't just about Dtoid or even gaming blogs, it's about journalism as a whole.

You've got newspapers competing with news blogs, People competing with Perez Hilton, Spin and Rolling Stone with a music blog, etc. What I think I mean about "snarky" is that when a site become successful, there must be a certain amount of professionalism. Look at Dtoid for example. Here are people who love games, love writing about them, and love putting there opinion in their writings. However, they do practice a certain level of restraint, for if they wrote really scathing and malicious commentary with no foundation of ethical restraint, they could burn bridges really fast.

Let's be real: this is a business. In every business, there is a certain level of professionalism if you want to succeed. I believe Dtoid understands that absolutaly. They have fun, yes, but you don't see them saying things that will get the site in trouble. And when they do, there is a quick action to remedy the situation. Nick is on the ball, I'd say.

You know, whatever, I've spent the last 20 minutes trying to get the last half of my comment posted, and it's not working due to some glitch. Whatever, forget everything I said. I'll just say this: I love Dtoid. So there.

VideoGame Magazines can not compete with VideoGame blogs. Why? For six reasons:

1. VideoGame Blogs are FREE!!! Magazines cost money. There is no way a pay service can compete with a free one, period.

2. VideoGame Blogs are updated daily. Magazines, even if updated weekly, cannot compete with that.

3. Videogame blogs can cover more topics and have longer articles. VideoGame magazines have to coup with the limitation of space. Paper costs money. Magazine Videogame writers, for that matter, have very limited real estate to write on. A blog can be as long or as short as you want it.

4. Videogame blogs are instant access. Anyone with a PC can access one in seconds. You have to go to a store and buy a VideoGame magazine. That's a step most people won't make.

5. By their very nature VIDEOgames are impossible to convey by words. How are you supposed to know how a game looks like based on the written word and tiny glossy screenshots?

Blogs give you access to trailers, Hi-Rex screen shots, gameplay videos, et cetera. That is why videogame magazines fail.

Same with movies. It's a VISUAL, moving medium so people will mostly base their decisions on the movie trailer not some written word.

Whether a written review is good or bad, it's hard to justify buying something like music, games and movies if you haven't seen, heard, or played some parts of it.

6. User Reviews - Whether it's Destructoid, Amazon.com or IGN, nothing can beat Layman reviews. I'm not a professional gamer or a game journalist. My tastes and habits differ greatly from Professional movie, music, book journalists.

I play games as a hobby, not as a career. How am I supposed to empathize with somebody's opinion who plays games for a living, likely doesn't pay out of his own pocket for games, televisions and gaming equipment and whose hobby and job seem to be one and the same?

Answer: I can't. What a Professional Game Journalist regards as short, easy and cheap may be lengthy, hard and expensive for me. I need people, like those on Amazon Customer Reviews, who play games under similar circumstances to myself. Their opinions and taste, I find, are more similar to mine.

Game and Movie Magazines are fundamentally flawed, as mentioned in Reason 6, in my opinion and can not be trusted or depended upon.

@NihonTiger90

Bad comparison. Trained Police Officers are essential to perform an essential societal service. Trained Professional Game Journalists to write "OPINIONS" on non-essential entertainment media are not.

In deciding what Videogames are "fun" and "not fun", a College Professor's opinion is equality as valid as a Five-Year Old's.

Look at Wii and PS2 owners: most of them never read a Videogame review in their life in deciding which game to buy, and the market did just fine.

Sorry, until the internet and gaming blogs step up the quality they'll never be in the same league as print journalism. It's the same for games as with any genre.

Well the internet will always dominate in this aspect, on the net your news is constantly updated with gaming mags you have to wait and usually the info us outdated.

As for proffesional journalism, neither exists in gaming mags or the internet so that's one aspect where they both fail.

Print mags are great for reading while I make poop. Hence, they will always have a special place near and dear to me. And also in close proximity to the toilet.

There is room for both I think. I've been reading Edge magazine for many years now. Edge has adjusted over those years to what its is now, more feature and interview focused, not so much the news. GamesTM is in a similar cut but more feels more fan focused. Both of these mag are the best I know of out there.

The voice of the fan community of anything is very important, within reason though. I enjoying blogging at any games website that lets me do so, but I usually try to make my work worthwhile. I'm all for the funnies, but sometimes I want to write thought provoking stuff, about ways to make our beloved industry better.

I'm sure Dtoid will be here for a long time to come. A coexistence of both, can only ever give us multiple opinions which is cool.

I found myself picking up a game mag while waiting for my wife in a bookstore the other day. (Reading is for nerds) I haven't had a subscription for at least 3-4 years. I noticed how great bad-looking games looked...then I realized games look a lot prettier as a 2x2 inch photo on glossy paper than as a high rez jpeg.

Do miss having something to read in the bathroom, though.

I think they both have thier place.

I come here for honest opinions and different takes on things then I would normally get from, say, EGM or whatever.

Sometimes I enjoy reading the articles in a magazine too though. Different vibe but I still enjoy it. Normally that's when I'm about to pass out or take a crap but you get the idea.=P