Skullgirls: Slightly Different Edition Video Roundup – Podcast and Interview Edition (12/24)

The games “journalism” issues stem from the lack of specialists when it comes to specific types of games. In the majority of games journalism organizations, I doubt there are “fighting games specialists” and “first-person shooter specialists” and “puzzle game specialists” who get to focus on the types of games in which they are most knowledgeable. It’s mostly “game enthusiasts” rather than specialists; they enjoy video games in general, but are often asked to evaluate different types of games which they know little about. The it’s much like asking a food critic or fashion/lifestyle reporter to become an embedded wartime journalist in a country they can’t pronounce correctly; they don’t have the regional and cultural background information that would tell them what to look for in terms of reporting. And they’ll probably get themselves into trouble that could have otherwise been avoided…

The games industry knowledge seems to be of the same underlying themes that have been floating around for the last decade; crowd-sourcing, publishing and development budgets, etc. If you’re interested in this, head over to Gamasutra or some independent game developer blogs for more detailed information.

Holy crap… TURN OFF THAT PHONE ALREADY lol