Theory

[icycalm]

http://wiki.dontpressstart.com/index.php?title=Video_game_journalist

New or Old, it's all the same.

[icycalm]

http://rllmukforum.com/index.php?s=&sho ... &p=6904220

The whole NGJ “movement” died a death really, despite Kieron Gillen’s best efforts; a lot of the articles that were cited as being important in this respect (i.e. the deeply embarrassing “Bow, Nigger”) weren’t all that good. The thing is, NGJ was kind of unnecessary anyway, because games journalism has always been pretty experimental – look at the way Zero or Amiga Power used to review games, i.e. writing it in a script form or doing some kind of mad David Icke-based review of 3D Construction Kit.

This kind of formal wackiness was pretty common in games writing back in the 80s and 90s, mainly because nobody gave a fuck what went into games magazines back in the day.

This, by the way, is the guy who did the "Is Games Art?" article. He knows what he is talking about.

[Very]

http://area5.tv/blog/captivate-2010-par ... grity.html

Despite full disclosure, the interviewer misses the point. I guess he is not acquainted with the concept of conflict of interests.

The answers to the question "why on Hawaii?" remained unsatisfactory even on the comments section, but we all know what is trully behind this event.

[icycalm]

Despite full disclosure, the interviewer misses the point.

Kind of like how you missed the point of this thread.

I guess he is not acquainted with the concept of conflict of interests.

And I guess you are not acquainted with the concept of reading a thread and the article it is supposed to be discussing before you post in it. Which is why you are now banned.

[icycalm]

This is some typical smarmy NGJ fagotry, written by user thinkpadius, who recently joined us here:

http://thinkpadius.com/content/6-ways-t ... mes-part-1

"SIX WAYS TO WRITE ABOUT VIDYAGEAMS", lol. WHY NOT A BILLION? THE MORE THE BETTER, RETARD.

Warning: if you post anything even remotely resembling this kind of bullshit on my site you will be banned.

[icycalm]

More fagotry:

First, this guy says I am awesome because I "say smart things":

That's why I respect Alex Kierkegaard. He takes it completely serious, and says smart things. Even if he's a dick. http://insomnia.ac

http://twitter.com/KeenanW/status/18490788057

Then he replies to this weaboo fagot:

@KeenanW I most enjoy narrative-type accounts of game experiences. I like to see how games affect everyone personally. My fav writing.

http://twitter.com/theshums/status/18492347841

with this fagotry:

@theshums Absolutely. It's hitting on the core of what we experience, which is really the most important thing. No need for theory.

BUT THE "SMART THINGS" I SAY YOU LITTLE FAGOT ARE THEORY! THAT'S ALL I DO FOR FUCK'S SAKE! AND AS FOR THE "CORE" OF WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE -- A BILLION STUPID ARTICLES OF THIS SORT OF WRITING WILL NOT GET YOU A SINGLE INCH CLOSER TO UNDERSTANDING "THE CORE" "OF WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE". NOT A SINGLE FUCKING INCH! YOU'LL STILL BE A DUMBASS WHO THINKS THAT ANYTHING WITH NUMBERS IS AN RPG AND ANYTHING WITHOUT "VIOLENCE" AND SOOTHING AMBIENT MUSIC IS "ART"!

Meh. The dude runs some shitty PC site or whatever. And that's exactly what he deserves to run.

[icycalm]

http://insertcredit.com/2011/07/11/the-world-warrior/

Insert Credit is now, to me, officially back.

Yeah, meandering fluff essay that barely has anything to do with videogames, and when it does is either plain wrong or just merely banal. They're back alright.

And here's some proper criticism of this fluff piece: every other paragraph jumps to a brand-new fucking topic, rambles on for a few sentences, then drops everything almost mid-sentence and jumps to another topic. Even Tim doesn't write so badly, lol.

And what, at the end of the day, did we take away from this essay? That Patrick Miller trained in Jiu Jitsu. That he went to Japan to study at the linked academy. That he plays Chipp in Guilty Gear. And so on and so forth. Nothing really about videogames -- it's all about Patrick. And who is Patrick anyway? Some dude on the internet who enjoys writing about himself, which brings us right back to 2008:

"So talking about videogames is a way for a diary author to attract readers. The diary author of course mainly wants to talk about HIMSELF (his thoughts, his experiences, his travels, his friends -- his boring, banal little life) -- this is what you have to keep in mind when examining his psychology."
http://insomnia.ac/commentary/on_new_games_journalism/

Now, to be sure, there are a few bits and pieces of videogame-related criticism in this incoherent mess of fluff, e.g. that CvS2 is very complex, etc. But no one knows if they are actually correct or not because the author throws them away with barely a sentence to support them, before moving on to the next chapter in the thrilling saga of his pitiable little experiences. He doesn't care enough about games to actually write a full-length piece on any of THEM, you see, he utterly lacks the motivation for that -- he cares just enough to use them in this throwaway manner freshly demonstrated for us by Mr. Miller. And if anyone hasn't got the picture yet, don't worry about that, the good folk at IC will be kind enough to provide many more such demonstrations in the future, all the while lamenting the bad work of professional game journalists, who, though certainly utterly incompetent, are at least TRYING to engage with videogames instead of merely PRETENDING to.

And no prizes for guessing who the world warrior in the title of the essay refers to.