Talk:Video game journalism

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[edit] Merge from NGJ

I think this should wait until this article has been fleshed out some more, and the depth to which it will reach is clearer. Right now NGJ is easily worthy of its own page. --Tom Edwards 16:15, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

I originally was going to advocate a merge, but I agree with Tom Edwards' view here. Guroadrunner 20:40, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article title

The article is about computer and video game journalism. As such, it should be moved to Computer and video game journalism. If there are no objections, I will do so myself. JimmyBlackwing 10:01, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree. jaco♫plane 10:08, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Done. JimmyBlackwing 01:53, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Defining publications of note

We need to start regulating what is added to the Publications of Note heading. It's a little flabby as it is, and if the article becomes popular things will deteriorate further. Is there a Wiki-wide policy on these sorts of things? --Tom Edwards 16:11, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another merge - Independent video game journalism

I think we should also merge Independent video game journalism into this article. jaco♫plane 06:42, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] One more merge - Video game magazine

I don't see much value in having two seperate articles here. I think they should be merged. jaco♫plane 11:39, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Definite merge. I don't even see why you're asking! :-p --Tom Edwards 19:47, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
OK, I'll get round to merging these articles soon then :P jaco♫plane 20:25, 2 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Call for research

Hi all. I like this article and request some collaboration on improving it. If you know of any core readings or research on this subject then give an idea of the most reliable sources. I'll have a search around myself. Also - I made some changes in writing style and removal of arguments. Feel free to collaboratively adjust any of my changes to improve the writing further. Thanks AlanBarnet 07:05, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi again just a quick question - this site looks fairly reasonable [1]. If anyone has any similar sites that look to be reasonable sources give me a pointer. Happy new year. AlanBarnet 04:16, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

I searched around for sources some time ago, and I placed most of them in the "References" section of the article. Have you looked through those? JACOPLANE • 2007-01-3 03:08
Sure Jacoplane. They're very useful. I'm looking for a kind of hierarchy of reliability though. Still working on it and there seems to be even more interesting material to write about. Thanks AlanBarnet 06:42, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Touchy subject

I notice the term "Bow N----" is used in the article. I am wondering whether this is appropriate or not. Its certainly not a word I'd use in conversation. It looks a little inflamatory but I'll check up first. AlanBarnet 07:40, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

The Bow Nigger article is actually a really good piece of writing. It's not NGJ though, because NGJ is just an assclown gillonism rather than anything which actually exists. - hahnchen 17:42, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Escapist

I really don't understand why the Escapist is listed as a resource. The other sites listed here are huge gaming sites while the Escapist is a new, small site with hardly any content and definitely does not help define Video game journalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.21.234.162 (talk) 15:13, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't call seven features a week by leading writers and the most popular video reviews in all gamedom "hardly any content". The Escapist might not have the reach of Gamespot, but that's because mainly it targets a better-educated and more influential audience. --Tom Edwards (talk) 18:36, 14 December 2007 (UTC)