Comments on: The trouble with games reporting… http://www.paulcallaghan.net/blog/2010/03/22/the-trouble-with-games-reporting/ Writing; Games; Culture. All opinions are my own. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:00:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul http://www.paulcallaghan.net/blog/2010/03/22/the-trouble-with-games-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-2926 Paul Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:05:19 +0000 http://www.paulcallaghan.net/?p=469#comment-2926 <a href="#comment-2923" rel="nofollow">@FreakyZoid </a> Thanks. I actually think the way to deal with the problem isn't to bring games industry people in at all, but to find our mainstream voices. Both of the other panellists on that program were well known in other circles, whereas Tim is a gamer and identifies as one - and has no media presence beyond that. As a result, he's easily dismissed - and the same thing would happen to someone like Stuart Campbell, especially if they resorted to the same tactics as the other speakers on that show. @FreakyZoid
Thanks.

I actually think the way to deal with the problem isn’t to bring games industry people in at all, but to find our mainstream voices. Both of the other panellists on that program were well known in other circles, whereas Tim is a gamer and identifies as one – and has no media presence beyond that. As a result, he’s easily dismissed – and the same thing would happen to someone like Stuart Campbell, especially if they resorted to the same tactics as the other speakers on that show.

]]> By: FreakyZoid http://www.paulcallaghan.net/blog/2010/03/22/the-trouble-with-games-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-2923 FreakyZoid Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:07:48 +0000 http://www.paulcallaghan.net/?p=469#comment-2923 Great article. There is also a problem that when games journalists are given a platform to defend them, they often come across as the exact "quiet shut-in" stereotype. We need confident, charasmatic, and well informed people out there being a talking head/opinion for hire. I wrote something today about a TV piece that aired recently in the UK here, I would be inetersted to hear your thoughts: http://www.mainlyaboutgames.co.uk/2010/03/how-to-better-stand-up-for-the-video-game-industry Great article. There is also a problem that when games journalists are given a platform to defend them, they often come across as the exact “quiet shut-in” stereotype. We need confident, charasmatic, and well informed people out there being a talking head/opinion for hire.

I wrote something today about a TV piece that aired recently in the UK here, I would be inetersted to hear your thoughts: http://www.mainlyaboutgames.co.uk/2010/03/how-to-better-stand-up-for-the-video-game-industry

]]> By: Brenda http://www.paulcallaghan.net/blog/2010/03/22/the-trouble-with-games-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-2914 Brenda Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:14:39 +0000 http://www.paulcallaghan.net/?p=469#comment-2914 Why do they single out games? The violence in an average video game is more tame than the Grimm brother's tales. How about a witch abducting children and baking them in her oven? Campaigns to stop books being published have disappeared from our society - or at least they don't get the kind of press coverage that games get. As a fun exercise, try changing every instance of "gaming" to "reading" in an article. Shows how silly they are. Why do they single out games? The violence in an average video game is more tame than the Grimm brother’s tales. How about a witch abducting children and baking them in her oven?

Campaigns to stop books being published have disappeared from our society – or at least they don’t get the kind of press coverage that games get.

As a fun exercise, try changing every instance of “gaming” to “reading” in an article. Shows how silly they are.

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