Beyond Bossfights

Beyond Bossfights 14 – Blogging and Games Journalism

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Producer’s note: Since the completion of this show, it has been announced that parent company AOL is closing all Joystiq properties, including Massively. I toyed with the idea of recording a short segment for the beginning of the show explaining these developments, but considering the amount of work involved and short timeframe, I decided to release this episode as-is, from a time before either of us were aware of the closures. Justin is an amazingly talented writer, and I look forward to reading his musings on gaming and MMO’s for years to come. If not on Massively, then wherever he decides to post them. Best wishes to all at Joystiq.

This month, I’ve got Justin Olivetti from Massively and Biobreak. We talk about how Justin moved from a purely amateur blogger to paid gaming journalism, the relationship between blogging and journalism, some of the criticisms to come out of #gamergate, and the inception of the Newbie Blogger Initiative.

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Show notes:

What Are the Kids Playing?

Lord of the Rings Online – Little Brax

Definitive Gaming History

Main Topic – Blogging and Games Journalism

Questions/Topics for discussion:

  • How did you start out in blogging?
  • How did you get into professional media? (Did you study journalism?)
  • Do you see the two things filling different needs? Or is it pretty much two different sides of the same coin?
  • Do you think hobbyist bloggers help or hurt professional games journalism?
  • What was the inspiration for the Newbie Blogger Initiative?
  • Has your involvement in professional games media changed how you interact with other gamers?
  • Have you noticed writing about games ever interfering with your ability to enjoy playing games?
  • Do you think there an issue with ethics in gaming journalism? Was this a fair criticism to come out of the #gamergate ordeal?
  • Is it possible that the emergence of “everyday journalists” thanks to new media such as blogging, podcasting, youtube channels has created a dangerous ethical environment (not only game journalism, but any kind of journalism)? In other words could the lack of true journalism training hurt the integrity of journalism overall?
  • You typically interact with the PR arm of a game studio, which is usually very closely tied to the marketing department. Being that it’s their job to present the selling points of a game/release, and a journalist’s first obligation is to the truth, how do you “cut through” the salesmanship in order to do your job?

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