I dont think the fact that you only read product reviews has much weight on game reporting.
In the same way that you only eating carrot cake doesnt really mean that the only thing people bake is carrot cake
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GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Games journalism is a cringe phrase that came up during gamer gate to try and justify sexism.
Y’all write fan reviews that are mean to help advertise products. That is all that has ever existed in the genre and is all anyone wants from it.
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 10 months ago
GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“Ethics in games journalism” was a phrase invented to make gamergate’s sexist attacks on women in gaming sound legitimate and I cringe every time people use the term now. Nobody used the term “games journalism” before then.
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 10 months ago
No one used the specific sentence “ethics in gaming journalism,” is what you meant to say.
The concept of gaming journalism wasnt invented by kiwi farm and 4chan chuds. Because “gaming journalism” is literally that. Journalism. About the industry and artwork involved in video games.
You sound like you bought into their gamergate bullshit.
GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is pedantic, but journalism is a specific thing and it is not generally considered to be what we see in writing about games.
As an oversimplification: Opinion pieces and reviews aren’t journalism. Reporting on facts and information with research and sources is.
While there may have been a few pieces here and there that qualify, the industry around writing about games has never been heavy on facts and research, and it doesn’t need to be. It’s like any other entertainment section writing.
Inventing the phrase “games journalism” was done to try to legitimise a movement that was about sexism. We just didn’t use that term before and nobody was bothered by that, because it doesn’t really apply.
Goronmon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I don’t remember you appointing you as the sole representative for all gamers.
Personally, I think games can be written about beyond “game good” and “game bad”. Or maybe it comes down to whether you find gaming something important, or just a silly way to waste time.
GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You missed my coronation? That’s on you.