Comments on: In The Grim Future, There Are Only Top Twenty Lists http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/ Random Comments About Gaming And Tractors Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Hellfire http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5168 Hellfire Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:33:56 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/#comment-5168 My intent was not to imply that print was ZOMG AWESOMES and the only journalism as clearly that's not the case. There are excellent e-journalists who do their homework and put thought to words with a keen and masterful understanding of the English language.<br> <br> Then, of course, you have the Morgan Webbs. Hell, Mike & Jerry over at the Arcade are closer to real journalism than she's ever been and they're nothing of the sort! My intent was not to imply that print was ZOMG AWESOMES and the only journalism as clearly that’s not the case. There are excellent e-journalists who do their homework and put thought to words with a keen and masterful understanding of the English language.

Then, of course, you have the Morgan Webbs. Hell, Mike & Jerry over at the Arcade are closer to real journalism than she’s ever been and they’re nothing of the sort!

]]> By: Rich Weil http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5167 Rich Weil Sun, 22 Oct 2006 02:05:13 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/#comment-5167 I don't know the guy, but Luke Smith's pic scares the hell out of me. Right out of an 80's TV series. I don’t know the guy, but Luke Smith’s pic scares the hell out of me. Right out of an 80′s TV series.

]]> By: Aufero http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5166 Aufero Sat, 21 Oct 2006 20:04:39 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/#comment-5166 <i>Going by that criteria, there\'e2\'80\'99re quite a number of people in print media who aren\'e2\'80\'99t journalists, as they\'e2\'80\'99re not celebrities.</i><br> <br> Exactly. Going by that criteria, there\’e2\’80\’99re quite a number of people in print media who aren\’e2\’80\’99t journalists, as they\’e2\’80\’99re not celebrities.

Exactly.

]]> By: J. http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5165 J. Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:13:01 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/#comment-5165 Not everything available to read in print media is journalism. Not everything available to read in print media is journalism.

]]> By: Soulflame http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5164 Soulflame Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:20:54 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/#comment-5164 Fifteen Minutes Ago would be a great name for a rock band. Fifteen Minutes Ago would be a great name for a rock band.

]]> By: Jason Ballew http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5163 Jason Ballew Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:34:45 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/#comment-5163 Going by that criteria, there're quite a number of people in print media who aren't journalists, as they're not celebrities. Going by that criteria, there’re quite a number of people in print media who aren’t journalists, as they’re not celebrities.

]]> By: Aufero http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5162 Aufero Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:22:57 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/#comment-5162 <i>if you write a review, and it\'e2\'80\'99s published, it\'e2\'80\'99s a form of journalism, and that makes you a journalist.</i><br> <br> Your opinions aren't news unless you're a celebrity, and if it's not news, you're not engaged in journalism. if you write a review, and it\’e2\’80\’99s published, it\’e2\’80\’99s a form of journalism, and that makes you a journalist.

Your opinions aren’t news unless you’re a celebrity, and if it’s not news, you’re not engaged in journalism.

]]> By: TPRJones http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5161 TPRJones Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:01:58 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/#comment-5161 Most of what these people do isn't dealing with "news", though. It's editorialization in the form of reviews, with the occasional interview thrown in. Most of what these people do isn’t dealing with “news”, though. It’s editorialization in the form of reviews, with the occasional interview thrown in.

]]> By: Jason Ballew http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5160 Jason Ballew Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:43:55 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/#comment-5160 Agreed. Which is why I said that it is up to the 'journalist' in question to actually be a journalist, and not just some guy with a blog who bought a used copy of Spyro for the PSX and decided to review it.<br> <br> I'm very lucky in that I have a good boss at GT who has a vision and cares about it. Agreed. Which is why I said that it is up to the ‘journalist’ in question to actually be a journalist, and not just some guy with a blog who bought a used copy of Spyro for the PSX and decided to review it.

I’m very lucky in that I have a good boss at GT who has a vision and cares about it.

]]> By: J. http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5159 J. Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:25:14 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/18/in-the-grim-future-there-are-only-top-twenty-lists/#comment-5159 In the age of the Internet, everyone can be a journalist, however. That doesn't mean they're responsible, that doesn't mean they're answerable to anyone, that doesn't mean they even have to take personal responsibility for what they write. Freelancers are only as good as their editors.<br> <br> And when it's about games, given how unevenly attention-whoring game companies can be, you can be a "game journalist" by just making yourself available to solicit reviews of whatever you feel like playing and writing about. In the age of the Internet, everyone can be a journalist, however. That doesn’t mean they’re responsible, that doesn’t mean they’re answerable to anyone, that doesn’t mean they even have to take personal responsibility for what they write. Freelancers are only as good as their editors.

And when it’s about games, given how unevenly attention-whoring game companies can be, you can be a “game journalist” by just making yourself available to solicit reviews of whatever you feel like playing and writing about.

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