I've been thinking about this for a long time and thought I would bring it up here. Roadie has mentioned it a few times as well, so I'm sure we have a similar view on this topic.
I love video games and I'm a journalist, so why not marry the two together and do something with it. Aside from the fact that it's every gamers wet dream, I doubt I'd have a chance in such a competitive field. However, video game journalism has been going down the tubes. More often than not, I've been reading poorly written and researched articles as of late. Most reviews I read are dripping with opinion over personal taste, which isn't unbiased journalism.
What pissed me off today was this article.
http://ca.kotaku.com/5811155/duke-nukem-forever-appears-to-be-a-full+priced-messAlthough his impressions are probably founded, I can't help but grit my teeth every time I read a poorly written article on Kotaku, which is quite often.
I find it unacceptable to find spelling errors, or in this article's case, words missing entirely in a "professional setting". Everyone makes mistakes, but how do these thing get through the door? Do they not proof read their shit? Where are the editors? I think this asshole wanted to get his opinion out there first and fired it out the cannon ASAP.
Another example is the whole TMPS3 "auto lock" - "tight turn" debacle some dork at Kotaku wrote about. Like how are these fucking people still employed? Do they not research something or ask the right questions in the field? They are at the front lines and reporting false information back to their readers.
These same people don't even know how to review their games either. They get someone who loves Modern Warfare to review the latest Final Fantasy game or a Street Fighter god to give his thoughts on Peggle.
I seriously want to make my own site where we can all review games ourselves. No pointless rating system, no pandering, no personal vendetta against a style of game. Just straight up "this is how it is." If someone loves RPG's, let them review the RPG's and not some shit they don't have a history of playing. Fuck breaking industry news. Leave that to the organizations with the money and connections. I'm talking rent/buy a game on release day, sink some hours into it, and give the world your thoughts.
Alas, we are nobody and there's too much competition. What can a rag tag bunch of gamers do to the video game world?
So the question is, what do you guys think about video game journalism?