I posted a few comments to my Twitter feed the other day that I thought deserved some special attention. The tweets took to task the enthusiast press to task for including “well wishes” in a News post. For a form of media – the gaming enthusiast press – that wants to be taken seriously and leaps to a high horse every time their integrity is questioned due to (usually) a self incriminating blog post, tweet or note on LinkedIn, it seems in conflict with what they actually write.
Why let emotions seep into reporting on games? I’m sure if you look back far enough, I’ve probably done the same thing. “I hope everyone lands on their feet” or some other meaningless line after a studio closure. But why should a “game journo” care about what happens to the employees at Junction Point? THQ? Radical?
