In-Depth: ‘Meet the Editors: The State of Game Journalism’

[In a special version of his regular GameSetWatch column, British games journalist and producer Simon Parkin interviews editorial leaders from Eurogamer, IGN, and Edge Magazine to produce ‘a snapshot, albeit partial, into the state of the specialist gaming press in mid-2008.’ Oh, and the picture is how the games press are portrayed, not necessarily how they are.]
Few avenues of journalism are so dimly regarded as the specialist gaming press. Viewed as little more than hobbyists covering an adolescent industry, game journalists earn few accolades and command little respect from their peers in the older mediums. And readerships too can be vicious in their skepticism, accusing gaming websites and magazines of being fawning mouthpieces for the industry they cover, their writers rarely breaking real stories or offering anything approaching lucid commentary or incisive critique.
Poorly paid and overworked, a minority of game journalists continue to cover games full-time into their thirties, […]

Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (Simon Parkin) and software by Elliott Back