Screw your journalism: Why games blogging is nothing to be ashamed of

When I first started my career as a writer, I had one goal — to be a videogaming journalist. I wanted to review games, specifically, for some major Web site like IGN or GameSpot. I wanted to write for magazines like Edge or Games(tm). Never in a million years did I think that, rather than being the straitlaced ace reporter of my mind’s projection, I would be writing satirical articles for an indie Web site that sports a big green robot for a mascot.
During my time on one of the big three videogame blogs, however, I find myself unable to look back. As people grow more and more eager to paint a thick dividing line between what it takes to be a games "journalist" and a games "blogger," I introspectively ask what it means to be in the latter camp — a camp that finds itself loved by some, […]

Original post by mrdestructoid@gmail.com (Destructoid.com) and software by Elliott Back