tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post1848159040984460941..comments2024-02-05T05:56:50.392-05:00Comments on Insult Swordfighting: Friday afternoon tidbitsMitch Krpatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-78673718812031428092009-01-24T16:37:00.000-05:002009-01-24T16:37:00.000-05:00Here’s a tangential question off Chris’ comment.Do...Here’s a tangential question off Chris’ comment.<BR/><BR/>Do small indie bloggers subconsciously want to be the gatekeepers of games journalism? Do they want to decide who does it and who doesn't? I'm definitely not pointing my finger at Chris here, but his comment brought the question to mind.<BR/><BR/>With the UGO/1UP acquisition and a few hiccups from Kotaku, I’ve read plenty of comments, blogs and tweets about what is and isn’t games journalism.<BR/><BR/>I know, Chris’ talking about bloggers just meeting basic journalistic standards, but I’ve been chewing on the question and figured I’d toss it out.<BR/><BR/>As for Shawn Elliot's twitter and context, I offer you a set of numbers without context.<BR/> <BR/>Following 2<BR/>Followers 5,570Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10057313172612331488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-76165836255364046622009-01-23T14:56:00.000-05:002009-01-23T14:56:00.000-05:00Context helps, but I don't follow Shawn Elliott's ...Context helps, but I don't follow Shawn Elliott's twitter feed in any case - I don't have time to click every single one of his unlabelled links to see which one might be interesting. <BR/><BR/>Generally, I wish bloggers spent more time thinking about what they link to. This is a MAJOR problem at Kotaku - Owen Good, for one, regularly links to posts that are basically garbage, either written by people with no particular insight or credibility, or in the case of that "why Age of Conan sucks" link, he repeatedly links to a post whose author admits he never actually played the game before slagging it. It used to be that journalists had to support their stories with research and quotes. Is it too much to ask that bloggers whose only job is to link to stuff and quip about it, actually validate the things to which they link?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com