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AP's Slagle Moves to SOE PR

Another one bites the dust.

While I'm happy and all for Matt Slagle's move into a job he seems to be really jazzed about, I'm not so thrilled about what it means for games' journalism. As the National Technology and Business reporter for the Associated Press, Slagle was one of the few mainstream reporters out there who really got gaming and it's disheartening to see him leave. We need more people like Slagle covering the biz, not less. At least they still have Lou Kesten. Let's hope the hire someone to work with him on ever-expanding beat.

Jubilant, yet still depressing press release on the jump.

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1:00 PM on Thu Jan 3 2008
By Brian Crecente
1,010 views, 14 comments

deconstruction

Kotaku's Game Club

OK, so I've had this idea for months now, but I can't seem to get it off the ground because: More »

2:00 PM on Tue May 29 2007
By Brian Crecente
11,080 views, 434 comments

journalism

Fukubukuro! A Year In Games.

"Fukubukuro" is Japanese for "lucky bag." They are sold all over Japan during New Year's, and retailers cram a bevy of goods into a bag. The contents, however, are a mystery until the customer plops down their money and opens it up. Over at game site Insert Credit, Tim Rogers has penned "fukubukuro 2006: GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION." It's a whopper, and as Tim explains: More »

5:00 AM on Thu Feb 15 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
412 views, 7 comments

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Scoring EGM's Rumor Mill

Kyle Orland, formerly of Video Game Media Watch, currently of Joystiq, and now the Media Coverage Columnist over at Game Daily, reviewed a year's worth of Electronic Gaming Monthly's Quartermann rumor mill, to see how it does at predicting things to come in the gaming industry. More »

3:01 PM on Fri Jan 12 2007
By Brian Crecente
284 views, 21 comments

mtv

MTV's Darkest Moments of Video Game Reporting

MTV's Stephen Totilo put together an interesting story about his darkest moments of video game reporting. It shows a little of what happens between the game playing, game reviews and Q&As in the life of a gaming journalist. More »

1:00 PM on Fri Dec 22 2006
By Brian Crecente
476 views, 7 comments

hugh hefner

Hef's Always Been A Gamer

Playboy editor Scott Alexander tells Dean Takahasi from The Mercury News why the men's magazine has been moving into gaming for the past three years. From the article: More »

5:22 AM on Fri Nov 17 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
408 views, 6 comments

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PS3, Wii To Scale With Cat

When Crecente did one of our readers a favor, going to monumental lengths to stack three DVD cases next to his Wii—to see if Nintendo was being accurate with their size comparisons—it was a landmark moment in gaming journalism. Now, we can take it a step further, determing not only the size of the Wii compared to a cat, but the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as well. So... there you have it? Michael McWhertor More »

8:00 PM on Mon Nov 13 2006
By Michael McWhertor
363 views, 48 comments

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How To Be Games Journalist

On the heels of Crecente's How to Write for Kotaku post, comes GameSetWatch's round-up on how to become a games journo. From the writer who coined "New Games Journalism," Keiron Gillen, comes: More »

4:22 AM on Thu Nov 2 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
592 views, 19 comments

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Pitchfork To Klosterman: It's Technology, Stupid

Tired of hearing about Esquire columnist Chuck Klosterman bemoaning the lack of a games critic on par with Lester Bangs? Too bad. We're going to talk about it again. And I can't promise you it'll be the last time. What I can promise you is that the first commenter to namedrop Tim Rogers get their commenting access pulled rightquick. More »

5:22 PM on Sat Jul 29 2006
By Michael McWhertor
108 views, 7 comments

kotaku

The Rest Of You Need To Become Better Games Journalists

Not us. For not only is the Kotaku crew one of the best looking groups of gaming writers, with a collective fashion sense that shames our distinguished competition and a singular wit, we have a knack for... making good words... on the page... of the game.... things. More »

10:21 AM on Sat Jul 29 2006
By Michael McWhertor
140 views, 7 comments

square enix

Square Asks For Embargo on Published Game

Kotaku graduate and big-headed leader of the 1Up news crew Luke Smith just gave Square-Enix a public dressing down for an absurd email the publisher sent out to some game writers reminding them what not to cover. More »

8:00 PM on Fri Jun 23 2006
By Brian Crecente
204 views, 10 comments

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Preview Ho: Gamespot/Gamespy

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Feature: Blogging Down the House

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the worst of the year

The Five Worst Game Articles of 2005

A couple of people have pointed me to Something Awful's Five Worst Gaming Articles of 2005 list. Zack Parsons did a wonderful job of proving that you can be both an asshole and right at the same time. Don't get me wrong, I love SA and I friggin adore this article. But man, he's harsh. I suppose sometimes you need a bitch slap to keep things "real", and who better to deliver it? More »

3:00 AM on Tue Jan 3 2006
By Brian Crecente
325 views, 10 comments