The Escapist Is News
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Well, I would like to say that I do mind when the Escapist tears apart anti-video game studies and yet puts the pro-game studies on a pedestal. That's not to say that the studies are not bunk, but when you get horribly biased articles like the one I linked it doesn't matter whether it's pro- or anti-game. It's great that we're scrutinizing those "anti-game" studies, but we hardly do that to any "pro-game" studies whatsoever, and as such it leads to horribly one-sided debates on the subject.ranger19 said:
Going to wait and see where this is going, but I really liked the old format and the weekly articles. You guys always managed to tackle interesting issues in a compelling way.
Anyway, I have confidence in the Escapist and I'm not going to troll until *after* the new format sets in
Anyway, I have confidence in the Escapist and I'm not going to troll until *after* the new format sets in
Wait what? I'm a little confused now. The Editorial Russ Pitts put up seems to say the opposite of what that statement says.
Are you guys lumping all the daily content into the "once-a-week" big issue; or spreading out the Feature articles to come out freely at any time, like how the reviews work? Wha'd I miss here?
As I understood it, everything will be part of 1 weekly issue, but the articles of said issue will be spread out over the week. So ZP will still be put up on wednesday, but it will also be part of "issue 513" (or whatever number we're upto at the moment...)GrizzlerBorno said:
Ah I see. Then the "Issue number" itself becomes a little...pointless doesn't it? Not that I'm complaining; This system looks like it will work much better at getting more views for the Features, as people now won't have to read a HUGE bunch of rhetoric, all in one go.Eleuthera said:
ok, it's seems that i have to be "that one person" who say it...
alot of the news i see in the escapist just makes no sense being there in the first place.
take or example the body armor story. now why does even exist on the escapist? it got nothing to do with gaming nor gamers.
i really understand that most of the writers want to be validated as respectable journalists. but writing about "the newest smartest computer who is going to take over the world of the week" is really irritating when you only should writ about games and gamers...
alot of the news i see in the escapist just makes no sense being there in the first place.
take or example the body armor story. now why does even exist on the escapist? it got nothing to do with gaming nor gamers.
i really understand that most of the writers want to be validated as respectable journalists. but writing about "the newest smartest computer who is going to take over the world of the week" is really irritating when you only should writ about games and gamers...
I like your news, and there seems to be left "via" articles over time. That's the important bit though, if you're going to make news a thing, you need to make sure that a reasonable portion of it is your news and not leech news.
I like the article selection choice on the Escapist though, very rarely is there a report on something I don't find interseting.
Finally, still on the lines of what counts as news, if something major happens to a certain famous gaming magazine website, maybe one we're tied up in and have accounts and details lodged with and maybe if that major thing that happens involves a certain hacking group, and maybe if that hacking group is something that definitely isn't spelled Lulzsek but is possible very similar, and maybe if that website has taken every opportunity at taking digs at Sony for only telling us what happened a couple of days after the event.
Maybe that gaming magazine website thing, should actually, you know, report it.
I like the article selection choice on the Escapist though, very rarely is there a report on something I don't find interseting.
Finally, still on the lines of what counts as news, if something major happens to a certain famous gaming magazine website, maybe one we're tied up in and have accounts and details lodged with and maybe if that major thing that happens involves a certain hacking group, and maybe if that hacking group is something that definitely isn't spelled Lulzsek but is possible very similar, and maybe if that website has taken every opportunity at taking digs at Sony for only telling us what happened a couple of days after the event.
Maybe that gaming magazine website thing, should actually, you know, report it.
Everything on the site - news, feature articles, comics, reviews - is all now considered part of the magazine. We won't be publishing features once a week in a lump like we used to, but rather spreading the articles out. So rather than the rest of the content conforming to the way we used to handle the features, the features are now getting with the program and being handled the way the rest of the content is.GrizzlerBorno said:
Who says we should "only write about games and gamers"? This isn't about being "validated as respectable journalists," it's about sharing things that we find interesting with you guys, because we think you'll find it interesting, too. Stuff like robots and Doctor Who and scientific discoveries and movies. It's all part of the culture that we nerds enjoy, and the audience has proven that they enjoy it, too. If you don't personally like that stuff, it's easy enough to skip over so you can get to all the game news we cover.hapipdalia said:
Ah, I see. Thanks for the Clarification.Susan Arendt said:
And for the record, I think this is an excellent change. Best of luck.