Game Journalism

I wasnt sure how to start this one so i thought i would start with a comment by Kieron Gillen:
"The games press is often painted as corrupt, lazy and – as I mentioned – fundamentally stupid. This is because we tend to be corrupt, lazy and fundamentally stupid."
I would have to agree my oppinion of games press comes pretty close to his description. I have read so many pieces of journalism in magazines and on game sites that i feel quite familiar with the usual bantar. The one thing i have come to realize through my own experience is that the official game magazines have terrible rewiews on low budget games and great cant fault them reviews for high budget games. But i just think their in each others pockets. I always find that some of the best games are those that get past by because its been made by an unknown company trying to get on the market.
Thats why i go on all the un-official sites and go out of my way to get certian mags that i can trust their judgement.
But like Keiron said on his work-blog, the games press are like developers they have too many redicoulous time limits on which they have to keep. But in result dont actually give an accurate account of any game.
In a small conclusion of what i just said games press are lazy because they dont get enough time to write accurate reports on games. And so some fools who cant think for themselves follow all these stupid wabbles of mindless dribble thinking it the complete truth.
You just cant beat good honest gaming where you get the chance to play it and make your own mind up.
In their diffence they have alot to contend with, like games themselves they have alot of competition and if i was writing a review of a game i would like to think it was taken seriously.
Alot of these things occur due to the publishers of magazines and wesites as they are who pay them for doing their review. If the publisher does'nt feel its good enough then the journalist is out of a job.
In the end this is good for the industry as it keeps it fresh and makes people work harder than usual to achieve something great. The bad points are that on occasion it has got tiresome to hear about about the same 3 games again and again. But having said that the oppinions of the game every time you hear it begin to vary and that allows you to make your decision based apon what they have said and what you feel they told was the truth and not something they now sounds like a good story soneone would want to read.
Most reviews are written subjectively as they dont really have much fact about them due to them being a form of oppinion. Though it is possible to make a review of a game entirely subjective it would be very hard for you to make on entirely objective review as to use entire fact you would have to be inside the mind of the person who made it.
And lets face it thats not gonna happen now is it...
Cya next time