Solution: Tell the bullshit to fuck off and use a better business model or accept it and get in line. The people who say the former approach doesn't work are either simply lazy or genuinely happy with the way things are.
Keep writing, keep improv...
But I like reading about volunteer copy/paste jobs :(
Ok, question; how do you make important game journalism (i.e. stories with effort put in) popular?
At the moment there is a trend that the more effort a story has had put into it, the less it...
For me, I try to take at least three passes at the work in an attempt to spread my "good" writing over the whole article. The first step is to find my main talking points. Basically plan out each paragraph so I know there is going to be something ...
I'm the current producer and co-host of Destructoid's Podcastle podcast and the Editor-in-Chief of Negative Gamer.
Negative Gamer came out of my frustration at being unable to talk critically, or right out complain, about videogames and the industry. Whenever I tried, I was met with an ironic backdrop of complaints against my complaining.
NG is about creating a platform where critically orientated discussions of all aspects of the videogame world can take place.
Hey, i've seen some of your work on Ripten. I like your writing style, very engaging. Do you know if Ripten are in need of any volunteer writers? Particularly for game reviews (PS3, PSP, Xbox 360) or general articles.