Sounds like you’re the one who is “jumping on his white horse”

Way to Go

1. I never said I was the first person to spot poor journalism in the gaming field. In fact I said “Well I’m writing because video game journalism is crying out for help… This is not news.” “THIS IS NOT NEWS” Sarah. “Game journalism’s immaturity has been analyzed by many people in the industry.” SO I am not riding on my “white horse” to save the day Sarah. I’m merely contributing, hopefully positively, to a journalism field.

2. Player Three hasn’t empolyed someone who doesn’t love games. Who the hell would write for a Gaming News site, without being paid, and not like games? No one. When I said “These journalists don’t necessarily need a vast general knowledge on the gaming industry” I meant they dont necessarily need to be aspiring, or qualified game designers or involved professionally in the industry somehow. The two tiers of Player Three consist of 1. The writers who aim to one day become, or are already, paid journalists. These people have training in journalistic principles and form the foundation of the articles. THEY ALSO LOVE GAMES. And 2. the avid gamers, who currently, are all studying to become Game Designers, or already have experience in the industry. Player Three’s aim is to use the journalists’ formal training combine with the incredible knowledge of our gamers to produce an anti-blog style, traditional print media style of writing.

3. You mention reviews. Player Three doesn’t do reviews as yet (maybe you didnt actually check out our site). If we did, they would obviously be written completely different to our news articles.

To conclude, you’ve twisted and misread my words in a typical blog-about-whateve-comes-into-my-head style.

If any of you are interested contributing positively to games journalism please email me at editor@player-three.com. Or visit the site at http://www.player-three.com/

Thank you for your time!

Trust this sort of stuff to be in Crikey though, the home of pompous self important old media hacks.

Although perhaps those guys are the Stewart and Colbert of the gaming journalism world… but I don’t think they would shirk the title of “gaming journalist” too quickly!