Writing About Games Does Not Make You A Games Journalist

"I know the line behind us is long. There is an army of bloggers and tweeters ready to step into our roles. No one is questioning their enthusiasm or passion for the medium. But these people still need experience; they need seasoning; they need to grow up. We need adults filling these roles, not inchoate 20-somethings anxious to declare that Modern Warfare 2 has 'the best graphics ever.'

At a time when games are growing up, when the medium is getting more sophisticated and adult, we are losing our most sophisticated and adult critics. We are losing our most articulate voices."

-- Scott Jones, 'It's Hard Out There for a Game Journalist'

[This is also why I correct people when they try to call me a 'veteran.' Doing something long enough to earn a full-time job does not a veteran make.]

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