journalism
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Staff Quit After Board Game Site Refuses To Support Black Lives Matter
At least 17 staff (and counting) contributing to Everything Board Games have left the site after its current owner, Lake Leafty, not only refused to issue a statement in support of Black Lives Matter, but said such a statement would be “virtue signalling”.
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The World’s Oldest Video Game Publication Might Be Closing
It’s been announced that publisher Future is considering closing a number of its video game sites, among them CVG. Games websites open and close all the time, and people losing their jobs is always a sad thing, but this one would hit particularly hard because of CVG’s long history. A history longer than any other…
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CNBC Asks: “Did Call Of Duty Kill Chivalry?”
The motives behind shifting gender roles and economics are complex and nuanced. But screw it, let’s blame it all on Call of Duty instead.
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In Praise Of Tough Questions
I heard yesterday that games journalist Brandon Sheffield gave a tough interview to some of the guys who made Rage, this week’s big new first-person shooter.