Once again, further proof that mainstream press shouldn’t let just anyone cover games! National Public Radio’s Chana Joffe-Walt has an interview with Halo: Contact Harvest author Joseph Staten. The book was a New York Times best seller, but Joffe-Walt couldn’t care less. Not only is she ignorant about gaming, she’s brings her own ill-informed predujices to the the interview. There are exchanges like this:

Joffe-Walt: “Yes, my fellow non-gaming Luddities, there is a story to Halo. I know, I thought the same thing. Isn’t gaming all just shoot’em up? Why do you need story?” Staten: “I think to understand why stories are important in games, you need to actually play them.”

But wait, there’s more! That, after the jump.