May 2, 2015
Blackballing: On the relationship between journalists and game makers
In 2007, in the days leading up to the Game Developers Conference, Kotaku reporter (now Polygon’s deputy news editor) Mike…
Author: Brian Crecente
October 24, 2014
The art of the interview
Interviews! They’re not just conversations, but they also are! They’re chess matches, they’re war, they’re a bunch of other terrible…
October 23, 2014
Covering video games as a beat
Video game journalism is, as I love to say, journalism. But it’s also a beat. That means a specific area…
October 23, 2014
The importance of previews
This week’s New York Comic-Con means I won’t be able to do a video with Andrea this week for the…
October 23, 2014
How to write a basic news story and not confuse everyone
Week three and four of my game journalism mentorship is all about putting some of what we’ve learned to use.…
October 23, 2014
The basics of asking questions and getting answers in video game journalism
In the second week of my game journalism mentorship I provide a brief (OK, not so brief) overview of the…
October 23, 2014
Script for the elements of (game) journalism
Last week I posted the first video for my game journalism mentorship program. In the video I walked through the…
October 23, 2014
A round-table discussion of game journalism
As part of my game journalism mentorship I asked a group of talented and experienced game journalists to sit in…
October 23, 2014
The principles of (game) journalism
Today I officially kicked off the mentorship program with this video. The idea is that the video will walk viewers,…
October 23, 2014
Game Journalism 101
Earlier this year, I started an experiment of sorts: A one-on-one game journalism mentorship program. The idea was to measure…