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It's honest, but took a decade for them to admit by Mysterio 05/30/2016, 12:29am PDT
the way big publishers treat game outlets as their marketing arms
Which all the big sites had no qualms about, and were complicit in (or ignorant to allow?). Nobody inside was willing to expose.

a mostly unsustainable career that many people just see as a path to PR
Because they weren't accredited journalists and worked directly with PR depts. Most of that was probably legit to get pre-release info, but there's also greasy kickbacks. It's only been openly talked about in recent times after outsiders started turning over rocks. Moral panic burn out, plus the sinking of Gawker helps too.

anon wrote:

Is this a common alternative avenue to vidya game journalists?
Depends. Bloggers are generally networked with PR firms via a partner, or more directly with a publisher. You'd expect to see them fall into advertising, social media or community managers role. However, if it's somebody from Kotaku or Polygon then it's more awkward to go into an interview given the fact that they probably straight up shit all over on the hard work of people in the industry for a clickthrough.
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Trolling Metacritic readers with asinine game reviews not working anymore by Mike Williams of USGamer.net 05/28/2016, 11:43pm PDT NEW
    Re: Trolling Metacritic readers with asinine game reviews not working anymore by anon 05/29/2016, 11:52am PDT NEW
        Tom's over 35, so I guess that anon quote doesn't apply to him har har har by Mike Williams of USGamer.net 05/29/2016, 12:54pm PDT NEW
            I should add that game journo to game industry worker is a common transition by Mike Williams of USGamer.net 05/29/2016, 1:01pm PDT NEW
                That Kotaku loser! Holy shit! by Mysterio Lollerson 05/29/2016, 8:23pm PDT NEW
                    It's honest, but took a decade for them to admit by Mysterio 05/30/2016, 12:29am PDT NEW
                        Maybe producer is the term Im struggling with. by anon 05/30/2016, 9:26am PDT NEW
                            Erik, the exception that proves the rule by Entropy Stew 05/30/2016, 10:32pm PDT NEW
    Man, Tom, prayers are with you by Vested Id 05/29/2016, 6:35pm PDT NEW
        I got you buddy NT by Wikipedia 05/29/2016, 6:37pm PDT NEW
 
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