Blog Task Week 19 - NGJ/OGJ

This week lecture was about new games journalism/old game journalism.

Lecture Notes:

New Games Journalism is New Journalism applied to game.

New Journalism is a form of writing that originated in the mid 1960's.

Journalism is a for of creative and artistic form of writing.

New vs Old - new Journalism is open about the author’s presence and experience as part of the story,
unlike “Old Journalism” which strives to assert
or imply objectivity.

Important writers of New Journalism - Wolfe, Thompson, Capote, Mailer

Wolfe's article 'The Birth of ' The New Journalism', is considered to be the start of the The New Journalism - Other influential articles include: The Lad Mag, Music Journalism, The Style Magazine, Profiles, Sports writing, Travel writing, Non-fiction books, True Crime.

New Games Journalism - New Games Journalism is “New Journalism applied to video game journalism”

Here is a quote from Wikipedia explaining what New Games Journalism is -

“Most New Games Journalism articles are not reviews of games in the traditional sense. They should instead be understood as being analogous to travel journalism, where the writer responds to experiences presented to them by the game world, as well as interactions with other players online,“real-world events surrounding game play, and other personal experiences and anecdotes which create a unique story. This story is not necessarily indicative of the experience any other player will have with the game and will be unlikely to offer
any value-judgement regarding the game's merits or failings.”

Here is the contrasting quote provided by Wikipedia about Old Games Journalism -

“Old Games Journalism typically focuses on an objective summation of the separate parts that make up a video game, such as graphics, game play, interface and control, as a method of analysis.”

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We then looked at and reviewed some articles related to the notes above.

I found New Games Journalism more interesting that Old Games Journalism because it is less traditional and more modern and mainstream.