I’ve been pondering about this topic for almost a week now. It stems from an interview with Philip Kollar on Geekadelphia, where he describes how he sees videogame journalism evolving from an “endless preview-review loop” and moving more into a more mature form. In some ways I agree with the message he conveys, in which we try to move from providing a cursory overview with an absolute score or grade at the end, to a [...]

I recently heard that 1UP.COM had been purchased by UGO, who picked it up from Ziff Davis Publishing. Unfortunately the acquisition itself resulted in the closure of a number of content channels, such as video and audio podcasts. I’d recently started grabbing their podcasts, coinciding mysteriously with the launch of the 3g iPhone. They had a couple of items, such as the 1UP Show and Legendary Thread, that I was starting to follow heavily. In [...]