The Unique Shame of the Video Game Critic

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The Unique Shame of the Video Game Critic

Postby scotland » March 15th, 2017, 8:08 pm

or such is the title of this article from The Guardian in February, 2017. I was on a computer and typed in 'video game critic' and this article came up. Its really about people who make their living reviewing games, not our Critic, but still amusing.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/05/video-game-critic-falls-prey-self-doubt

The former Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker, who cut his teeth writing for a video game magazine, once wrote that saying you write about video games for a living is a bit like admitting you review Mr Men books professionally. It invites the bewildered follow-up: “So where did it all go wrong?”

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