Game journalist and VFX artist, Peter Tieryas Liu, who has worked at companies like EA and LucasArts, discusses some of his thoughts on game journalism for Pank's "This Modern Writer" essay series.
"Only in game journalism can you write about legions of bikini-clad zombies, a boss made entirely of sh*t who sings opera, talking Seamen that question your existence, and the Legend of Zelda, the perpetual love triangle that pits an elf against a thievish pig-monster for the affections of Princess Zelda, all in one sentence without blinking an eye. I’ve been in game development for the first half of my career, working as a character technical director and writing some of the paper manuals you can read in games. It’s only in the past year that I’ve taken up the mantle of game journalist. Here are nine observations/guidelines that I’ve had along the way."
RPadTV’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month content kicks off with a Dean Takahashi interview. Considered by many to be THE preeminent videogames journalist, Dean Takahashi chats with host Raymond Padilla about why he chose to pursue a career in journalism, how the coverage of games has changed in his decades in the business, his thoughts on using AI to help write articles, the one question he always asks in interviews, advice he has to Asian Americans looking to get into videogame journalism, and more.
Dean Takahashi, the man the legend who failed so hard at the cuphead tutorial and Doom Eternal.
VGC investigates the “summer camp for old-time games journalists” held ahead of the big show
Game Informer Australia is going to close down and one of its editors, David Milner, recently announced that he was stepping down.
This is my first submission on N4G, thanks for taking a look!
Interesting article, nice first submission.