Dispelling Myths: Why the Industry Didn't Crash in 1983

[Kohan]

Although I'd say this is not one of his most well-written articles, it is thoroughly researched, and nonetheless an argument which needed to be presented. As we were recently debating whether sites like IGN were capable of producing quality content, and also the competency of the journalists related to such sites, I hope some of you will enjoy this.

[BRP]

This is a good article. I may be biased because I've been thinking about the subject lately and it falls inline with my opinion. This doesn't really make me hope for IGN though. I dislike them for the inability to discuss games, which this article sidestepped by being about console history.

As usual, the comments made me lol.

I googled the author and found this to be his site The Next Level

Maybe worth checking out?

[Kohan]

Travis is a personal friend of mine. We're both journalists and we both write for TNL, so I can vouch for them, but I'm biased, too. However, you've likely heard of Dan "The Shoe" Hsu -- he wrote a book about breaking into the industry, and mentioned Got-Next as a brilliant starting point. Time for a little history...

Chris Scantleberry, the creator of TNL, eventually decided that he wanted to try something new. Although the website did have a faithful community, the journalism aspect wasn't going anywhere fast. So he broke away and created Got-Next, where publishing articles was prioritized, but there was no community to support it. Nonetheless, it had enough media respect to matter, and Scantleberry is a PR darling. That's part of the reason Hsu cited it, and a few years later, Got-Next and Chris's original creation TNL merged to become what they are today.

Also, don't worry about loving IGN absolutely -- I agree that you shouldn't. The majority of what's published on it isn't so great. However, Retro has many great articles. There are actually journalists out there who care, like me, like Travis -- I simply want people not only to know that, but to enjoy what these people produce.