Comments on Hit Self-Destruct: Interactive Journalism

While the plea for higher journalistic standards i...

2008-11-14T19:07:00.000+13:00

While the plea for higher journalistic standards is laudable, they will fall on the deaf ears of an industry and community whose raison d'etre is titillation and gratification. If the reporting doesn't fall into either of those two categories, then for all intents and purposes, it doesn't matter.

It existed: http://twitter.com/ben_dayImpressively...

2008-11-14T17:09:00.000+13:00

It existed: http://twitter.com/ben_day

Impressively, it managed to attract followers before I ever told anyone it existed. Kind of a bad strategy to promote yourself, I guess. I am definitely no PixelVixen707.

If we were really industrious we would have create...

2008-11-14T16:26:00.000+13:00

If we were really industrious we would have created an ARG to go along with this post. Pathetically, I think creating a Twitter account for Benjamin Day exhausted my capabilities.

I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit, I actually went to twitter to see if you were joking or not.

If we were really industrious we would have create...

2008-11-14T13:18:00.000+13:00

If we were really industrious we would have created an ARG to go along with this post. Pathetically, I think creating a Twitter account for Benjamin Day exhausted my capabilities.

If it weren't for PixelGirl707, Alex - if it was j...

2008-11-14T07:18:00.000+13:00

If it weren't for PixelGirl707, Alex - if it was just last week - I'd agree with you.

But game companies are already talking to the games press in that language, and journalists are diving face first into it.

I love how the post starts out so full of purpose,...

2008-11-14T06:30:00.000+13:00

I love how the post starts out so full of purpose, almost instructional...and how quickly it descends into pejoration.

lolSeriously, where do I sign up?

2008-11-14T06:19:00.000+13:00

lol

Seriously, where do I sign up?