CVG Article

[ArkhamNative]

Nice article. It's not perfect, but it's a bright, brief intro to ARR.

Between fairly poor research, odd statements like the one Anonymoose quoted, and the just plain kind of dull examples they gave, I'm having a hard time liking that article.

To get the level of detail we're accustomed to, a reporter would have to spend either countless hours digging through lodestone posts, or countless weeks playing the actual game, which isn't available at this point. I thought it did mostly well, considering it obviously wasn't meant to be an in-depth, epic-length article.

I still think SE should release a press kit or other materials to help journalists promote the game. Hopefully they'll have it ready before E3, or the best coverage will continue to be exclusive to fan/reporters from small and medium-size videogame news blogs.

[Abriael]

To get the level of detail we're accustomed to, a reporter would have to spend either countless hours digging through lodestone posts,

To be honest, doing research is a reporter's job. That's part of what they're paid for, and misinforming one's readers is the worst thing one can do.

Personally, I have to write a ton about games I know nothing about. When I do so, I make sure my facts are straight, even if I have to spend hours researching (and with the internet, researching isn't exactly challenging).

I've seen a trend of extremely poor quality reporting on ARR, because the writers didn't care to do their homework, and that's bad, no matter how you look at it.

[Pwnagraphic]

Nice article. It's not perfect, but it's a bright, brief intro to ARR.


To get the level of detail we're accustomed to, a reporter would have to spend either countless hours digging through lodestone posts, or countless weeks playing the actual game, which isn't available at this point. I thought it did mostly well, considering it obviously wasn't meant to be an in-depth, epic-length article.

I still think SE should release a press kit or other materials to help journalists promote the game. Hopefully they'll have it ready before E3, or the best coverage will continue to be exclusive to fan/reporters from small and medium-size videogame news blogs.

Maybe it's coming from an unbiased source which is great, but also he must never ever play MMO's or video games online. I mean.. even CoD saves your progress online he has to know this if he works writing articles for games, right? Right??