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How Writing About Video Games Less Has Allowed Me to Enjoy Video Games More

January 27, 2018

A while back, I wrote a post about my journey of writing about video games. Back when I was in college, I had thought…

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The Story of Milo Yiannopoulos and a Sarah Lawrence Alumni

October 9, 2017

By now, most of you have read the Buzzfeed report regarding Milo Yiannopoulos getting stories for Brietbart from sympathetic liberal journalists. Specifically, one of these…

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Why Hillary Clinton’s What Happened is Both Wrong and Right

September 18, 2017

I haven’t read Hillary Clinton’s What Happened yet. The truth is, if you are reading this article, you probably haven’t either. The political culture wars have…

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There’s No Money in Internet Culture: Why You Shouldn’t Try To Make Money off Memes

July 22, 2017

You don’t have to go very far online to find marketing discussions surrounding user generated content campaigns. What these refer to are brands encouraging…

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Ethics in Games Journalism — How To Know What Journalism is Ethical Or Not

May 28, 2017

As a former video game journalist of little to moderate success, I’ve found that the industry has kind of passed me by since I…

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How to Get into (and Get Out of) Video Game Journalism: My Definitive Guide

April 14, 2017

In my experience, ‘how to get into video game journalism’ is a loaded question. It’s long been said that video game journalism is becoming…

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Teaching and Journalism: How Both Became Undervalued

March 24, 2017

In my previous post, I discussed why I moved away from video game journalism after graduating college. But more broadly, I also moved away…

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Ethics in Video Game Journalism: Why I Don’t Write About Games Anymore

March 18, 2017

At one point, I was known (at least in certain circles) about being in video game journalism. In the past, I wrote for many…

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