Did you mean to link to the article "State of Play" because the link is not working.

Hmm... "Bow, N*gger" did come up 404 briefly, but I tried it again and it was fine.

I've fixed the link to "State of Play." Thanks for catching it.

After finding a few writings on the "State of Play" controversy it all became clear. I had already derived from having studied Hunter S. Thompson that a key difference was Gonzo Game Journalism(blogged), the question of whether gaming magazines will pick this style up might cause the corporate divide that is in the great media today: 'Keep anything that is useful out of the media but warm and lovie feelings.'

I found Ajami's article to be just as Jerz said it would be, a review for those who are interested in purchasing the game. However I found Shanahan's article to be much more interesting. I liked the personal account of Jedi Outcast and playing against onlne opponents. Articles like Ajami's are good when it comes down to deciding whether it is a good game or not but I found that if gaming magazines were to use Shanahan's article as a template there would be more readers.

Bingo, Kayla! While this class isn't designed to turn you into a new games journalist, in upcoming exercises we'll experiment with turning the first exercise -- a game review -- into something that offers insight and analysis, serving up lots of subjective feelings and observations, but without turning you (the writer) into the star of the article. (Evan's blog does a good job stating the key points. Bingo, Kayla! While this class isn't designed to turn you into a new games journalist, in upcoming exercises we'll experiment with turning the first exercise -- a game review -- into something that offers insight and analysis, serving up lots of subjective feelings and observations, but without turning you (the writer) into the star of the article. (Evan's blog does a good job stating the key points. http://blogs.setonhill.edu/EvanReynolds/archives/013586.html ))

Jedi Outcast seemed to cover detalied passages about how the game was to be played and like Jerz and Kayla said it seemed to be a review you would read if you were interested in purchasing the game.

I did like Bow N*igger much better because I felt like the narrator was actually talking to me, which def. helped keep me interested. I read Bow N*igger twice and I can not seem to understand why Shanahan would make the title of his article "Bow N*igger" because I do not see the need to bring race into the topic of games. It was mainly focused on him playing the game and becoming a hero in the end, but I do not see why he felt that would contribute to his article??

I commented on my blog.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/LeslieRodriguez/013589.html