Kyle Orland’s Workblog

August 16, 2007

Swimming Against the Mainstream

Game coverage these days isn’t all about enthusiast magazines and websites. Media Coverage talks to some journalists (including N’Gai Croal, Stephen Totilo and Chris Morris) who write about games for general interest publications.

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August 9, 2007

What’s the Score?

Don’t get your hopes up — this column ended up getting a seven out of ten. That’s OK though. At Media Coverage, five is average.

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August 2, 2007

Pulp Friction

The focus in gaming journalism nowadays seems to be very much on online publications. Media Coverage gives some game magazine proponents a chance to defend the continued existence of the dead tree format. 

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July 26, 2007

One-Issue Review: Official Xbox Magazine #74

Media Coverage looks at the strange, pulpy, ink-stained product that comes with your Xbox 360 demo disc every month. Yes, there’s actually a magazine attached to that demo disc…

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July 19, 2007

Expo Expository

With the first ever E3 Media and Business Summit at a close, Media Coverage takes a look at the challenges of covering the new show, and gives out awards for some notable press-related moments.

July 5, 2007

Lowered Expo-tations

With the industry’s premier showcase poised on the cusp of its most radical change in over a decade, Media Coverage asks journalists how they think the new format for E3 will affect their coverage.

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June 28, 2007

One-Issue Review: Edge 177

Media Coverage looks at the latest issue of Britain’s most prestigious game magazine. Is it worth the high price?

June 21, 2007

A ‘Lancer’s Life

Media Coverage did not write this story in his underwear. Honest!

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June 14, 2007

Taking Out the Trash: Statistics, Science and Slander Edition

Media Coverage plays catch up with some game journalism stories that have gotten some play in the past month or so.

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June 7, 2007

The Review Revue

Leading critics panned this column for sloppy sentence structure and inconsistent voice, but you’ll probably read it anyway because of the Media Coverage branding.

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