The Reboot: Tommy Tallarico on Video Game Journalism

Tommy Tallarico of Video Games Live talks about the state of video game journalism. I thought it was fitting to post this video with the recent rumor of Gamespot.com editor Jeff Gerstmann reportedly getting fired for giving Kane and Lynch a 6/10. For more go to:

http://www.rebootshow.com
http://www.podtech.net/home/category/editorial/entertainment/the-reboot/
http://www.myspace.com/rebootshow

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[Fredrick2003]

This man was the last great thing on G4.

[g805ge]

Zero Punctuation fits into Tommy Tallarico's description of game journalism perfectly.

[jamgrieve]

Though I agree with most of what he is saying, he is being a hypocrite about his EP/RotR days. Of course it was about the bad cop/good cop routine but is that really a good reason for being a dick on all of those episodes?

[Dietpill]

He needs to go back to G4. I loved Judgement Day a million times more than X-Play.

[xin0]

@GOG4891 i don't get it why?

all he does is provide a logical review of what games are doing wrong. He does review and I find them funny especially when you have played and experienced the game yourself.

The Enslaved review was his best.

And the people that this video applies to are websites that do only reviews to get free games, copy and paste other sites news. Not people like Escapist Mag

[Suibriel]

This is more relevant than ever before. Hi Jim Sterling.

[jumpinscarecrow]

@xin0 Because it just proves you don't look at or think about what your writing properly. That's all. Maybe you should wonder why you don't take importance to it. Unwilling to admit faults? Ignorance? Please. Do tell.

[Strawberrycock309]

@Cyberxion

I never meant it as an insult honey, I think he's delicious.

[Cyberxion]

@Strawberrycock309 A guy with cock in his name is calling another person a faggot. Why the universe didn't implode when you posted that is a mystery that's going to go down in history alongside Sasquatch. The irony, it burns us.

[jumpinscarecrow]

@xin0 Some how, this one time, it just felt like it needed to be said. Usually I don't take to this type of approach, but just this once I indulged.

[digitalimpulse]

@BakuMamX congrats. went twice, my second time I flew from the east coast to the west only to have him ban cameras at the autograph table. cool guy.

[BakuMamX]

@digitalimpulse Well I got to work at Video Games Live yesterday, so I got a photo with him, and an autograph.