Do Positive Mass Effect 3 Reviews Reveal A Conflict Of Interest In Gaming Journalism?

My colleagues and both have excellent pieces up today on the issue of gaming journalism and the widely-held belief that many gaming journalists are either ‘beholden’ to the gaming industry or are systematically steered into softballing reviews due to industry pressure. Paul isn’t so sure. He argues that contra to the corporate-puppet theory, game critics have […]

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Erik Kain

Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the editor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.