I really like this article - and probably would like it even more if I wasn't pretty sure this was the guy who beat me at the Bomberman Live event at the Hudson offices that time - but it's a great article that bloggers shouldn't feel inferior just because their opinions aren't in print form like a magazine. In fact, he enjoys the fan facet of blogging that print publications just don't get.

From the article:

When I first started my career as a writer, I had one goal -- to be a videogaming journalist. I wanted to review games, specifically, for some major Web site like IGN or GameSpot. I wanted to write for magazines like Edge or Games(tm). Never in a million years did I think that, rather than being the straitlaced ace reporter of my mind's projection, I would be writing satirical articles for an indie Web site that sports a big green robot for a mascot.

During my time on one of the big three videogame blogs, however, I find myself unable to look back. As people grow more and more eager to paint a thick dividing line between what it takes to be a games "journalist" and a games "blogger," I introspectively ask what it means to be in the latter camp -- a camp that finds itself loved by some, reviled by others. It's an interesting position to be in, and one that needs discussing.

Many people are quick to criticize the nature of gaming blogs. Either too bland or too sassy, tagged as "wannabe journalism" or a "cult of personality," gaming blogs are often under fire, and the term "blog" itself is used almost like a dirty word -- a straight up insult, even.

Read the full article over at destructoid.com