I just watched a Super Bunnyhop video about frame rates above 60. I subscribed to the channel.

I just feel bad because he made that video and just later that week youtube starting doing videos in 60fps. If you have the time (and like Metal Gear Solid/Dark Souls) his critical close ups are five star quality Youtube video game journalism imo.

I love reading gaming news and reviews. I've been reading printed magazines since the 90's, I've always found this hobby very relaxing, and to some extent informative. I usually rely on professional journalists for this hobby. Despite the accusations of corruption and generalizations, I usually find the organized journalism more balanced and written/produced/distributed in a more compelling form.

I do like to watch an occasional "regular user" review on Youtube or blog whenever I find one that's worth my time, but those are exceptions, I'm usually quickly put off by fanboyism, hate & hysteria, bad quality writing/diction/etc which are harder to avoid in independent journalism. I’m not so afraid of “paid bias” because I’m not a helpless victim, I’m more afraid of bad language and lack of talent/eloquence.

That being said, I don't blindly place my trust as a customer in any reviews, professional or amateur. I read/watch only for my pleasure, extract the bits of info too, but my purchase decision is entirely based on subjective things like my own experience and expectations from a particular series/studio. Once in a while I happen to find positive parts (reasons to buy and try) in reviews that are actually bashing a game.

I do like the Metal Gear series and I have played Dark Souls for about 7 or 8 hours and enjoyed it. I will check out those videos when I can.

I am the same way. I do not enjoy wasting my time trying to sift through a lot of junk to find one or two good YouTube personalities (hence the reason for this thread). If they start dropping f-bombs or using other crude language then I am out, not because it offends me but more because it makes them sound insipid.

Game journalism is like music journalism, you dont get access if you dont play the game, dont give a good review, you dont get early access, a free copy, the gift basket, the merchandise, the press access to events, i read from a cross section of people who have played the games, and make my opinion on that, because other than fanpersons, who are easy to spot id prefer to get the good and bad and make the choice myself, rather than from professional journalists so sell themselves out its rare to find a game on a commercial site that doesnt have 4 or 5 stars, if i saw one with 1 or 2 stars i know the company didnt drop off the brown bag.

I like watching Angry Joe's and TB's videos. Not for a review or anything, but just because I like to hear other peoples opinions on a game.

If there's one person I would take advice on a game from, it'd be The Mighty Jingles. Problem is, he mainly does WoT, WT and Elite videos now, so the game reviews are few and far between.

When he does get one up however, it's usually a pretty video. Down to earth guy...sorta.

I don't really trust any mainstream gaming journalism source %100, but the ones I often frequent for news are IGN, Kotaku and Gamespot.

When it comes to Youtube personalities, Totalbiscuit and Boogie2988 seem pretty trustworthy.

But I find forums are the best place to find other's honest, unaltered opinions.

Ign's Murdoch so wouldnt touch it with a barge pole attached to a barge pole.

A voice on the internet is not journalism.
Opinions and watching a 'Let's Play' is not journalism.
Media is not journalism.
Ignoring traditional journalism is not the new form of journalism.
But they are all valid ways to get a personal game review.

The thread was about journalism. Pewdiepie is not a journalist.

We likely all agree with above.

Preferring non-journalists over the real gaming journalists is relevant to the OP question.
Few people probably strictly rely on gaming journalism. It's become too diluted.

I'm not saying talking about YouTubers made no sense, but OP was clearly asking for opinions on things like IGN, Gamepsot, Kotaku, etc. Not random YouTubers.
Saying, "I avoid journalism!" is feedback.
Ranting about what you dislike about one YouTuber is not, because that's no longer discussing journalism. It's not even a comparison of him with other YouTubers... It's just an anti-PewdiePie rant.

anyways... what is Pwediepie.. Never heard of them.

Pwediepie is some guy who I think forgot to take his medicine. I have watched a couple of his videos and they're definitely not my cup of tea.

I used to like metacritic but don't really trust either side of the reviews there any longer. It's fun to read the rants though.

I am sorry buy I just don't trust reviewers any more because of the sell-outs. I rarely pre-order games because of this and other hype. Who can I trust? I am really not sure anymore but this topic has given me some idea of who to check out. Thanks!

Won't touch IGN with a bargepole...

Still check totalxbox.com for Xbox news as I've been following the OXM since the original Xbox and made friends with a few of the original crew.

Both Raychul Moore and Dan 'Shoe' Hsu are friends as well and I respect their opinions greatly...although Raychul's have become a little strange lately. Shoe just tends to nail everything as far as I'm concerned and we agree on a lot of stuff. I'm happy to let him use Gamesbeat's budget to pick games for me

From what I've seen, video game journalism is a mess. From a reviewer getting canned by Gamespot for not giving Kane and Lynch a good rating, to the Dorito Pope, to the various implications brought to the surface over the course of the Gamergate movement, it's not a pretty picture.

No one really in particular. Generally I know what my biggest purchases are going to be for the year, like Master Chief collection or AC Unity even if they are sort of sketchy at the moment. AND for those series and Fallout I generally go through reddit and here for fallout.

For my more 'risky' purchases I just will see what those here have to say about it or look at steam reviews or something. Or a developers blog if the game in unreleased.

Indeed. Yahtzee is the only "journalist" I can take "seriously", oddly enough

Yahtzee's gimmick is old now.

what's gamergate? is it like kongregate?

In answer to the op's question:
No, I think they are all taking back handers from the promoters of new games to increase sales.

I don't think we're allowed to discuss #Gamergate here. It's a very touchy and passionate subject.

ah, quicked googled it, and it's basically like hollywood gossip. same crap in every industry review journalism -- guns, food, cars, homes, etc. lol

Never really read reviews. I usually just go from footage post-release or if I know its something I'll buy anyway.

Still like Zero Punctuation though, seen some of his other stuff were he talks about his opinions and things and he seems like a straight enough guy.

I trust the user review part, more or less for PC games, because they are 100x more likely to point out bugs/technical issues with a game than the professional reviews side.

I don't really trust "game journalists" at all (it doesn't help game journalists often know nothing about actual game design or writing). There are YouTube personalities who do reviews that aren't journalists (and don't call themselves such) that I respect and that's it. I also take user reviews with a grain of salt. Ultimately, if I'm not sure about getting a game, I'm probably going to watch people's Let's Plays to see how it actually plays first (or rent it if it's a console game), because I tend to find that way more indicative of whether I would like it than a written review.

Except people who overhyped themselves end up disappointed and go there throwing up 0's, 1's, 2'3, and 3's.

Or even better, people who overhyped themselves AND misunderstood what the game was actually about and give the game low reviews because they ignored all the press about it being a Y game and not an X game.

i get news from siliconera and the steam homepage

i get gameplay from broteam and sometimes giantbomb


i don't really need reviews. there's enough sources of information out there for people to form their own conclusions on whether a game is for them or not.