someone’s feeling bitchy

check out doug mccash’s vids.

really good stuff and one of the few reasons to visit that crappy site.

It’s a silly thing but it irks me nonetheless. We’re watching so many veteran Times-Pic reporters and editors taking the buy out right now, and we’re being asked to care about that, and about the future of print media, while that media is willing to pay morons to play video games and put the results up as if it’s some sort of reporting, and employ editors that think that’s a good idea. Can they please keep the real reporters on the payroll and get rid of these lackwits?

I wanted to be angry at this as some video games aren’t a valid resource for anything article but then I read the whole thing and I agree with you. damn you emotional hook writer

Gee, Alejandro, did you even check to see who posted that video? It’s the TP’s David Hammer. Read the paper once in a while and you’ll see his name on the front page most days, covering in great detail some of the biggest stories in the city right now and breaking other stories. If Lee Zurik is the investigative reporting guru of TV, Hammer is his print counterpart.

Give the guy a break. He — on a Saturday afternoon — puts up a video of a game simulation and that’s a problem? I think he’s earned a little down time. And so what if it’s on nola.com? People here are wild about the Saints. The number of comments is not the same as the actual number of views.

Oh, and you write about sports for the alt weekly. Alt weeklies don’t usually cover sports. So, is your coverage something that doesn’t belong on an alt weekly’s blog?

@ricknda70112 Yes, indeed, McCash puts up excellent work on NOLA.com and there are other good videos on the site. I just wish those would be featured more prominently, or at least easier to find.

@Chill - If Bob Woodward was posting Madden 10 clips for the Washington Post’s Web site, I’d be similarly annoyed. As should anyone. Hammer is an exceptional journalist and his work should be commended. But that still doesn’t justify posting a slew of random clips from a video game on the front page of a news Web site and presenting it as news. Especially seeing as how they provide no sort of commentary, context or insight into each week’s game.

As for me covering sports for an alt weekly, I’m not sure how that even qualifies as an argument. Shoot, even Rolling Stone and Playboy cover sports now and then. I’ve always tried to keep my coverage relevant and informative while presenting it to a largely non-sports audience (although I’m not sure you can say that any more with the Saints 13-0).

This is about the city’s largest paper and most-viewed Web site passing off inane video game clips as news. Like I said, both the Times-Pic and NOLA.com (which acts as the T-P Web site) should have higher standards.

In case you don’t believe the comment about Rolling Stone covering sports: http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/27558247/sports_stars_on_the_cover_of_rolli/photo/1

It’s true about the poor production standards; the Gambit’s videos are much better.