I nearly fell off my chair reading an article on video game journalism today. This is an odd thing to happen. Usually something like the crew of Star Trek singing Monty Python's Camelot makes me laugh until it hurts, and introspection about games journalism (to which even I'm prone) is either boring, depressing or so wide-eyed and hopeful that it's depressing.

So, what got me laughing this time? Well alright this is an article probably
aimed at the 16 year olds working on the freebie publications which "hire" for
"free games and glory". Hey, it's a start. Well anyways, href="http://www.gamedaily.com/features/?id=1068&page=3">page 3 of this
article concerns "relationships with PR people." The gist of this is, "Don't
screw the PR people. Screw with them, but don't screw them. If they're flirting
with you just remember, you're an ugly geek and they're doing it for better
coverage."

A pertinent lesson, Rob. (Mrs. Wright, please don't hit me, no I didn't mean to
imply... ohh God... somebody, call an ambulance...)