The Serious Problem With Every Gaming Podcast

Are all video game podcasts, reviews, and essays basically the same? This week we ask why games coverage keeps repeating itself and what it would take to say something new. -- 00:00 Every Game Podcast Ever 00:35 Is All Video Game Coverage the Same? 02:47 Overviews as Analysis 07:00 The Intentional Fallacy 10:57 Ocarina of Time and the Remake Discourse 13:55 The Problem With Video Game Essays 18:50 Why Are All Gaming Podcasts the Same? 22:47 A Podcast Should Be More Than Its Hosts 24:35 Going Independent Just to Make the Same Thing 28:57 Is Games Media Becoming Irrelevant? 32:31 Games Media Hasn't Adapted to the Internet 33:29 What Is a Video Game Critic Actually For? 35:24 The Problem With Games News Podcasts 37:59 Being Sad About Layoffs Is Not a Position 40:22 Cruel Optimism and the Games Industry 44:09 Longer Doesn't Mean Deeper 45:41 What Does It Mean to Closely Read a Game? 47:52 How Much Plot Summary Is Too Much? 52:37 The Worst Video Essay Writing Trend 55:36 Critical Error Royalty 56:31 Peter's Prepared Segment -- Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 -- Follow Jake on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q -- Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek