Onion AV Club To Cover Video Games 21
An anonymous reader writes "The Onion AV Club, the entertainment section of the satirical periodical The Onion, has expanded its coverage of movies, music and books to include reviews of video games. Also, they will host a game history column by Wil Wheaton: "Each week, [Wheaton] will take a look back to games past with his Games Of Our Lives column, reaching beyond Pac-Man and Donkey Kong to find the dusty arcade games and worn-out cartridges that paved the way for the games of today." The first expanded issue posted yesterday, featuring an interview with industry legends Will Wright (The Sims, SimCity) and Howard Scott Warshaw (Atari)."
Re:Good ol Will Wheaton (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Good ol Will Wheaton (Score:4, Informative)
I am interested in reading what he has to say about classic video games.
Re:Good ol Will Wheaton (Score:1, Funny)
Interview with Wil Wheaton? (Score:2, Funny)
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Posted by Zonk on Mon Nov 29, '04 04:18 PM
from the slashdot's-wil-wheaton dept.
A little over three years ago Slashdot interviewed Wil Wheaton, at the time best known for his role as Wesley Crusher on ST:TNG. Since then his blog WWDN has allowed him a creative outlet that has made the world sit up and take notice. Wil is now a regular participant in ACME Comedy Theatre, has published two books (Dancing Barefoot
Sweet (Score:1)
Re:Sweet (Score:1, Insightful)
History of Sim City (Score:4, Informative)
Who else still has the disks for Sim City Classic?
Re:History of Sim City (Score:2)
Re:History of Sim City (Score:3, Informative)
Re:History of Sim City (Score:1, Interesting)
Ahhh, memories...
We Want Will (Score:4, Insightful)
Satire in gaming (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Satire in gaming (Score:4, Insightful)
The weekly features are generally interviews with people important to various bits of an assortment of subcultures, media subgenres, and so on. The rest tends to be reviews of new movies, DVDs, books, and music, with one or two recurring humorous columns (e.g. "Commentary Tracks of the Damned" and now Wheaton's new column), but even those are just cynical treatments of actual media.
Just thought I'd try to clear that up, as the name "The Onion" is generally linked to satire/parody.
So this is what Will is doing.... (Score:2)
Such a public display of procrastination!
Mmmmm... (Score:1, Funny)
Mmm, some hardcore Wil on Will action...
Good to see (Score:1)
Hopefully they'll continue the tradition with games.
Honestly, this is nothing but good news... (Score:3, Interesting)
The AV Club has to be the highest-quality journalistic source (when it comes to popular media, anyway) around. Even if I don't agree with the reviewer, the review gives me enough information to know what my opinion would be. Also, they aren't stuck-up: if something's low-brow but hilarious, they won't pull any punches.
Aside from the Wil Wheaton news even, this is pretty cool.
Also, of course, congratulations to Wil. There's a group of geeks out here who feel that you're under-utilized. This looks like a step in the right direction. We look forward to hearing more from you.
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