“ About here in the Leonsis litany of what works today, I must confess that my head hurt really really really bad. Analysis of video games? OMG. Red Smith is dead and I don’t feel too good myself. In my most horror-addled state, I never imagined any creature so evil as to torture me by asking for a column analyzing a video game.
Veteran sportswriter Dave Kindred, describing his reaction to former AOL chairman Ted Leonsis explaining that in order to better appeal to readers like his 19-year-old son, the sports section of a newspaper should include videogame reviews. (Via Romenesko.)
1 month ago
