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In her latest issue of Biting the Hand Jessica Mulligan raves on the relationship between game publishers and game magazines.To put it bluntly: As much or more than any other "consumer press/consumer product relationship" I can think of off the top of my head, game publishers and game magazines have a close, financially-symbiotic relationship. Most game magazines (and some Web sites) literally depend on the publisher marketing dollars for survival. In a sense, you could say that they are in bed together and that the one with the pocketbook is on top. Because of that, I believe a conflict of interest exists, and it isn’t working in the favor of the person who buys games.What brought this to the forefront of my thoughts was the annual Electronic Entertainment Exposition, which recently concluded in Los Angeles. If you were wondering what the difference is between the Game Developer’s Conference and E3: GDC is the conference where working developers go out to titty bars and have fun, whereas E3 is the conference where company executives go out to titty bars and conduct business, the poor sods. Heavy is the mantle of power, etc., etc.. An interesting read, but one thing is bothering me. Why is all this money passing us by? I never had anyone offering me anything in return for some favourable review :)
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Where is that money ???
