GAMES AND MEDIA

HULK HEARD A FOLLOWER SAY THE OTHER DAY,

" old media is dead! Anyone that has guts, perseverance, a little luck, and a google account can do a better job reporting then the actual news!"

HULK WOULD TEND TO AGREE... EXCEPT HULK BELIEVES MEDIA IS A CONSTANTLY CHANGING THING! IT WAS ONCE WORD OF MOUTH ! THEN EXPANDED TO PAPER! THEN BOOKS! THEN RADIO! THEN TV! THEN THE INTERNET!

WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS IS A LOWERING OF THE BARRIER OF ENTRY! ( AND MAYBE A LITTLE TOO MUCH DEMOGRAPHIC EXPANSION)

IN THE DARK AGES ONLY MONKS KNEW HOW TO READ AND WRITE! ( ROYALTY SORT OF DID BUT THEY DON'T COUNT!) IN FACT! AT ONE POINT WE ALMOST LOST ALL RECORDED ( link was a little vague... we lost almost 90% of all recorded knowledge during various wars back then...) KNOWLEDGE! ( IF SOME CRAZY MIDDLE EASTERN MONKS HADN'T DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!)

EVEN WHEN WE MADE THE PRINTING PRESS VERY FEW PEOPLE ACTUALLY KNEW HOW TO MAKE A BOOK! EVEN LESS WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PRESSES!

(ONLY THINGS LIKE BIBLES OR HARRY POTTERS OF THE ERA WOULD GUARANTEE MONEY SO THEY WERE THE ONLY THINGS MADE!.... UNLESS YOU COUNT WANTED NOTICES OR NEW LAWS)

EVEN IN THE 80'S AND 90'S YOU STILL NEEDED A STRONG COLLEGE EDUCATION, YEARS OF STRONG WORK, AND AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF LUCK TO BE CONSIDERED A CONTENT PROVIDER!

BUT NOW IN 2011 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PLACE SILLY WORDS ON SILLY BLOG SPOT ARTICLES AND WITH A LITTLE LUCK (AND POSSIBLY A STRONG TWITTER ENDORSEMENT) AND THAT SILLY ARTICLE COULD BE VIEWED IN 70 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES OVER THE COURSE OF 72 HOURS! ( LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS ONE)

ALTHOUGH THE AUDIENCE HAS CHANGED! THE TECH HAS CHANGED! AND THE MEDIA HAS CHANGED ( PAINFULLY) TO FIT NEWER FORMATS AND MEDIUMS ... SOME THINGS SHOULD NEVER CHANGE!

MEDIA ( JUST LIKE THE GAME INDUSTRY) SHOULD NEVER EXPAND BEYOND THEIR MEANS! IF NEW FORMS OF CONTENT MEANS SPENDING MONEY YOU DON'T HAVE THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT! ( IS IT REALLY TOO DIFFICULT TO WAIT A FEW MONTHS FOR THE ADDITIONAL INCOME?)

AND IF YOU DECIDE TO DO IT ANYWAY.... THEN MAKE SURE ALL OTHER STANDING DEBTS ARE PAID FOR FIRST! HULK FINDS IT INCREDIBLY DISTURBING THAT ONE PERSON AFTER ANOTHER ( scroll down) STATED HOW ESCAPIST NEVER PAID THEM, OR PAID THEM 80% OF WHAT THEY OWED, OR WERE SELLING SHIRTS BEHIND THEIR BACK, OR NEVER PAID THEM ONCE FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR!

ALL THE WHILE THEIR SITE WAS STILL UP! GROWING IN STRENGTH! YAHTZEE AND THE LRR CREW ALWAYS RELEASING FANTASTIC CONTENT! THERE'S EVEN A SHOW ABOUT HATS! HOW DID ALL OF THIS CONTENT COME INTO BEING IF NO ONE WAS BEING PAID? ARE THEY ALL JUST SO DEVOTED TO COMEDY THAT THEIR DOING THIS FOR KICKS? HULK DOESN'T THINK SO..

HULK THINKS THIS SUMMER WAS LOUSY! PEOPLE BEING FIRED LEFT AND RIGHT! GAME COMPANIES PROVING THEMSELVES TO BE TYRANNICAL MONSTERS THEN BRINGS IN MORE QUESTIONS OF THE GAME INDUSTRY UNIONIZING! AND NOW EVEN THE JOURNALISTS ARE APPARENTLY BEING TREATED POORLY!

MAYBE EVERYONE NEEDS TO SIT BACK... TAKE A DEEP BREATH.... AND LEARN HOW ECONOMIES WORK WITH THE DEMO VERSION OF TROPICO 4! JUST TRY RUNNING A COUNTRY WHEN YOU OWE MONEY!

.....DAMN IT