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How do you feel about game reviewers using pseudonyms instead of their real names in game magazines?
It was an issue of PSM I think, that I remember Chris Slate writing a list of dos/don'ts for doing game mags and one of his bullet points was for staff to use their real names, he felt that people who used pseudonyms weren't accountable for their work (and I'd say he was taking a stab at GamePro and Diehard Gamefan in particular), a stance I agree with. I always liked to know who was really writing the reviews and I kind of got the sense that the ones who didn't were ashamed to be employed writing reviews for video games and didn't want their real names associated with it. Individual GamePro staff often used multiple pseudonyms too, further muddying the waters.
It was an issue of PSM I think, that I remember Chris Slate writing a list of dos/don'ts for doing game mags and one of his bullet points was for staff to use their real names, he felt that people who used pseudonyms weren't accountable for their work (and I'd say he was taking a stab at GamePro and Diehard Gamefan in particular), a stance I agree with. I always liked to know who was really writing the reviews and I kind of got the sense that the ones who didn't were ashamed to be employed writing reviews for video games and didn't want their real names associated with it. Individual GamePro staff often used multiple pseudonyms too, further muddying the waters.