#162 - Freelance of Horror (w/ Henry Gilbert and Bob Mackey)

We delve into the wild world of video game journalism with the help of two veterans of the industry, Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert (of TALKING SIMPSONS podcast fame). We discuss bad labor conditions, heavy corporate influence, why GamerGate hit games journalism so hard, and why so few game journalists make it past age 35. Guess what: there are some parallels between games journalism and political and cultural journalism. Check out Talking Simpsons on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/talkingsimpsons And on their free feed: https://talkingsimpsons.libsyn.com/ Also, check out What a Cartoon: https://whatacartoonfeed.libsyn.com/