In a call back to my previous post regarding the Naughton article (see 2nd post) a recent article was brought to my attention on a podcast by the folks at GiantBomb.com on their weekly videogame centred news/review show, the Bombcast. The article in question can be found at http://www.newyorker.com/online/2010/08/09/100809on_audio_baker.
The article itself seemed to connect almost perfectly with the suggestion that the videogame industry and specifically journalism within it has become dominated by gamers who grew up voraciously consuming and appreciating video games before turning it into a profession. The Bombcast crew (found at http://www.giantbomb.com/) are essentially a group of friends who met and shared a mutual interest and professional impetus to cover videogames their own way after being hired independently by gamespot.com some years previous.
Having left to form their own site after some controversy over a game rating clashing with advertisers wishes (see http://kotaku.com/328244/gamespot-editor-fired-over-kane--lynch-review) the crew have since become highly respected in their own right as everymen who also have the knowledge and wherewithal to influence both the casual game fan and their parents it seems.
The idea that social media in a sense has spread a message and created a connection between father and son at this point that will allow them to share and communicate about their experiences with videogames and or the media associated with them. This instance creates the sense that the father, no doubt appreciating (and perhaps he still does) radio and the news shows and current affairs content growing up, has merged with the form that the son has learned to embrace though podcasts that are catered to his specific interests in the modern day. The connection being made through the form and then leading to this desire to share and understand the content.
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