"Remember, no fanboyism -- if something happens, polite clapping is enough."

(tags game, media, journalism, E3 2006, criticism)

Video Game Media Watch points out the quote of the moment but receives no comments.

"Remember, no fanboyism -- if something happens, polite clapping is enough."

Joystiq picks up the gauntlet, adds a editorial and readership, and then hosts a 100 plus comment thread chock full of "get off your high horse, Joystiq".

My take is let the "gamer" in the "game journalist" get excited on the press conference floor, but leave that hype off the newspaper article. On the blog, though, let it run freely or surprise us with the occasional objective post. We can read between the lines even though we are entertaining ourselves on the information high.