Quote Originally Posted by Yeargdribble View Post
From a logistical point of view, it's understandable why gaming journalists do this. There's just too much info coming out and if they want to be breaking, they have to plug it in NOW. They don't have time to do thorough write-ups during the show because there's something else happening instantly. Most of these sites do pretty detailed stuff after the show is over and several have done good articles during the show.
I disagree with this point simply because in previous years I've used the live blog IGN did which is similar to what the Jackel mentioned to keep up with what's happening at the conference. It doesn't take a massive writeup during the show. A quick sentence about what's happening as it happens every few minutes is enough, and a much easier way to digest the major reveals of the day. Especially when you consider I can read text updates throughout the conference quickly every so often while at work, whereas I don't have the luxury of playing a video, even in the background for me to listen to.

And really, why would I want to just listen to a video? For me, the only benefit a video really carries for me is to actually see the games in action. Otherwise, I can literally read through the important parts of several articles in half as much time and actually spend less time on the computer than if I try to multitask. In fact, trying to listen to a video in the background while doing something else generally leaves me too distracted to really pay much attention to either and I always have to either rewind the video, re-read something I just read or wrote, etc.