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Monthly Archives: July 2010

From psmith, gamer: Why there’s more to life than the XP Factor

Monday, July 5, 2010

Image via Wikipedia I’ve started* a games blog – at psmithgamer.tumblr.com – and this is an exerpt from a new post about levelling up in gaming. Stick around here for thoughts on digital media, but go there for thoughts on shooting aliens. Something very odd has happened to gaming: people no longer try their damnedest [...]

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Curse of the journalism ‘intern’ – when working for free goes too far

Monday, July 5, 2010

It’s tough out there in the journalism job market. It always has been, but those entry-level openings are only available to people that really want them or have talents that newspapers, websites and magazines cannot do without. Naturally, many students and recent grads complete many weeks of work experience in newsrooms across the land. I [...]

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