Don’t Let E3 Syndrome Happen to the Blogs YOU Love

Let’s get one thing straight before I even begin. I am not a perfect writer, but I also don’t get paid to do this. *ahem* While everyone takes turns kicking E3 in the shins while it’s down, I’d like to draw just a little attention to some collateral damage from the show, a side effect if you will: grammar.

Now, I understand that it’s hip to call your site a blog nowadays and use collective pronouns when referring to yourself as a staff and make excuses about occasional bad grammar. And I understand that E3 is a perilous week of Hell, mixing excitement, sensory overload, libations, and little time for sleep. And I understand that you should never start a sentence with and, sue me.

But people, let’s be civilized here. Content has already taken a dramatic turn for the short in recent years, leaving less space to make your point. So when you try to express your dismay in Nintendo’s press conference with a sentence like “I cant beleive they they scrowd us hardcore gamers” I find it hard to take you seriously. Obviously, I know what you mean but isn’t being professional or accurate just as important as being first to post? You can’t honestly expect it to take more than 35 seconds for another blogger to post the exact same sentiment from E3 so it’s not like you’re broken post about a first look at Resistance 2 will draw in new readership.

Since E3 ended the rate of posts around the blog-o-sphere has returned to normal but the grammatical errors are still pretty frequent. I’m sure in another week it’ll be back to a few errors every other day but even that tarnishes your credibility just a little bit for me. Oh, I know, it’s a blog so it’s ok to screw up. That’s true, but wouldn’t you rather be able to say your paid staff of bloggers are capable of re-reading their own work before frantically hitting the Post button? The only one who’s gonna notice how fast it appeared is that lame person who always comments with ‘FIRST!’. While that faux comment may eventually be voted down, your words will remain forever (or your post will forever bear the sad preface: Updated: Fixed some errors).