Editor Oli talks to GamesIndustry.biz about the changing face of games journalism Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Editor Oli talks to GamesIndustry.biz about the changing face of games journalism It me. Blog by Oli Welsh Contributor Updated on 4 Sep 2019 26 comments So this feels weird, but I did an interview! I mean as an interviewee, not interviewer for once. In honour of our 20th anniversary, I chatted to Matthew Handrahan, editor of our fine sister site GamesIndustry.biz, about the changing face of games journalism over the last two decades - particularly the 11-plus years I've been here at Eurogamer. If you're interested in our craft, give it a read. Here's a little extract to whet your appetite. Q: Plenty of games sites now write about pop culture broadly - Game of Thrones, superhero movies, I'm sure you know what I mean. Is that a route Eurogamer has ever contemplated going down? Me: Nope. No. Never doing it. With all due respect, we're just never doing it. We're a video games site. There are two reasons for that. One is we're a video games site, and video games is enough. We have enough to write about. The other is - and this is just a personal thing of mine - it bugs me, I find it presumptuous, that a video games site would write about Marvel movies and not Tarantino or Almodovar movies... We wouldn't make those assumptions within video games about our readers. We assume they might be as interested in an indie game as a AAA game. At least, there are reasons why we would cover both, and we think both are interesting and deserving of coverage. I don't like this idea that there's a Venn diagram of geek sub-culture. I prefer to assume that our readers' interests outside of video games could be absolutely anything. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Blogs Digital Foundry DF Direct Weekly: do we really need a Horizon Zero Dawn remake? Plus: path-traced Quake, PSVR2 and the new Need for Speed. 34 VR Corner 13 confirmed PSVR2 games we cannot wait to play Pleasing to the eye. 53 Digital Foundry DF Direct Weekly: Stadia is dead - so what will it take to make cloud gaming a success? Plus: Intel's Arc GPUs arriving soon at a price that's right. 12 Support Eurogamer and get your first month for £1 Quid's in. 101 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store