Quote Originally Posted by Edmond Dantes View Post
Yes, text invites laziness, because the tools are included with every computer and for most people it's just "open wordpad and start typing.

It's not just game reviews I've seen it in. When I read a lot of modern literature, prose strikes me as lazy, clumsy, and like it seriously wishes it were a Hollywood movie instead of a book, and clearly the writer doesn't have much of a vocabulary so the actual text gets boring pretty quick. As compared to greats like Tolkien and Dumas, who clearly knew how to spin a word or two and keep it compelling."
I see what you're getting at, the relative mediocrity of many written works, but blaming a lazy author? As Aussie2B was saying, writing done right is a practiced skill and even an art. A middle schooler's GameFAQs-calibur written review is more an indication of the author's minimal writing experience and lack of constructive feedback received than it is sloth. Something like a Dan Brown novel laden with typos and grammatical errors, there's an argument there for laziness or ineptitude on the part of the author & editor.

Let's Plays are often annoying, but longplays and narrator-less video walkthroughs are boss.