Hi, bit of a long ask. As someone that has experience with media coverage; How do you feel pre/reviews of small, short, personal games should be? I got into media critique and game study so I could attempt to increase exposure of these works, but find the more I learn, the more complicated doing so in a productive way becomes. I don't want the video to be as far as audience interaction with the media goes, and hope to increase the income of artists through these videos by more than popularization.
As someone with no formal education in games or critique, doing this in a respectful, poignant way is hard. To increase audience, without taking away the need to engage with the game yourself. Do you have any examples of coverage falling under this, or any advice on how to go about covering these games? People are resistant to exploring small games themselves. I don't want to leave the games with an imprint of my opinions coloring its perception, or a popular complete coverage taking away need to engage personally and directly, as I've seen with many smaller titles. I want sales. thank you for any thoughts!