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- Feb 25, 2013
Tim Rogers is a "video game journalist" who writes for Kotaku and his own website, ActionButton.net. No, he isn't really a lolcow. But he is an incredibly pretentious hipster douchebag, not to mention one of the Internet's lulziest characters.
Tim has been on the games journalism scene for the past decade or so and has actually led a fairly interesting life. After graduating from Indiana University with a BS in journalism, he actually put his degree to use writing for online publications and working in the games industry, all while spending extended amounts of time in Japan and Hawaii (and living in complete poverty, mind you).
He rose to prominence thanks mostly to his incredibly wordy (read: never even glanced at by a copy editor) writing style, the best example of which is his infamous whopping 8-page expose on the experience of playing Animal Crossing (remind you of anyone you know?). Like most of Tim's work, the Animal Crossing review exhibits an oddly condescending tone and ridiculous John Hersey in-the-trenches type of storytelling that just doesn't jibe well with games journalism. Half of the review is Tim describing the experience of heating up his vegan burrito while the game loads.
As I mentioned before, Tim isn't technically a lolcow because there's never been an organized trolling movement against him, but I highly doubt such a movement would be unsuccessful if it ever popped up. Tim is very sensitive to criticism and will write a 6,000 word article putting you down if you don't like his pink shirt. And it's a shame, too: Tim's writing actually isn't bad and he sometimes has legitimately interesting things to say about game design. It's just hard to sift through the paragraphs and paragraphs of rants on thrifting, veganism, and childish weeaboo shit to find it.
If you want the Tim Rogers experience condensed into a mere 5,190 words, read this article. Please, read that article. You will rage.
