It's a rare thing when the gaming media stops their coverage of press releases and play sessions to notice something going on in the outside world. Five major gaming blogs turned their attention to Michael Jackson's death yesterday, and today's The Score examines how they dealt with the story, his legacy, and his small ties to the world of gaming.
Time Michael Jackson's death was confirmed (EST): 5:06
Time Games Radar blogged about Michael Jackson's death: 6:31
Time Kotaku blogged about Michael Jackson's death: 6:40
Time G4TV's "The Feed" blogged about Michael Jackson's death: 7:38
Time 1UP.com blogged about Michael Jackson's death: 9:00
Time Destructoid blogged about Michael Jackson's death: 9:00 (in a passing mention)
Number of words Games Radar spent on the story: 1179
Number of those words that were related to videogames: 1115
Percentage of the story that was related only to games: 94.6%
Number of words Kotaku spent on the story: 195
Number of those words that were related to videogames: 148
Percentage of the story that was related only to games: 75.9%
Number of words G4TV spent on the story: 352
Number of those words that were related to videogames: 324
Percentage of the story that was related only to games: 92%
Number of words 1UP.com spent on the story: 491
Number of those words that were related to videogames: 456
Percentage of the story that was related only to games: 92.9%
Number of words Destructoid spent on the story: 20
Number of those words that were related to videogames: 20
Percentage of the story that was related only to games: 100%
Number of those five posts that mentioned Moonwalker: 4
Number of those five posts that mentioned Thriller: 1
Number of those five posts that mentioned his three children: 1
Number of those five posts that joked about his alleged child abuse: 2
Number of views on Kotaku's Michael Jackson piece: 42,595
Number of views on the next most popular story of that day: 31,167
Number of copies sold of Thriller: at least 65 million
Number of copies sold of Super Mario Bros. (NES): 40.2 million
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