Literary journalism has roots in sports writing. Not its wonkery but its commitment to evocation, its attempt to recreate for readers what it felt like to see the game, or even to be in it.
Now, writes Chris Suellentrop in the NYT, a different kind of sports writing is approaching the same challenge from a different direction:
"What sports games have accomplished since the blips in Pong’s electronic rendition of table tennis is remarkable. They are now the closest thing in the medium of video games to nonfiction storytelling.... The largest pleasure they bring is the opportunity to blur the line between nonfiction and fiction..."
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Now, writes Chris Suellentrop in the NYT, a different kind of sports writing is approaching the same challenge from a different direction:
"What sports games have accomplished since the blips in Pong’s electronic rendition of table tennis is remarkable. They are now the closest thing in the medium of video games to nonfiction storytelling.... The largest pleasure they bring is the opportunity to blur the line between nonfiction and fiction..."
Read more.