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Comment on Why I Write About Games When I Write About Games by Rob Parker

Rob Parker — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:12:07 +0000

Something like Kieron Gillen’s original Deus Ex review (a copy is somewhere on his blog) is a good piece to analyse when thinking about this kind of thing. The man has a staggering, imposing knowledge of gaming that he brings to bear in his writing, but crucially he’s not /limited/ by it. The DX review is about a videogame, but he uses outside insight into, say, existentialism, to critique where the game stands and what it means in the wider cultural landscape. He couldn’t do that if he’d only played games all his life, which is I think the point about allowing other influences to infuse your writing. At least that’s what I take away.

Hope that doesn’t sound critical of your post (it wasn’t intended to), just throwing in my ten cents (pence).

Cheers.

Comment on Why I Write About Games When I Write About Games by DrugCrazed

DrugCrazed — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:16:13 +0000

I agree with most of what you’re saying, but I’m of the opinion that a piece should be fun to write as well as read. I’ve just reviewed Pirates of Black Cove and it’s going under the editor’s knife now, and I had far too much fun writing it. Horrific pirate puns, and a reference to System Of A Down. Another piece I’ve written said that “The plot is…tenous. It’s best to treat it like Oblivion’s main quest, the Matrix sequels and the Star Wars prequel trilogy – You might be mistaken and think they’re real, but the sane people knows that they don’t exist”.

I’m of the opinion you should reference games first, and then go to the outside world. Add in stupid amounts of pirate puns for the hell of it, put some mainstream references in, but if you’re finding it fun to write, it’ll probably be fun to read. Hence why I got away with the puns. I hope.

As an aside, this comment box is horrible to write long responses in. DAMN YOU WORDPRESS.

Comment on Why I Write About Games When I Write About Games by Tim E

Tim E — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:01:08 +0000

Pro-tip: just be more entertaining, whatever references you use. Talking about why writing isn’t interesting is quite hard and often editors will say shit that might be only a quarter true to try and get their point across.

What they really mean is “do it better.”

Comment on The Best Games for the Best of Gaming Situations by Calum Purdie

Calum Purdie — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:22:32 +0000

Seems good, I have played all of these games at least once in a lan and can say I throughly enjoyed them all!! You missed out a good few that were and are still amazing but I understand that you have limited space and can’t give everything the credit it deserves!!!

Keep up the good work though, it’s always nice to read this kind of stuuf, especially if you know who wrote it!

Comment on The Best Games for the Best of Gaming Situations by MrCraigL

MrCraigL — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:21:09 +0000

Here are my unsolicited thoughts on lists:

I think the fundamental problem with lists is that the focus is taken away from what you think about the items included and placed onto what’s in the list and where it places.

This list, for example, is quite lengthy in its descriptions of its items, and nobody will read that. Instead, they will skim the titles to check things off, and maybe read the odd thing if the title/accompanying image is grabbing enough or to check that they agree.

I’d rather a game or an opinion be analysed and discussed rather than placed and ranked against other similar things.

So, uh, yeah. Lists. Also, my inbox is always open if you don’t need the little things like ‘money’.