Comments on: race for the prize http://toase.net/2004/11/03/race-for-the-prize/ Love/Hate Video Games. Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:05:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: always_black http://toase.net/2004/11/03/race-for-the-prize/#comment-280 always_black Sun, 14 Nov 2004 22:11:43 +0000 http://toase.net/wp/?p=218#comment-280 Ah well, I have the luxury of not trying to make a living out of it. Ah well, I have the luxury of not trying to make a living out of it.

]]> By: gatmog http://toase.net/2004/11/03/race-for-the-prize/#comment-279 gatmog Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:41:14 +0000 http://toase.net/wp/?p=218#comment-279 Being appreciated by a few idealistic gaming enthusiasts is very different from being "acceptable". No offense intended, but the way things are set up now you are punished for not jerking the company wang by forever wallowing in obscurity. Just take a look at the incredibly top-heavy early reviews of Doom III, GTA: San Andreas and Halo 2. Not that I'm complaining, because I say exactly what I feel about a game and I don't ever want to have to worry about upsetting a publisher that was "courteous" enough to give me an advance copy of a game. I've rejected advertisers for this same reason - they all come after the little guys thinking that their desperation will make an easy target for their cause. And if they don't resist, well, the chain remains unbroken. Some platform-specific and second-tier gaming sites have become infamous for this. Excuse the venting, I appreciate you stopping by and posting. Being appreciated by a few idealistic gaming enthusiasts is very different from being “acceptable”. No offense intended, but the way things are set up now you are punished for not jerking the company wang by forever wallowing in obscurity. Just take a look at the incredibly top-heavy early reviews of Doom III, GTA: San Andreas and Halo 2.

Not that I’m complaining, because I say exactly what I feel about a game and I don’t ever want to have to worry about upsetting a publisher that was “courteous” enough to give me an advance copy of a game. I’ve rejected advertisers for this same reason – they all come after the little guys thinking that their desperation will make an easy target for their cause. And if they don’t resist, well, the chain remains unbroken. Some platform-specific and second-tier gaming sites have become infamous for this.

Excuse the venting, I appreciate you stopping by and posting.

]]> By: always_black http://toase.net/2004/11/03/race-for-the-prize/#comment-278 always_black Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:30:38 +0000 http://toase.net/wp/?p=218#comment-278 I think that the term New Games Journalism is just a label for the way a whole bunch of people are thinking/writing and the direction they want to take their work in. Those people don't necessarily think they are 'creating New Games Journalism', it's just the name of a smell in the wind. It's a way of saying that not only is it /acceptable/ to stray outside of the lines of 'normal' games writing, it's actively appreciated by some of us. I think that the term New Games Journalism is just a label for the way a whole bunch of people are thinking/writing and the direction they want to take their work in. Those people don’t necessarily think they are ‘creating New Games Journalism’, it’s just the name of a smell in the wind.

It’s a way of saying that not only is it /acceptable/ to stray outside of the lines of ‘normal’ games writing, it’s actively appreciated by some of us.

]]> By: Tony http://toase.net/2004/11/03/race-for-the-prize/#comment-277 Tony Thu, 04 Nov 2004 03:41:26 +0000 http://toase.net/wp/?p=218#comment-277 I participated in that discussion (I'm i_aint_yer_pa on EA) and my hope is the critical thinking you mention at the end of your post. I had a similar experience with Fable. It's hard to see past the hype propagated by so many outlets and not be sucked in. Unfortunately, games often don't deliver on the promises. I see gaming blogs as a new way to vet all the fluff that is out there. I participated in that discussion (I’m i_aint_yer_pa on EA) and my hope is the critical thinking you mention at the end of your post. I had a similar experience with Fable. It’s hard to see past the hype propagated by so many outlets and not be sucked in. Unfortunately, games often don’t deliver on the promises. I see gaming blogs as a new way to vet all the fluff that is out there.

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