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Khuutra on 13 January 2009

Ah, this fetishization of the score bothers me. Fie on it!



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MaxwellGT2000 on 13 January 2009

Yes take some of my load people =P though I haven't done a whole lot the past couple of months I wrote my CoD:W@W then had huge work loads and huge computer malfunctions



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dark_gh0st_b0y on 13 January 2009

hm, that could be fun, i got a lot of Wii games, mostly new ones so i could do some reviews but my writing skills are horrible :P



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thekitchensink on 13 January 2009

^^Might not want to say that when you're applying for a writing position...



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Mummelmann on 13 January 2009

It would be fun to give it a crack, though as it stands now, I could only review PC titles.



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DKII on 13 January 2009
Khuutra said:
Torillian said:

I'll admit I don't really get your third question.

I apologize, and will do my best to clarify.

What I mean is that we would talk about what a game is about, dissecting it in a way that echoes cinematic and literary criticism. Most video game reviews discuss plot and music and so forth, maybe a charater or two, but they rarely dip into what a game is about on the whole, the subjects that it tackles or the way that it interacts with the player. A critical analysis of Wii Sports would be fascinating and no less deep than a critical analysis of Final Fantasy IV DS or even Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, but each of them would be very different because each game sets out to and accomplishes very different things.

 

These are consumer reviews, meant to inform people whether or not the game is worth a purchase.  Frankly most cinematic/literary criticism doesn't do that job and is just pretentious.



Khuutra on 13 January 2009
DKII said:
Khuutra said:
Torillian said:

I'll admit I don't really get your third question.

I apologize, and will do my best to clarify.

What I mean is that we would talk about what a game is about, dissecting it in a way that echoes cinematic and literary criticism. Most video game reviews discuss plot and music and so forth, maybe a charater or two, but they rarely dip into what a game is about on the whole, the subjects that it tackles or the way that it interacts with the player. A critical analysis of Wii Sports would be fascinating and no less deep than a critical analysis of Final Fantasy IV DS or even Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, but each of them would be very different because each game sets out to and accomplishes very different things.

These are consumer reviews, meant to inform people whether or not the game is worth a purchase.  Frankly most cinematic/literary criticism doesn't do that job and is just pretentious.

Oof. That's an argument for another day... but all right, never mind, then.

I didn't expect something in line with how Ebert reviews movies to be rejected out of hand, though.



Khuutra on 13 January 2009
DKII said:

These are consumer reviews, meant to inform people whether or not the game is worth a purchase.  Frankly most cinematic/literary criticism doesn't do that job and is just pretentious.

Actually, I've had time to think this over, and frankly, sir, that's a load of bull. Most cinematic criticism comes in the form of consumer reviews, and that does nothing but tell people if a movie is worth watching. It just operates according to a critical standard that actually involves criticism, instead of a categorical statement of quality that pretends to something as ludicrous as an objective perspective.

I find your statement ridiculous and worrisome.



Signalstar on 13 January 2009

Does it matter how long you have been a member of the site? I am an aspiring writer and I have always contemplated starting out as a reviewer. I will send in one or two reviews if you have no objections. I have a fully backwards compatible PS3 so I can do games from any generation of playstation. A Wii and by extension a gamecube. And a PSP. I will acquire a ds shortly.



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BengaBenga on 13 January 2009
Signalstar said:
Does it matter how long you have been a member of the site? I am an aspiring writer and I have always contemplated starting out as a reviewer. I will send in one or two reviews if you have no objections. I have a fully backwards compatible PS3 so I can do games from any generation of playstation. A Wii and by extension a gamecube. And a PSP. I will acquire a ds shortly.

 

No, that doesn't matter. Obviously it helps if you're already known on the site, but the only thing that really matters is whether you're a good reviewer. 

So let the reviews come!