Anyway, if it goes on a rotation, I wouldn't mind stepping to the plate and being all I can be (with the help of MS Word).

Here's a question for you Susan, will the guest reviewers be able to review a game that the pros have already done or are planning to do?

Is there anyway to get involved through video?
..i was thinking about starting a reveiw anyway upon the release of Fable 2 and Force unleashed.
Ta

RedForceRanger:
Is there anyway to get involved through video?
..i was thinking about starting a reveiw anyway upon the release of Fable 2 and Force unleashed.
Ta

Check the FAQ on the opening post. Text only I'm afraid.

nilcypher:

RedForceRanger:
Is there anyway to get involved through video?
..i was thinking about starting a reveiw anyway upon the release of Fable 2 and Force unleashed.
Ta

Check the FAQ on the opening post. Text only I'm afraid.

i got that, thats what im saying, is there anyway i can get involved video wise?

Ah, my apologies, I misunderstood what you were asking.

I'll do it!

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Wait, I'm not popular.

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But I am a writer!

Gigantor, obviously. He's got a great track record, won the Review Arena contest and has a style which is at once very humorous, very accurate and full of personality.

I nominate me! I just got a review on another website published so I'm full of myself at the moment, but trust em its awesome!

Darth Mobius:

Strafe Mcgee:
Gigantor immediately springs to mind. He's written several excellent reviews on the website in a thoroughly meticulous way and despite beating me in the GTAIV review contest (grr), he thoroughly deserves a chance.

Yeah, when I read this, I immediately hearkened back to some of Gigantor's earlier reviews... and that man DESERVES a paycheck from the Escapist... I would love to see MORE Gigantor reviews get public recognition...

I'd bet that everyone on the Escapist knows of Gigantor, so I don't think public recognition is an issue. Either way, he deserves this more than anyone else.

Gigantor... one of the things i missed in my exile was you... Pay this man!

Ok, so just the recognition, but i think he could go the distance and earn some green. (or a medley of shades if your here in australia)

Yeah, I'm still not sure why he [Gigantor] doesn't have a job in this kind of industry

Maybe he's boycotting money.

I'd obviously put Gigantor first, but I think there's a good number of people catching up on the 'Wilde' thing. :)

Actually, I want to have a career in journalism, so I might try to impress!

How does "LORD KRUNK'S TRILOGY OF THE WEEK" sound?

I might start next week, if anyone's interested.

P.S. This is just freelance, I'm not looking for a paycheck...yet.

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PurpleRain:
Anyway, if it goes on a rotation, I wouldn't mind stepping to the plate and being all I can be (with the help of MS Word).

Same... as long as that doesn't make me sound too pretentious...

I'd nominate myself, but I need to polish up my works. And get a personality.

Hum... Not bad idea but i am to busy playing wow to become a forum troll again, so good luck to Gigantor and (cough) purple rain. ¬¬

MGG=REVIEWS:
Hum... Not bad idea but i am to busy playing wow to become a forum troll again, so good luck to Gigantor and (cough) purple rain. ¬¬

Aww, you know you we have something. A love-hate relationship, but it's still something. Thanks anyway.

Anyway, I was wondering why you weren't around so much of late.

Where regards the Guest Reviewer rotation I'm thinking I'll have to contribute more content and earn my chops around here because that's exactly the sort of gig I'd love to do.

For now I nominate Gigantor---that GTA4 review was epic. As epic as five hundred words can be, anyway.

nilcypher:
Here's a question for you Susan, will the guest reviewers be able to review a game that the pros have already done or are planning to do?

Hmm...perhaps, though obviously I'd rather have some variety. There are so many games out there, we shouldn't really need to overlap all that much.

Also, the very first Guest Review is up, so make sure to check it out. :)

Interesting that the guest reviewer wasn't nominated by the community, nor have any of us heard of him.

Not that I'm saying it was a bad review - it was actually fantastic. I'm just a little confused how this works. Why not just make him a contributor, rather than a guest reviewer, and save guest reviewing for the user review frequents?

mjhhiv:
Interesting that the guest reviewer wasn't nominated by the community, nor have any of us heard of him.

Not that I'm saying it was a bad review - it was actually fantastic. I'm just a little confused how this works. Why not just make him a contributor, rather than a guest reviewer, and save guest reviewing for the user review frequents?

That's a little presumptuous, seeing as you joined the forums a month ago.

EDIT: Two months even.

nilcypher:

mjhhiv:
Interesting that the guest reviewer wasn't nominated by the community, nor have any of us heard of him.

Not that I'm saying it was a bad review - it was actually fantastic. I'm just a little confused how this works. Why not just make him a contributor, rather than a guest reviewer, and save guest reviewing for the user review frequents?

That's a little presumptuous, seeing as you joined the forums a month ago.

I just had a peek at Josh's post history and I don't see any actual reviews in there.

The review was adequate but I suppose any opinion I have of it will be filtered through a shiny green lens of envy.

Oh and there was a broken sentence in there as well. Tsk tsk.

In game that depends so heavily on your wanting to help this person, she doesn't seem to make a very strong effort to make herself.

So, rather than congratulate Josh on being the first guest reviewer, you set on him like a pack of wolves because he doesn't have half a billion posts to his name?

Come on people, let's not ruin this before it even gets started.

You could have gotten Jesus Christ himself in to guest review and we'd still hate him for it. Jealousy my man. It motivates us all.

Let's try and curb that green-eyed monster then shall we?

I'd just like to address the community as a fellow member for a moment.

I say, "Save the popularity contests for youtube, and keep The Escapist a bastion of good writing and fresh ideas." I hope we see more reviews like this; games who should be noticed, but didn't have the marketing budget. I really like the idea and I hope I don't see it degenerate into mindless, if deserving, praise for portal.

For anyone who is thinking "my review was better." Be careful, just because an internet forum likes you doesn't mean your writing is amazing. People say nice things about you with the same anonymity that they start flamewars, post goatse pictures, and make jokes about 9/11.

That's my 2 cents.

Yeah cmon people, the guy brought into light a very interesting game that most of us never had heard of and did a great job doing it. The community here is hardly the greatest filter for good writing anyway, as soon as somebody published a review that is not a complete mess we all cling to it and praise it's awesomeness. Perhaps we should raise our standards.

sammyfreak:
Yeah cmon people, the guy brought into light a very interesting game that most of us never had heard of and did a great job doing it. The community here is hardly the greatest filter for good writing anyway, as soon as somebody published a review that is not a complete mess we all cling to it and praise it's awesomeness. Perhaps we should raise our standards.

People don't cling to MY reviews!

*runs away and cries in the corner*

Seriously people, stop with the playa hatin', there's more than enough cheddar to go around. Fo sho!. I'm sorry...I've been playing GTAIV a lot today.

Instead of whinging about not being picked, go write quality reviews on a consistent basis. Trust the Escapist staff, they generally know what they're doing with this whole 'games journalism' business.

I hope we see more reviews like this; games who should be noticed, but didn't have the marketing budget. I really like the idea and I hope I don't see it degenerate into mindless, if deserving, praise for portal.

I strongly support those people who actually go forth and review games that were under-rated in their time. First of all, I feel that it's more satisfying for the reviewer, knowing that they aren't simply concluding the same criticisms as everybody else, and secondly, I think it's more challenging, because you have to think, "It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of this game, you should play it anyway!"

As such, I felt that the review did a good job of being the first Guest Review. There will be enough time for the rest of you: if The Escapist thinks your work is acceptable, then you will be chosen; if not, and you're ambitious enough, fix your reviewing style so that it works in accordance with what the staff want. If you can't do that, you're clearly not cut out for this reviewing business.

nilcypher:

mjhhiv:
Interesting that the guest reviewer wasn't nominated by the community, nor have any of us heard of him.

Not that I'm saying it was a bad review - it was actually fantastic. I'm just a little confused how this works. Why not just make him a contributor, rather than a guest reviewer, and save guest reviewing for the user review frequents?

That's a little presumptuous, seeing as you joined the forums a month ago.

EDIT: Two months even.

Maybe you misinterpreted what I meant... I was thinking that it should have been Gigantor, or you even.

Either way, that was a fine review, like I said before. Didn't mean to offend you and everyone that worked hard to get this going.

Also, don't be timid. If you think you've got the chops, send me a PM. I'm more than happy to read sample reviews from anyone who's interested in being featured as a Guest Reviewer.

You will be held to some pretty high standards, however, so if you're uncomfortable receiving constructive criticism, you may want to hold off on submitting until you've had a bit more practice writing.