Reviews: A Great New Way to Write for The Escapist
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It means any published work (blogs count), academic work, internships, or hobby writing. Anything that shows you can apply a certain style of writing (from hard news to literary fiction) to a body of information and present the latter in a logical and concise manner.hickwarrior said:
1. of course there was a lot of emails.
2. im still waiting for a reply to my email about the article that i wrote about gaming stereotypes, i sent the final email 2-3 weeks ago, and i think i've just been deleted and blocked or something, you people from the escapist must hate me or something. Either way, im gonna send you an email for this as well.
2. im still waiting for a reply to my email about the article that i wrote about gaming stereotypes, i sent the final email 2-3 weeks ago, and i think i've just been deleted and blocked or something, you people from the escapist must hate me or something. Either way, im gonna send you an email for this as well.
So when will the 'winners' be decided, exactly? I have not entered yet.
I am most likely going to throw my hat into the ring though, unless I've got no chance anyway because everyone's already picked out.
Edit: Okay, application sent in. Now to play the waiting game...
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The waiting game is boring, who's up for monopoly?
I am most likely going to throw my hat into the ring though, unless I've got no chance anyway because everyone's already picked out.
Edit: Okay, application sent in. Now to play the waiting game...
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The waiting game is boring, who's up for monopoly?
I just threw my hat into the ring, hoping that it's not too late or the ring isn't already piled full of hats. (If so, I'd like my hat back; it's snowing here.)
-- Steve
-- Steve
There are two principles at work here. I call them The Two Truths.Kronopticon said:
Truth 1: There are a lot of people and things demanding our attention.
Truth 2: Those who make repeated, public demands for our attention will generally get less than they desire.
im sorry, but at first, i didnt know there was a large wait, as i was misinformed at the time, but even then, the emails i sent seemed to go unheeded after 2+ weeks. i've just been a bit disillusioned over the escapist, thats all, sorry.Russ Pitts said:
Alright, I sent in an email too, hope I get a response.
On a side note ?just curious? I?m thinking of getting a TV tuner to play my PS2 on my PC and I was wondering, would the Escapist host the video if I put together some game play footage that pertains to a review?
An example of some thing that would require a video reference like that would be the frame slow down in Odin Sphere. I?m playing though it now and it?s pretty bad on some bosses. If I wrote a review for it, which I intend to do, I believe the best way to convey some of the aspects of such a visual game would be though a preview movie.
Thanks for your time.
Karl
On a side note ?just curious? I?m thinking of getting a TV tuner to play my PS2 on my PC and I was wondering, would the Escapist host the video if I put together some game play footage that pertains to a review?
An example of some thing that would require a video reference like that would be the frame slow down in Odin Sphere. I?m playing though it now and it?s pretty bad on some bosses. If I wrote a review for it, which I intend to do, I believe the best way to convey some of the aspects of such a visual game would be though a preview movie.
Thanks for your time.
Karl
Just to complete the round, I'd like to point out to a couple of reading, possibly to get an idea of what can, or maybe should be done. Since I don't want to speak on the behalf of the Escapist staff, I'll say just read them for your own curiosity. 
To Hear Ourselves Review [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_106/1290-To-Hear-Ourselves-Review]. Actually, most of the whole issue is probably a good read.
Don't skip the comments [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/6.44514] as well. There's a couple of links to follow down there.
Considering that this article generated some reaction, have a look at what people said, notably regarding the "No-Arthur" part:
Dan Amrich's take [http://bunnyears.net/dan/?p=211] regarding the ruckuss about the review he assigned.
Followed by his reply [http://bunnyears.net/dan/?p=219] to extrabloggar comments.
(Yes, extrabloggar: out of the blog I pointed to. Feels very natural to my ears.)
Finally, as it's necessary to get returns from both sides of the river, I think you should also check out Tom Chick's brief thoughts [http://www.quartertothree.com/inhouse/news/329/] about the Escapist's article.
EDIT: I forgot that GT video [http://kotaku.com/gaming/clips/kotaku-unlocks-the-bonus-round-part-i-281131.php], about famous game centric blogs.
(Notice how the four of them all have the same pants. You know what you need to get for christmas now.)
To Hear Ourselves Review [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_106/1290-To-Hear-Ourselves-Review]. Actually, most of the whole issue is probably a good read.
Don't skip the comments [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/6.44514] as well. There's a couple of links to follow down there.
Considering that this article generated some reaction, have a look at what people said, notably regarding the "No-Arthur" part:
Dan Amrich's take [http://bunnyears.net/dan/?p=211] regarding the ruckuss about the review he assigned.
Followed by his reply [http://bunnyears.net/dan/?p=219] to extrabloggar comments.
(Yes, extrabloggar: out of the blog I pointed to. Feels very natural to my ears.)
Finally, as it's necessary to get returns from both sides of the river, I think you should also check out Tom Chick's brief thoughts [http://www.quartertothree.com/inhouse/news/329/] about the Escapist's article.
EDIT: I forgot that GT video [http://kotaku.com/gaming/clips/kotaku-unlocks-the-bonus-round-part-i-281131.php], about famous game centric blogs.
(Notice how the four of them all have the same pants. You know what you need to get for christmas now.)
Aegis - the original post of this thread was edited a while ago saying no more applications will be accepted.
Just wondering when/if we are going to hear about this?
Just wondering when/if we are going to hear about this?