Lilsnubby said:I'm just going on what some reviewers have told me so don't get all snipy. It's hard to write a game review in one week so I wouldn't blame anyone for surveying a game and knocking out a quick review. I knew at least a few people would get indignant at that comment though. I'm sure no one on this board would resort to such crass tactics I'm just saying it does happen.
You think that's insane, I know freelancers whose monthly output puts mine to shame... and Alex @ GameSpot has so little fear of the English language that, for him, the entire time committment is basically the play-time (at least it seems so to me *grin*).Joe said:751 reviews in 7 years...?
9 review per month.......?
i just don't see how that's possible.
mosaic said:*snip*
I'd say if you were there on a consistent basis for 7 years, we can consider it quitting in the colloquial sense at the very least.Woo-Fu said:If you are a freelancer is it really quitting?
Guybrush Threepwood said:I hate CNET.
They killed my very first internet forum (GameFAQs).
DeathWasHere said:lol who even talks about gamespot lol joke thread?
My synapses aren't firing as a result of this portion of your comment. Enlighten me? For my part, if I called someone Hedwig, it could be for a number of reasons. Are you androgynous? Do you look good in a poofy blonde wig? Do you turn out some energetic singing numbers? Are you searching for love at its purest despite society's pressure forcing you to fit into a gender role?Segata Sanshiro said:I still don't see how I'm hedwig though
mosaic said:My synapses aren't firing as a result of this portion of your comment. Enlighten me? For my part, if I called someone Hedwig, it could be for a number of reasons. Are you androgynous? Do you look good in a poofy blonde wig? Do you turn out some energetic singing numbers? Are you searching for love at its purest despite society's pressure forcing you to fit into a gender role?
... my mind, it... it works funny.
Don't be an ass if you're not going to read the thread.Mr. Mister said:how bad does this "freelancer" want attention?
PantherLotus said:NEW RULE:
When quitting a job, make it public news in order to let your future employers know exactly how you'll be in the event that you quit their job, too.
dr3upmushroom said:Don't be an ass if you're not going to read the thread.
Also big ups to Mosiac, good thing you don't live in Frisco or you would have been a crazy bum by now.
Are you kidding? At Hotgames.com I was doing 7-10 a day.Joe said:751 reviews in 7 years...?
9 review per month.......?
i just don't see how that's possible.
Gazunta said:Are you kidding? At Hotgames.com I was doing 7-10 a day.
They were only 300 words each so it became really easy to pop them out.And they sucked big time
The problem with that is that it requires everyone to be in the same office...and also, 4 people on one review = 4 times the amount of manhours devoted to one review.HiVision said:one problem with game reviews is that they are the opinion of just one member of staff - I think games should be reviewed by at least 2 (or 4 like in famitsu) - different people like different things. Rather than softening down reviews, gamespot etc should just consider spreading reviews across more than one person so they can contradict eachother where necessary.
Gazunta said:The problem with that is that it requires everyone to be in the same office...and also, 4 people on one review = 4 times the amount of manhours devoted to one review..
Mr. Mister said:read the thread been around since vidgames! understand the game. look there are times to take a stand, times to wait a long time to take a stand, and times to not care. i will let you guess which time this is....
It's really, really hard to engineer debate between reviewers otherwise. (I tried to organize this when I was helping put Zzap! 64 #107 together, failed miserably)Mr. Mister said:not contesting man hours but why does everyone need to be in the same office?
Ten-Song said:You can call him out all you like, but he already said that it might have been a mistake to open his yap about it, and also said he didnt expect it would become news at all. I just dont understand why everyone feels the need to try and tear the guy down all of a sudden for making a stand where he felt he needed to.
Welcome to GAF.Ten-Song said:I just dont understand why everyone feels the need to try and tear the guy down all of a sudden for making a stand where he felt he needed to.
mosaic said:I did create the big Penny Arcade topic here, but only after they posted their comic.
I'm not sure I understand your point. Care to elaborate?Mr. Mister said:Sorry my friend but you brought it up (defensively) before anyone else did and honestly that is what is calling you out.
mosaic said:I'm not sure I understand your point. Care to elaborate?
cedric69 said:I wonder, Mr. Mister, if you ever found yourself in a similar position as Mosaic did. What were your choices then? It's really far too easy to sit on a fence and judge others.
Ahhh, I see your point now. I don't necessarily agree, but I certainly do see why you'd see things that way. All I can say, really, is that even at the ripe ol' age of 32, I still have some naivete' left in me.Mr. Mister said:Its just odd that you pushed this out there and then say "no no no I didn't want to press any issue I am just doing this because I have standards." If anyone should know what news is it should be you, you forced the news out the last time.
mosaic said:Again, that probably shows my naivete'. I've been posting to GAF so long I honestly forget how many people use it as a first-stop source for news.
* See VGU #2 for details, true believers!mosaic said:My synapses aren't firing as a result of this portion of your comment. Enlighten me? For my part, if I called someone Hedwig, it could be for a number of reasons. Are you androgynous? Do you look good in a poofy blonde wig? Do you turn out some energetic singing numbers? Are you searching for love at its purest despite society's pressure forcing you to fit into a gender role?
... my mind, it... it works funny.
Chairman Yang said:Only corrupt employers would have a problem with what was written there.
White Man said:Gerstmann was an editor in his case. He was high up in the Gamespot hierarchy, if not at the top. Thus it fell on the head of his corporate shill masters, who did not have direct oversight on his text. For reference, I am a lead editor at my job, and I can easily have something totally shameful published without it crossing anyone's eyes. Something like "Gazunta is a giant space lesbian." Nobody would see it until it were live.
EDIT: Oh, shit, mosaic, this is you? Kudos for taking a principled stance.
Gazunta said:Everyone at 1up, hire him already, sheesh.
If Mosaic chooses to ponder his options before carrying a laser down the road that he must travel, or take his broken wings before learning to fly again, that's something real.Mr. Mister said:I do not question his position or what he has done. I quesiton how surprised he really is by it "coming out".
LukeSmith said:lol 1UP can't afford to hire people.
Hahaha! Page 35! I'm pretty sure you ended up with that unfortunate nickname because I'd been watching Hedwig & The Angry Inch again while I was editing strats for that issue. On the upside, in my bizarro world, being called Hedwig is a compliment 9 times out of 10.Segata Sanshiro said:* See VGU #2 for details, true believers!
Reno said:Are we doing a VGU staff roundup? Cuz HERE I AM!
Reno said:Are we doing a VGU staff roundup? Cuz HERE I AM!