Announcing Games.slashdot.org

For years Slashdot has had an abundance of game related content. Unfortunately, we've also had limited space to post those stories. We strive to cover a wide range of tech news, and this often means passing on a good game story because something else is more important. But today I get to announce the creation of games.slashdot.org, where we'll finally have a home for all the gaming related content that might otherwise have been rejected. Keep reading to learn more.

The Slashdot Game Section will function similiarly to the other major sections on Slashdot, like apple.slashdot.org and Ask Slashdot. Visitors to the direct URL will be presented with additional, more focused, topical content. The best stories in the section will be posted to the main page and shared with a more general audience as they always have been. Logged in users can choose to consolidate Games content to the main page.

You'll notice a few things in the game section that are new. Most important is the addition of our newest editor, Simon "Simoniker" Carless. Simon is a sharp guy who has written for a variety of publications, but also is uniquely qualified since he has a history as a game designer for Eidos & Atari. Backing up Simon is the man of many polls himself, Jon "CowboyNeal" Pater. CowboyNeal is an obsessive gamer, having sacrificed his body for years to become a better gamer. We'll all benefit from his efforts in the field of sitting, pressing buttons and eating snacks.

The Slashdot Game Section will cover a variety of game related material. We will not be limited by platform- we intend to cover the major consoles, new and old releases, as well as computing games. We want to cover classic gaming as well as emulation. We intend to provide occasional original coverage, but mostly, we want to provide more exposure to the existing gaming sites, while providing our users with a place to discuss the major gaming news of the day.

Initially content will be found in the overflow from the Slashdot submissions bin. But as the section grows, we expect that readers will use the Games Submissions Bin to submit stories directly to Simoniker and CowboyNeal. You can also contact them directly by emailing games at slashdot dot org.

We've been looking forward to creating this section for a long time, and I hope you will all enjoy reading it as much as we'll enjoy researching stories for it ;)

Comments

What's next?

[stiv]

Perhaps dupes.slashdot.org? For all those other dupes there hasn't been room for on the home page!

Re:What's next?

[jkrise]

Okay.. here's a list:

1. sane.slashdot.org (Linux, GNU etc..)
2. inane.slashdot.org (NASA, Service Packs :-)
3. insane.slashdot.org (Throwing pies, personal submarines)
4. microsoft.slashdot.org (isn't it already?)
5. slashdot.slashdot.org (figure this one out!)
6. music.slashdot.org (should've been up before games, methinks)
7. troll.slashdot.org (let's give them a separate space)
8. moderators.slashdot.org (we'd like to see the faces of our faceless foes!)
9. joke.slashdot.org (LOL!)
10. follow-up.slashdot.org (actually this is the one serious suggestion I'm making. Often, we read several articles that need review and follw-up. Slashback is inadequate since many un-related reviews get bunched. The recent Lance vs Sasha reg MS VS.Net Student edition comes to mind. The review was drowned amongst other junk).

Cheers.

Re:What's next?

[Obiwan Kenobi]

I wait patiently for natalieportman.slashdot.org

You know they say the waiting is the hardest part...er...

That come out wrong. Ish.

Re:What's next?

[worf_mo]

You forgot

11. dupes.slashdot.org

unless it is supposed to be covered by 5.

Re:What's next?

[WhiteBandit]

Apparently they are one step ahead of that game! Although the content is rather lacking... ;)

http://natalieportman.slashdot.org/

Re:What's next?

[Markus Landgren]

Perhaps dupes.slashdot.org? For all those other dupes there hasn't been room for on the home page!

Yes, dupes.slashdot.org, duplicates.slashdot.org and repeats.slashdot.org are set to roll out within four hours from eachother.

Re:What's next?

[NanoGator]

1. sane.slashdot.org (Linux, GNU etc..)
2. inane.slashdot.org (NASA, Service Packs :-)
3. insane.slashdot.org (Throwing pies, personal submarines) ...

11. mozillagetsaminorversionnumberupdate.slashdot.org

Games.slashdot.org?

[Matrix272]

Why not make a Microsoft.slashdot.org for all the M$ bashing? Or a Linux.slashdot.org for all the linux lovers (or is that www.slashdot.org)? What about freaking-stupid-legal-system.slashdot.org for all the people that get arrested and/or fined for doing things that shouldn't be illegal in the first place?

Re:Games.slashdot.org?

[Faust7]

Why not make a Microsoft.slashdot.org for all the M$ bashing?

Because it spills over into all other sections anyway.

Hrmm

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, whoever this new guy is, he certainly isn't a graphic designer.

Re:Hrmm

[jamie]

"Well, whoever this new guy is, he certainly isn't a graphic designer."

Wow, you managed to be wrong about two things in that statement :)

Re:Argh... Purple?

[Loosewire]

hurting my eyes and is causing my brain to cringe...

Please change it? Ouch.....
Shouldnt that be its hurting my eyes and causing my brain to cringe, please crank up the brightness and BRING IT ON!!

Limited space eaten up by Limited space eaten up b

[kzinti]

For years Slashdot has had an abundance of game related content. Unfortunately, we've also had limited space to post those stories

You'd have more room if you'd read your own web site and stop posting so many duplicate stories.

Poll

[Psychor]

The gaming section colour scheme: 1) Hurts my eyes 2) Gives me a nice tan when I view it on my CRT 3) Features a new colour, infra-purple 4) Is even more garish than Barney the dinosaur 5) Clashes with CowboyNeal's underpants

Re:Argh... Purple?

[Joe the Lesser]

Try loading the page while sufficiently baked, and you'll change your tune...

It's like, I am the purple man.

Woo

[rf0]

A section which I can waste more time on and go blind. No wait should this be pr0n.slashdot.org then :P

Rus

Of course...

[Faust7]

I expect the Xbox category to be especially fair and objective.

Ground Rules

[matp]

OK, we need to establish some ground rules early on. We bash XBox, PS2, Gamecube in that order. And I think we all agree the SNES was the best console ever :)

Gaahhh, a new server!

[Quarters]

Now I gotta start a new character, run him up to level 60, find a new group of people to guild with.... So much to do...

Re:What about goatse.slashdot.org?

[Flarg!]

Nah... Because then people would be trying to disguise links to legitimate sites as a goatse link

New Slashdot slogan

[borgdows]

News for Blinds. Stuff that dazzle.