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Quality Game Writing of 2004

Posted by Zonk on from the more-than-stringing-sentences-together dept.

Ludonauts.com has a short piece where several intelligent observers in the field of game writing give their picks for the best game writing of 2004. The authors offer links to several quality works, including the now infamous EA Spouse blog, and the always quality Game Over column at CNN. They also refer to the trend towards the New Games Journalism, covered previously on Slashdot.

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  1. InsertCredit... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Insert Credit - some of the most engaging games writing on the web. Rather than these dry, cut and paste reviews that most mainstream game rags use, they actually capture the FEELING of playing a game. Frequently, their reviews have made me interested in actually tracking down and playing the game at hand. (An excellent, long Earthbound review at Large Prime Numbers by InsertCredit's Tim Rogers, makes me want to go and pick up this 10 year old game... their review for Rez did the same, too).

    Unfortunately, the best US magazine, Next Generation, went under years ago and all we have to look forward to is SeanBaby bashing more games for 5 year old girls in EGM or PSM's yearly game character swimsuit issue. I heard Edge in the UK was a good mag, though.

    1. Re:InsertCredit... by Mitaphane · · Score: 3, Informative

      If I remember correctly the guys that use to make the UK version of Next Generation ended up becoming Edge Magazine. I'm not totally sure though, my memory is a bit hazy. But yeah, Next Generation was by far the best video gaming magazine the industry has seen. It's too bad the Imagine Media guys were a bunch idiots.

      --
      -Shawn "If the Name Don't Rhyme It Ain't Mine" Conn
  2. No offense, but... by SirBruce · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Personally, I think there is a lot more writing out there than these guys read, so I hardly take their opinion very seriously. However, "Bow, Nigger" was certainly one of the best pieces I read last year.

    Bruce

  3. Tim Rogers by PhosterPharms · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Amen AC, I love Tim Rogers' writing. If you like his reviews, you should read some of his stuff on Tokyopia. This story [tokyopia.com] is one of the best stories I have read, ever. I actually tracked down his e-mail address and wrote him a letter after I read it the first time, I liked it so much. There's a whole series, and they are definitely worth checking out, though I feel this is the strongest. Apparrently they're all from a book that he has written but can't get published... He seems like a great guy.

    Regards,

    -PhosterPharms