As the host of the Carnival of Gamers, allow me a chance to answer some of the criticism/mud slinging being thrown at gaming bloggers. I know this is slashdot and arguing on the internet is like the special blah blah blah, but indulge me.
First, the "best and brightest" comment. There needs to be a <tongue-in-cheek> markup tag because that's all that was. I enjoyed most of what was included but calling it the best was a simple attempt at humor (which obviously failed).
Second, I requested links to be submitted for inclusion and I linked everyone who participated. I didn't see fit to include the ones I thought were great (most of them) and exclude the ones I thought lacked creativity or anything new (a couple). When you go to the Carnival do you ride all the rides? Me either. I pick and choose the ones that look fun and I avoid the tilt-a-whirl.
Third, I didn't submit this as a story to/., someone else who obviously thought some gamers might like it did, so lay of the "slashvertisement" accusation. I appreciate the traffic and hopefully a few slashdotters will appreciate the blogs included in the Carnival.
This was an opportunity for other gamers to express their opinions in an open forum. But hey, this is/. so let's put everyone who doesn't agree with us down with our pithy insults and brave swagger! That's exactly the mentality that bloggers avoid by... wait for it... blogging. I know we can all be bad-asses here on Slashdot but cut these guys some slack. They like games, they like to blog, and they wanted to have a little fun with this. If read some of them and like them, great! If not, move along, there will be another fantastic news story here in a few minutes!
Countless hours were wasted playing Scorched Earth, thanks for the link for the update! It looks a little more complicated that the old version I used to play. Who knew a weapon called "Death's Head" actually existed?!
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As the host of the Carnival of Gamers, allow me a chance to answer some of the criticism/mud slinging being thrown at gaming bloggers. I know this is slashdot and arguing on the internet is like the special blah blah blah, but indulge me.
First, the "best and brightest" comment. There needs to be a <tongue-in-cheek> markup tag because that's all that was. I enjoyed most of what was included but calling it the best was a simple attempt at humor (which obviously failed).
Second, I requested links to be submitted for inclusion and I linked everyone who participated. I didn't see fit to include the ones I thought were great (most of them) and exclude the ones I thought lacked creativity or anything new (a couple). When you go to the Carnival do you ride all the rides? Me either. I pick and choose the ones that look fun and I avoid the tilt-a-whirl.
Third, I didn't submit this as a story to /., someone else who obviously thought some gamers might like it did, so lay of the "slashvertisement" accusation. I appreciate the traffic and hopefully a few slashdotters will appreciate the blogs included in the Carnival.
This was an opportunity for other gamers to express their opinions in an open forum. But hey, this is /. so let's put everyone who doesn't agree with us down with our pithy insults and brave swagger! That's exactly the mentality that bloggers avoid by ... wait for it ... blogging. I know we can all be bad-asses here on Slashdot but cut these guys some slack. They like games, they like to blog, and they wanted to have a little fun with this. If read some of them and like them, great! If not, move along, there will be another fantastic news story here in a few minutes!
Countless hours were wasted playing Scorched Earth, thanks for the link for the update! It looks a little more complicated that the old version I used to play. Who knew a weapon called "Death's Head" actually existed?!