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"The site" is, scarily, going live on Feb 1st. If anyone could write a review on a "recent" game, that would be acebest. Best reply here with the game you are going to do so there is no replication. Features (and anything else, TBH) are also welcomed, of course.
Ta!

Fable II.

Oh, and if we can have them by the 30th at the latest? Ta.

Oh, and 'scores' are of the S(best),A,B,C,D,E,F(rubbish) variety.

Do we need to set some writer's guidelines here? Like, grade games from S-rank (best), A, B, C, D, E, F. And how do we expect people to give us the reviews? Shall we get them using the backend themselves (that's my preference).

(I tried to IM this to you but I appear to be on the line to Mrs Grim...!)

Not out of bananas, then?

It's not recent, but I've been playing a stupid amount of Test Drive Unlimited recently so I can review that if there isn't one already.

Have we decided on the site's name yet?

"Jennifer Saunders"

Malc

The banana system is just too dangerous in unskilled hands.

It's been decided that it's "Jump, upstarts!". Or something like that.

Spandau Ballet, then.

How recent is "recent"? I could do an extremely gushing review of Bangai-O Spirits if you want.

Buy me a game and I'll do it.

Reviewing games just takes too long. I prefer to review films. Badly.

Someone with a bit of writing talent, i.e. not me, should give Fallout 3 the review treatment. Having not played any of the Fallout games before and not really playing Oblivion much either, I'm not really in a good position to compare it to anything.

Get in there.

I've done about 250 words so far this morning, in between posting here and working.

I'm sort've fiddling with a Rock Band / Rock Band 2 review. Can't promise for the 30th, though.

I'm going to write up the Resi Evil 5 demo. Yes, a demo review. Why not? We're rebels! We don't play by anyone's rules except our own!

363 words.

That'll be a preview, then.

NO-ONE'S RULES DUDE.

A preview section would be good, actually.

Do you imagine we'll be getting a lot of pre-release games? I think I might just put it under Articles for now.

Not at the moment, but the odd demo, perhaps?

I'll be looking at this very closely Gaywood as you're an unashamed Resi FANBOI. If there is anything other than a fair and balanced review I'll be around with my tar to do your balls.

I hate all Resident Evil X games where X<4 though, remember. On average I barely like the series.

Maybe we should all have animated gifs of ourselves bouncing in our seats excitedly and we could put those in place of reviews of games we love

Has anyone done Fallout 3? Or is anyone doing one? I'd like to have a pop, but preferably someone who has played 1&2 and/or Oblivion can do one at the same time, to give reviews across a wider range of gamer experience.

Or something.

It would certainly be intriguing to read the box out "another view" from someone who wasn't au fait with the prequels, as well.

Why isn't it called recommend-me-do or RMD or somesuch?

You could have http://www.templeofgame.com for a bargain million quid if I knew how to sell it on.

Ok, my Fable 2 review is finished. 1,114 words.

I can has review?
Scratch that - you can put it straight onto the site yourself. YOU HAVE THE POWA!

Well, fuck me. That would have made sense.

I don't have anything to offer right now and unless mad inspiration strikes I doubt I'll have something.

I can offer my Fallout 3 diary I suppose...

If only we'd had a poll

"If you have severe emotional issues and like spending large amounts of time cowering from the world in an underground vault populated only by robots, you'll love this!"

That's about the gist of it, yes. It could have been made far more interesting if there was a quick and easy way to get screenshots apart from trying to get into a safe location, rotate the camera with one hand on the right stick while trying to hold my cameraphone steady in the other.

Like I said, it's all I've got at the moment.

At least from your comment I see you've read the diary and are aware of Sheelagh's... issues.

Ah, fair enough. I don't have time to read every fucking thread, mind

Sorry goatboy, my sarcasm ray hit the wrong party there There wasn't a poll, but I did suggest we have one when the current name was being proposed (in the editor subforum thing). Cos I thought some of the other suggestions were betterer.

However that does seem to be the consensus among the people who are actually putting the effort into the site to it seems churlish to moan about it, so I'll stop

/Smacks the "ZOMG" alarm

Bangai-O Spirits review is about 75% done. I should be able to finish it tomorrow evening (my next available free time, as I'm working this evening and then again tomorrow morning). I'm running out of ways to say "brilliant", though. Not to mention finding it hard to describe a game that pretty much defies description. Can I just come round all your houses, hand you my DS and say "just play it!" instead?

You mean it's 'C' done, don't you.

Nah, that would be 73% done...