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the Dao of "games journalism"

OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
edited May 2012 in Social Entropy++
Hey! I want to write a thing about (topic). Would you be interested in it?

Of course! We always love submissions about things that you want to write about, especially from upstanding dickasses from SE++!

Is that a guarantee it will get published!

Nope! Like any publishing entity, we look for entries that fit a certain criteria. In this case: does the piece have a rhetorical throughline, an argument it follows to the end? Does it have critical analysis of its topic?

If you have both those things, chances are we'll end up running it! But we can't guarantee it, because who knows!

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    I beg to differ

  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    I think probably the worst pokemon ever is fucking like

    volbeat

    or minum/plusle

  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    seel

  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Reading the end of the last thread was actually pretty cool

    I knew nothing about what anyone was talking about

    but there was so clearly knowledge there that could be discerned through close study of people's posts

    It was weirdly fascinating

    Solar on
  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    Pokemon-wise it goes 1 > 3 > 5 > 2 > 4

    Region-Wise it goes 3 > 5> 1 > 4 > 2

    Games-Wise it goes 2 > 1 > 3 > 5 > 4

    Mechanics-wise it goes 5 > 4 > 3 > 2 > 1

    this has been my gay pokepinion

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    you know what would be fun/terrible

    a series on shitty facebook movie tie in games

    for instance, the hunger games adventures

    it is

    something else

  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    yeah it's pretty gay

    also played exclusively by virginal manchildren

  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    beasteh what about THIS homeboy

  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    Skull Man wrote: »
    I think probably the worst pokemon ever is fucking like

    volbeat

    or minum/plusle

    almost

    the worst pokemon ever is in fact an old classic
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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    Skull Man wrote: »
    I think probably the worst pokemon ever is fucking like

    volbeat

    or minum/plusle

    volbeat is at least competitively viable

    probably the worst pokemon to me are silcoon/cascoon and dustox/beautifly

    straight ripoffs of caterpie/metapod

  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    Skull Man wrote: »
    beasteh what about THIS homeboy

    owns

  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    Pokemon-wise it goes 1 > 3 > 5 > 2 > 4

    Region-Wise it goes 3 > 5> 1 > 4 > 2

    Games-Wise it goes 2 > 1 > 3 > 5 > 4

    Mechanics-wise it goes 5 > 4 > 3 > 2 > 1

    this has been my gay pokepinion

    This might be the worst opinion set ive seen

    I mean

    Maybe mechanics is sound, and 2 is best games wise, but come on

  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    you know what would be fun/terrible

    a series on shitty facebook movie tie in games

    for instance, the hunger games adventures

    it is

    something else

    do it

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    there is a major dearth in coverage of bad facebook games

  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA mod
    The only Facebook game that was in any way remotely good was the Dragon Age one.

  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    facebook tetris

  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    facebook tetris is pretty great, yeah

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    A duck! wrote: »
    The only Facebook game that was in any way remotely good was the Dragon Age one.

    I am handicapped in dragon age on facebook because that account is literally only in existence to try and then later discard facebook games and try to win things and such

    so that facebook account has no friends

    which makes dragon age legends

    difficult

  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    back in 2009 my girlfriends entire family spent hours on farmville daily

    they wanted me to till their virtual crops endlessly

    it was terrible

  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    Pokemon-wise it goes 1 > 3 > 5 > 2 > 4

    this is really, I can't even

    you liked Hoenn pokes

    wow

    they were like

    really, really bad

  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    I am continually baffled as to why Hoenn gets such a bad rep

    my only problems with it were 1. too much water 2. TOO MUCH WATER

    had a couple design stinkers but what gen doesn't

    -Tal on
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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    Pokemon-wise it goes 5 > 1 > 2 > 4 > 3

    Region-Wise it goes 2 > 5> 1 > 4 > 3

    Games-Wise it goes 5 > 2 > 1 > 4 > 3

    Mechanics-wise it goes 5 > 4 > 3 > 2 > 1

    this has been the correct pokepinion

  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    Was the pokemon thread at 100? I didn't even realize.

    Yay pokemon!

  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    Oh wait this is a games journalism thread. Gotcha

  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    Hoenn. Is better. Than gen 4 and 5. Deal.

  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    I am continually baffled as to why Hoenn gets such a bad rep

    my only problems with it were 1. too much water 2. TOO MUCH WATER

    had a couple design stinkers but what gen doesn't

    a big chunk of gen 3 pokemon are lame versions of gen 1 pokemon

    like zigzagoon and wurmple

  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    no hoenn was awful

  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    Also I really want to submit a gaming piece thing for MD but I have no idea where to begin or what to write since I don't really feel like a real gamer anymore since I mostly just play sports games.

  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    Pokemon-wise it goes 5 > 1 > 2 > 4 > 3

    Region-Wise it goes 2 > 5> 1 > 4 > 3

    Games-Wise it goes 5 > 2 > 1 > 4 > 3

    Mechanics-wise it goes 5 > 4 > 3 > 2 > 1

    this has been the correct pokepinion

    Ok scratch it

    Speed has the worst opinions

  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    could we change the subject I can't even deal with awful pokemon opinions being in two threads instead of being contained to one

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  • NeoTomaNeoToma Registered User regular
    Beasteh wrote: »
    back in 2009 my girlfriends entire family spent hours on farmville daily

    they wanted me to till their virtual crops endlessly

    it was terrible
    This is hilarious to me

  • T4CTT4CT BAFTA-NOMINATED NAFTA-APPROVEDRegistered User regular
    @Dichotomy

    Since I also don't know what the fuck toonami is you barely qualify

    Also just wait until this Pokemon thing goes public

    Just wait

  • TayaTaya Registered User regular
    Gen 1 isn't really that great; it just gets points for being the original. There's nothing special about the majority of gen 1 Pokemon other than "when I was a kid..."

    Also Gen 3 is great; f the haters.

  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    could we change the subject I can't even deal with awful pokemon opinions being in two threads instead of being contained to one

    Then just stop posting in all pokemon named threads.

  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    -Tal wrote: »
    Pokemon-wise it goes 1 > 2 > 5 > 4 > 3

    Region-Wise it goes 5 > 2> 1 > 4 > 3

    Games-Wise it goes 5 > 1 > 2 > 3> 4

    Mechanics-wise it goes 5 > 4 > 3 > 2 > 1

    this has been the ONLY TRUE pokepinion

    it is finished

    Skull Man on
  • YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Hoenn. Is better. Than gen 4 and 5. Deal.

    Hoenn nearly had the series jump the Sharpedo, but it seems Emerald managed to make things better.

  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    pokemon is terrible

    just to reiterate

  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    Skull Man wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    Pokemon-wise it goes 1 > 2 > 5 > 4 > 3

    Region-Wise it goes 5 > 2> 1 > 4 > 3

    Games-Wise it goes 5 > 1 > 2 > 3> 4

    Mechanics-wise it goes 5 > 4 > 3 > 2 > 1

    this has been the ONLY TRUE pokepinion

    it is finished

    The REAL worst?????

  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    Skull Man wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    Pokemon-wise it goes 1 > 2 > 5 > 4 > 3

    Region-Wise it goes 5 > 2> 1 > 4 > 3

    Games-Wise it goes 5 > 1 > 2 > 3> 4

    Mechanics-wise it goes 5 > 4 > 3 > 2 > 1

    this has been the ONLY TRUE pokepinion

    it is finished

    close enough to my own opinions that I can deal with this

  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    it's a shame because hoenn has some cool areas

    like the desert or the field covered in volcanic ash

    but when I think of it all I can think of is so

    much

    surfing

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