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September 5th, 2010 by Troy Goodfellow · 8 Comments · Uncategorized
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So how many places are you doing stuff for now? Seems like 4-5.
Regulary? Only a few. But I pick up pieces here and there.
The process is interesting to me. Do places contact you about doing a review of a specific game, do you contact them about doing a review of a specific game, or do you contact them saying “give me some strategy game.”
I’m sure there’s some structure to it otherwise you’d be reviewing the same game multiple places.
It depends. I am established enough that review work now usually comes to me – I am asked to review a game and then I commit to do it. Sometimes more than one place asks me, and I go with the first one I accept. When I started at CGM, though, Steve Bauman was very open to me approaching him with obscure wargames to review. Still, sometimes I have to remind editors that I am available to review stuff if they have anything sitting around.
Feature stories are pitched to editors. I work up an idea and an outline and see if he/she is interested.
Why are you doing this and why in this way, Troy? Is this an aide-mémoire or done for readers of the blog? I’m yet to listen to the past two shows, so if you’re announcing and explaining everything there, ignore this message.
It’s an excellent review Troy. Sadly I lost interest in SC2 after two weeks (probably less). SC2 is a beautifully well made game but RTS’s just aren’t my cup of tea.
Would it be shameful of me to admit I actually like the gameplay of Supreme Commander II more than SC2?
Not shameful at all. SupCom 2 is one of my favorite RTSes of the year, and I haven’t even tried the new patch.
I’ve just started playing SupCom2, but I find it “meh”.
It must be me getting old, but it appears I’m not quick enough with the build queues and construction to fend of even a “medium” difficulty AI.