Article Excerpt:
"I am sure many of you have wondered; “What does it take to be an amateur gaming review writer?” or “How do I get people to read my review and take it seriously?” or maybe even “How can I be just like everyone else and think of nothing original?” Well take heart dear reader, below you will find sure fire ways to write a ‘quality’ review and drive traffic to your budding site. Hey, it’s only a matter of time before someone discovers your genius, right?"
"Following a great event in November of last year, DevGAMM Lisbon is coming back to the beautiful and sunny Cascais region to catch up with old friends, connect with game developers from around the world, hear from seasoned professionals, and have a great time all around." - DevGAMM.
A look into the sad trajectory of indie games from high successful releases to complete irrelevancy in just a few weeks or months.
That's the thing with gaming there's always new experiences to have why spend months or years playing a single game when there's a new experience right around the corner.
Indie or AAA if your building your game expecting long term player counts you'll probably be disappointed as gamers often enjoy something for a few weeks and move on only to return if it's truely a classic.
Out of all the generations I've experienced there's games from 30 plus years ago I still dust off and play like super Mario bros, earthbound, vice city and san Andreas being games I treasure and revisit every few years but I'm not going back to play a game designed to keep me engaged for months on end because it's also designed to milk my wallet in most cases.
Build a great game that people love make it playable offline and ask does it matter if the concurrent player count is under 100 a year post launch more often that not it doesn't
GB: "We take a look at 15 amazing games that had the perfect length."
I laughed my A$$ off. Thanks as usual guys!
This will be one of the lost scrolls of gaming journalism. Time to get to writing that gaming journalism bible.
Only problem is GD site runs so effin slow! Damn you TPSS webmaster!
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"Gran Turismo 5"
Best caption ever.
"Follow these tips and you will be at 1000 degrees on N4G in no time."
It kinda cute how famous N4G has become on the internet.
Or is the word notorious?