Whatever happened to Nick Rox of Gamefan?

**Alex Kidd** · 07 Dec 2002, 02:22 PM

I was reading the Snatcher review in Santaro's sig and I saw that is was written by none other than Nick Rox. Whatever happened to that guy? Anyone remember the Street Fighter Alpha controversy he started up? He gave the PS version of SFA a higher rating than the Saturn version becuase of the SHADOWS, nevermind the fact the Saturn version controlled better and was closer to the arcade in all other respects. His shadows debacle caused his downfall from what I remember... so what ever happened to him? Did he go on to write for anybody else after Gamefan?

**NeoZeedeater** · 07 Dec 2002, 02:25 PM

Didn't he have a hand in translating some games like Valkyrie Profile?

I think Shidoshi said Nick is trying to become an actor or something.

**Ashod** · 07 Dec 2002, 02:44 PM

Originally posted by Alex Kidd
I was reading the Snatcher review in Santaro's sig and I saw that is was written by none other than Nick Rox. Whatever happened to that guy? Anyone remember the Street Fighter Alpha controversy he started up? He gave the PS version of SFA a higher rating than the Saturn version becuase of the SHADOWS, nevermind the fact the Saturn version controlled better and was closer to the arcade in all other respects. His shadows debacle caused his downfall from what I remember... so what ever happened to him? Did he go on to write for anybody else after Gamefan?

And let's not forget how the Saturn version DID have the original blue shadows...when you listened to the original arcade music rather than the alternative soundtrack. I mean, if one was looking for arcade perfection, they wouldn't be bothering with an alternative soundtrack in the first place, right? RIGHT?

Yeah, that one's been boiling inside of me for several years now. You can all carry on with your forum browsing.

**Jeremy** · 07 Dec 2002, 02:57 PM

Folks, they redid the review later when it was revealed that their version of SFA was "reviewable" but not the final product.

**Ashod** · 07 Dec 2002, 02:59 PM

Originally posted by Jeremy
Folks, they redid the review later when it was revealed that their version of SFA was "reviewable" but not the final product.

Did they actually re-review the game, or did they just say "oops, we fucked up, but the scores are the still the same." I don't recall them giving it new scores. Maybe I'm wrong.

**Jeremy** · 07 Dec 2002, 03:01 PM

I think they just mentioned it in the opening editorial section. They may have redone the review, like they did with Night Warriors.

**Ashod** · 07 Dec 2002, 03:18 PM

Personally, I think they just didn't bother to play with the Saturn version much and that whole "reviewable copy" thing was bullshit. Hell, the Saturn one had larger character sprites than the PS version, too. You would think someone as anal as Nick Rox would have noticed something like that if he had spent more than twenty minutes with the Saturn version of the game.

Though I do give them kudos (heh) for increasing Nightwarriors' score. I mean, that code or whatever that unlocked a whole bunch of extra crap (like the original Darkstalkers backgrounds) really did add a lot to the game.

**Chojin** · 07 Dec 2002, 04:02 PM

Last time I saw him do anything was when he was supplying Thegia.com with info and news every so often. Now that they're gone I dunno what he's up to.