TNL Staff Q&A

I got a little curious as to how TNL is functioned - who does what, who's boss over who, how are the articles written, etc... So here are a few questions for the TNL staff to answer when they've got the time.

1. When writing a video game review, what is done to prepare for it? Is the game played all the way through to write a thurough review? Is an outline of the final review made before the actual review is written? Do you take notes while playing the game so you can include them in your review? Do you write the review on a piece of paper first and then transfer it to text on the computer?

2. When writing a video game preview, where do you get the information? Straight from the source? From other sites(GameSpot, IGN, etc...)? How much info is gathered on the game before the preview is written? How much time does it take for the preview to be posted online after it's been completed?

3. What image editor is used to make the site's images? Flash? Photoshop? Who makes the images?

4. What FTP utility is used to upload the site's content?

5. Define "editor"

6. How many hours a day(on average) does a member of the staff spend on the site?

7. Do you ever have arguments about the content? How do they usually end?

8. Are the members of the staff payed salaries? If so, how much? And where does the income come from? Ads?

9. How long did it take to learn the programming language? How many members of the staff actually know the language?

10. Is there a TNL office somewhere, or do you all work from home and just send the content to each other via e-mail?

STFU.

LOL. You had to squeeze a period in there.

I think I know who Swift really is.
http://www.wchstv.com/abc/2020/barbarawalters.jpg

Hilarious. Thanks for the help.

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Hilarious. Thanks for the help.

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STFU.

TNL doesn't even have any content so how the fuck are they going to answer those questions?

1. When writing a video game review, what is done to prepare for it? Is the game played all the way through to write a thurough review? Is an outline of the final review made before the actual review is written? Do you take notes while playing the game so you can include them in your review? Do you write the review on a piece of paper first and then transfer it to text on the computer?

I usually play through a game in its entirety, or if it sucks, around 10 hours or until I feel I can write about it and know what I'm talking about. I don't take notes, but I do write stuff down before I start writing so I don't forget to include everything. Everything is done on the comp, paper would be pointless.

2. When writing a video game preview, where do you get the information? Straight from the source? From other sites(GameSpot, IGN, etc...)? How much info is gathered on the game before the preview is written? How much time does it take for the preview to be posted online after it's been completed?

As much info is gathered as possible, and all info is gained from the developers, of coarse.

3. What image editor is used to make the site's images? Flash? Photoshop? Who makes the images?

None--the images are supplied by the developers.

4. What FTP utility is used to upload the site's content?

Beats me. I don't upload it, though at GN we have a database now so no need for FTP.

5. Define "editor"

Um. Wtf do you think.

6. How many hours a day(on average) does a member of the staff spend on the site?

When I'm writing a review, about 2 hours a day. (including playing, of coarse)

7. Do you ever have arguments about the content? How do they usually end?

No.

8. Are the members of the staff payed salaries? If so, how much? And where does the income come from? Ads?

No. Just free games.

9. How long did it take to learn the programming language? How many members of the staff actually know the language?

Uhh, I know HTML. But why the hell does that matter.

10. Is there a TNL office somewhere, or do you all work from home and just send the content to each other via e-mail?[/QUOTE]

No.




I write for www.got-next.com , btw, so some of those answers may not be correct for TNL.

Thank you

And before omfg comes in, let me answer him:

I'm sorry for not being a douche bag!