The Big News (TNL is black. And this time... it's personal)

[Josh]

I'm looking for my bahn avatar. right now... it was pretty awesome.

edit: found it. haha

[BonusKun]

BK: Wasn't ignoring your reply. I'd welcome your support, just be aware that the copyedit standards are much higher than they were back in 1999.

Oh I'm very well quite aware of the standards now. It's been a very long time since I've cared to write anything either.

[Rhydant]

Not an angry dude, just someone entertaining enough or someTHING entertaining enough to have you checking back regularly.

TNL GGW imo. We've been discussing this.

[Drewbacca]

So is this site going to be all IGN-y pro or are we going to be more like actual TNL with swearing and tom foolery?

[Frogacuda]

So is this site going to be all IGN-y pro or are we going to be more like actual TNL with swearing and tom foolery?

It'll be a bit of a balance of both and neither. We want the writing to be professional, we're going to have strict editorial standards and all that. But we're going to to want it to reflect the personality of the community as well. So we want to emphasize humor and personality, as well as that nerdy know-it-all side of TNL.

[Mr-K]

The Hipster Review with Mr. K

I'd watch the shit out of that.

Coming up this week, I talk about 1930s Proto-ambient Appalachian Mountain Bull Singing and its inevitable quasi-ironic comeback. Also This week in fashion: Brightly colored moccasins!

Unsurprisingly though, I would be interested in contributing to this. Writing as a profession (ha) is an idea I've always toyed with but because of how competitive the industry is, how poorly paid (if paid at all) it tends to be, and a general lack of experience on my part--I've never been able to commit to the whole idea. But anyway, I was thinking of picking up a few freelancing gigs and see how the whole things pans out and find out whether or not I'll be eaten alive and left a shallow husk of my former self.

The problem with writing on TNL is that I don't really follow video games anymore.

[Revoltor]

Join the club.

[Advocate]

The problem with writing on TNL is that I don't really follow video games anymore.

You're hired.

[Othello Harrington]

lol

[Drewbacca]

It'll be a bit of a balance of both and neither. We want the writing to be professional, we're going to have strict editorial standards and all that. But we're going to to want it to reflect the personality of the community as well. So we want to emphasize humor and personality, as well as that nerdy know-it-all side of TNL.

TNL always seemed about the never-satisfied, everything sucks until proven awesome, and nothing-is-sacred vibe to me. Professional writing is always a good idea, the hard part is not getting stuck between to world's and ending up being nothing important or relevant to anybody.