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

**cka** · 18 Jun 2008, 12:34 AM

no "Kids Corner" editorials by Mzo this time 'round

**Mzo** · 18 Jun 2008, 12:35 AM

If my legacy is to be summed in dating a hot 17 year old, so be it.

**Mr-K** · 18 Jun 2008, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Some of it is, some of it isn't. Josh and NeoZeedeater are both TNL to the bone, but they don't have much in common. We have a lot of people here. What I intend to do is encourage our writers to have a personality, a sense of humor, and let that show in their writing. I'm not here to tell people to be cynical or what kind of attitude to have, what kind of jokes to make... You can't do that. I just want to get away from the rigid attitudes that other sites have about reviews and features and see what happens.

Some outlets get caught up in what they think a review should and shouldn't be. They think that it's not a review unless they discuss how good the graphics and the sound are and put a number at the end. That's bullshit. A review is just a short opinion piece for an editor to discuss his experience with a game and recommend it or not. Its goal is to communicate what the writer thinks is significant and relevant and to do it in a way that is entertaining. That's what a good writer does. Fuck any other suppositions.

I like this attitude. My problem with a lot of entertainment writing is that it's way too rigid and formulaic. Intro, Background, Story Summary, Technical Stuff you enjoyed/didn't enjoy, summary, end. It gets boring.