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Ok. This is a very serious question. It's for anyone who knows, and being a huge fan, I would be honored to hear from any of you bungie guys that know too.

I just got a job as a photo tech. working for my state's newspaper (score!). While going through orientation, we were informed that the paper was changing direction a little and trying to get the attention of younger readers. They also let us know that any ideas we may have would be appreciated.

It took a little while for it to hit me, but the paper doesn't review games. I mean, CNN and USA Today, a couple of the biggest names in news, have a page or two (paper and website) that are devoted to video games.

So I've made a decision. I'm going to put together the best presentation possible to pitch to the editors in the newsroom. I've been researching all kinds of information. Quoting the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and the survey they recently took on gamers' ages on average, the type of people our paper reaches, the percentage of readers that have video game consoles and PC's, the buying power of those people (wether it be parent's buying for kids or readers buying for themselves), etc...

I need as many real opinions on any other information I should include, so everybody feel free to tell me what you think. After all, you guys are the gamers. You can help me with this better than any of the old geezers I have to present this to.

Also, one of the main questions I am working on now is: How do I go about getting games from publishers, either for free or at discounted rates (I have a feeling that they're going to want to start off with low cost, until it hopefully takes off), at the same time getting them a little early, so I can have the review finished in time for the release?

Thanks in advance to those of you who read this. It ended up a little longer than I intended for a forum.

Ra

  • 09.16.2004 1:41 AM PDT

It helps to have contacts in the industry, but I imagine that approaching a few publishers would help get free games.

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well good luck with that and i hope it is acceptid.

  • 09.16.2004 4:37 AM PDT
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Thanks to the guys with info and positive things to say, and to doieverstop...to put it nicely... I don't fail. :)

  • 09.16.2004 4:50 AM PDT
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It's about time Bungie.net had a good post.

I have no idea how you'd go about doing it. What I'd suggest is simply writing both game developers and game review sites such as Gamespot, IGN, et cetera.

  • 09.16.2004 6:29 AM PDT
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Actually, I have to leave now, but if you want I'll email your questions to Frankie's personal email address when I get home in about 7 hours.

  • 09.16.2004 6:33 AM PDT

Actually, Gamersinfo.net might be a good place to ask. I know that Kelly wants more coverage for the site, so she may be interested in doing some sort of deal.

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umm one thing i found that newspapers are missing in their articles are color photos i think it would be much more intresting to read about something that would catch your eye on the page such as vivde colors that would help the gaming section greatly

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That would be really cool if you emailed those questions for me and got back to me. And I will check out gamerinfo.com tonight, thanks.

As far as the color photos go, sometimes it's hard to snag a color page in a newspaper. I don't know how many color photos I tone a night, and then when we actually get the paper printed, some of those photos didn't get a color page. I will definitely try to get color though, I think will help too.

  • 09.16.2004 11:22 AM PDT