GestaltBennie Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 For Mike, and fans of Mike's work, a link of interest: http://www.d20zines.com/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1057&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Scott Bennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Cross Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: Ninja Hero Review At ENWorld Decent review,but what is it doing in a d20 online magazine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSword Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: Ninja Hero Review At ENWorld Characteristics are then rolled Noooooooooooo! Well, a few errors but overall it was a pretty good review. Glad to see the products getting exposure on multiple game sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eosin Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: Ninja Hero Review At ENWorld A d20 site but it still gave a darn fine review [even if their were a few errors]. I would say that after reading the review, you would know what you are buying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Re: Ninja Hero Review At ENWorld Am I the only one bothered by the fact that this is a published review, and yet displays the grammatic grace of a one-legged duck? Maybe the author did this for free, in which case it's fine. Who'd bother proof-reading something that didn't really matter? yeah, that's gotta be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 Re: Ninja Hero Review At ENWorld Am I the only one bothered by the fact that this is a published review' date=' and yet displays the grammatic grace of a one-legged duck?[/quote'] Nope, not at all, Sociotard. I found myself wincing (as I do when reading badly written work) through the whole damn thing. Is it elitist of me that I would rather have no review out there for Ninja HERO than a badly written one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorsch Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 Re: Ninja Hero Review At ENWorld Id have to try really hard to write something with that many errors in it, it would have to be deliberate. ( ps i have no pretentions about being a writer ) if your game can get a review on a d20 site which is probabilly the most popular game in existance its good press, even if its written in crayon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palehorse Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 Re: Ninja Hero Review At ENWorld There are a scant handful of places that pay for reviews; fewer even if you only count online sources. (SJGames Pyramid is one. Don't know of any others off the top of my head, but surely there has to be at least one or two others...) When you read an RPG review online, almost certainly the MOST payment recieved was a free copy of the book. Not a bad way to get paid, as long as you like what you're getting! Speaking just for myself, I like the free books, but mainly I do it because I love the hobby. I can only imagine that that holds true for most others who aren't receiving monetary compensation (and it's probably for most of those folks, too). So, wince away. I do it to, when I read something I think is poorly written. But cut a bit of slack, while you're at it, please. It'd be great if there were more professional-level writers doing RPG criticism, but since there's no money to be had from it, it doesn't exactly attract the creme de la creme of the writing world... As nice as it'd be to have a Hemingway of gaming criticism, I'm afraid the best we can hope for is a bunch of Dean Koontz-es. If you have the time, I know a lot of game sites (like my own humble abode, GamingReport) accept fan-submitted reviews. If you'd like to see a better written review of Ninja Hero, write one! It's good for Hero, and it might end up in people giving you free books so it's good for you too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 Re: Ninja Hero Review At ENWorld Just wanted to echo what Butch said -- most reviewers aren't pros, they're just fans like yourselves who are interested in having something to say. I don't know about ENworld, but some sites, like RPG.Net, will take pretty much any review sent to them. So, if you don't like one you read, you can submit one of your own! And Butch knows whereof he speaks, since he does well-written and -researched reviews on GamingReport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palehorse Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 Re: Ninja Hero Review At ENWorld And Butch knows whereof he speaks, since he does well-written and -researched reviews on GamingReport. I try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 Re: Ninja Hero Review At ENWorld I try. Well, that in and of itself sets you above many reviewers in this industry. But that's the nature of the beast when there's not enough money involved in the field for websites and the like to hire full-time, professional reviews -- you end up with a lot of amateurs, people with axes to grind, etc. doing reviews. C'est la vie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Re: Ninja Hero Review At ENWorld Am I the only one bothered by the fact that this is a published review' date=' and yet displays the grammatic grace of a one-legged duck? Maybe the author did this for free, in which case it's fine. Who'd bother proof-reading something that didn't really matter? yeah, that's gotta be it.[/quote'] I was farily amazed at how poorly written the review was. The sentences were "clunky" to say the best. But he did like the book, so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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