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CaptainD’s Guide to Writing a Very Helpful Game Review
by captaind | Aug 09 '04
10 print "Space Invaders" 20 goto 10

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Re: So where's the music??? (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Eek... I'm not even sure I can do one on Music... two of my four music reviews I've written so far are still rated "Helpful" overall...

CaptainWhatSoYouWeren'tPayingAttentionThisTime??!?!?
Aug 15 '04
6:22 am PDT

Re: hey Captain (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Do you want to know something even funnier? I actually got four cents (count 'em) out of it! Life is strange..

Glad you found this helpful - not that you really need any tips for writing great book reviews! :-D

CaptainDoubleYourTwoCents'Worth
Aug 15 '04
6:21 am PDT

So where's the music??? (Reply to this comment)
by hist
C'mon...I want to see one of these tutorials on music. I might even pay attention this time. :-)

Dave
Aug 15 '04
12:21 am PDT

hey Captain (Reply to this comment)
by artemisadorned
I thought you might find this humorous: In their great wisdom- Epinions paid me 1 penny for doing your Stupid W/O. (the one no one was supposed to do) I laughed loudly.

Great review, by the way. You always share such helpful hints.

LOL,
Linda
Aug 14 '04
8:26 am PDT

Re: Thanks for the tips! (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
"of them seem obvious, but that's what makes them easy things to forget to include in a review." - the guide is aimed more at new reviewers, so I've tried to include all the things (obvious or not!) that commonly get ignored by newbies. That said, some established members still miss out bits - we all do from time to time. But reminders are helpful anyway.

Oddly enough I found this one the most challenging of my three guides to write - considering I've read probably thousands of computer game reviews during my lifetime, that seems a bit strange!

Thanks for the comment! :-D

CaptainD
Aug 13 '04
2:09 pm PDT

Thanks for the tips! (Reply to this comment)
by jediempressmel
It's good to read tips on these things. Some of them seem obvious, but that's what makes them easy things to forget to include in a review. So I appreciate your pointing them out. No game reviews from me yet, but I still enjoyed learning from this.
Aug 12 '04
11:51 pm PDT

Re: phew! (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
:-P

Come off it, you were only inches away from being one of my fave reviewers!

CaptainNotEnoughSpace
Aug 10 '04
2:02 pm PDT

phew! (Reply to this comment)
by kjell1979
I'm glad none of my game reviews made the cut as your worst written review. :)
Aug 10 '04
12:00 pm PDT

Re: alleged Most Popular Member has zero hits (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Erm.....

Yep, I was just testing. Thanks for being so alreat (your country needs lerts... sigh... the old ones are the best...)

Thanks for letting me know! (Pesky underscores...)

Captain_D
Aug 09 '04
2:55 pm PDT

Re: Very helpful... (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Hehe... be careful what you say, I hear they have agents everywhere...

(Don't worry though, none of 'em ever read my reviews so you're pretty safe here! :-P)

Thanks for the compliment :-D I'm glad you found them helpful!

CaptainHushHush
Aug 09 '04
2:51 pm PDT

Very helpful... (Reply to this comment)
by agentunderfire
These mini-tutorials/templates are very helpful-more so than what epinions has in their FAQs and what not. *looks around*

Thank you.
Aug 09 '04
2:28 pm PDT