Re: PBM Review site?

From: lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:17:21 +0000

In article <VA.0000185a.0312b699@oemcomputer>,
Carol Mulholland  <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk> wrote:

>Do you envisage providing all the reviews yourself, then?

No, I envisage not having reviews.

> It obviously helps to have played several games before reviewing
> any single game and we expect our reviewers to be experienced players, but
> is total knowledge essential, or even desirable?

No. My point was that a typical player of RPGs has played a larger
fraction of all RPGs than the typical player of PBMs has played of all
PBMs.

>> Most reviews published in PBM magazines aren't very good, and I'll be
>> charitable and ascribe that to lack of community.
>>
>> No doubt you disagree with this. No surprise there.
>
>Just mildly surprised that you can say this without reading FLAGSHIP.
>But that's just my old professional training coming in, so ah well. I
>can only do my best...

What makes you think that I don't read Flagship? I used to read a
friend's copy a decade ago, and I read the issue you mailed me a while
ago. The general feel of my friends was that reviews of the games they
had actually played in were pretty poor; the reviewer would
misunderstand how to play the game, and complain about things that
weren't true. Plus, you can't evaluate how reliable the GM is based on
the report of one short-term player, who is often known to the GM as a
reviewer.

My professional training says that's not a successful review process.

greg

References

PBM Review site?
"Sid" <seyed@monkeyx.com>
Tue, 09 Apr 2002 20:37:25 +0000
Re: PBM Review site?
Carol Mulholland <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk>
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:04:02 +0000
Re: PBM Review site?
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 16:07:22 +0000
Re: PBM Review site?
Carol Mulholland <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk>
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:34:43 +0000

Referenced By

PBM Review site?
"Sid" <seyed@monkeyx.com>
Tue, 09 Apr 2002 20:37:25 +0000
Re: PBM Review site?
Carol Mulholland <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk>
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:04:02 +0000
Re: PBM Review site?
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 16:07:22 +0000
Re: PBM Review site?
Carol Mulholland <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk>
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:34:43 +0000