Re: Origins PBM Winner

From: Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>

Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:58:03 +0000

Enno Rehling wrote:

> Think about it: How long would you have to play an average PBM in order to
> write a simple magazine review about it? I imagine that would usually take
> at least 2-3 months. No wonder we never get any reviews in popular computer
> games mags ;-) That said, if anyone has an idea about how to motivate the
> mainstream press into doing one anyway, I'd like to hear it. Can't hurt to
> try.

We reckon 10 or more turns are necessary to gain a reasonable impression of
a game. Yes, it'd be hard to get a computer games reviewer to take on a
PBM review position. And presumably there's no advertising revenue in PBM.

But magazine editors tend to be hungry for good material, so maybe you can
persuade someone who writes well to contact an editor with the offer to
supply a regular column? You'll need to find someone with a fair overall
view of what games are available, and the ability to keep going for several
issues. That's been the most successful approach in Britain, but it's hard
work for the writer. (No-one's doing it at the moment, as far as I know.)

Other than that, you'll have to go for the news columns - send them
regular press releases.

Carol

References

Re: Origins PBM Winner
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 20:13:37 +0000
Re: Origins PBM Winner
jasonm@spamkiller.mindshiftdesign.com (Jason Paul McCartan)
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:31:36 +0000
Re: Origins PBM Winner
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 23:12:34 +0000
Re: Origins PBM Winner
"Enno Rehling" <schick.mir.spam@gmx.de>
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 23:30:22 +0000
Origins PBM Winner
jasonm@spamkiller.mindshiftdesign.com (Jason Paul McCartan)
Sat, 07 Jul 2001 03:49:31 +0000