Weekly Report: Back to Normal
Community News - Latest community happenings.
Announcements
- E3.gamespot.com will have a list of games and more news in the coming weeks. Head to this E3 virtual coverage Facebook to display that you plan to attend this year.
- Webby Awards People's Voice Award Update. Lark has posted some information about when everyone will be receiving their profile points. In the meantime, check out this spiffy new emblem awarded to everyone who voted.
- This Week's Game Night : If you own a Wii, drop by the GameSpot chatroom on Tuesday May 5th (tonight) from 4-8pm PT.The game will be Mario Kart Wii.
Member Spotlight - Bozanimal
This week's member spotlight goes to Bozanimal for this article about Six Days in Fallujah. Excerpt:
Bozanimal wrote:If a video game helps people understand what happened and remembers those that fought for their countries in an effective and respectful format.
On a related note, grigjd3 has written a blog response about the topic.
User Reviews
This week I have pulled reviews from the Top 100 users list.
- Rise of the Argonauts (PS3) AzelKosMos
- F.E.A.R. Files (X360) bacchus2
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (X360) celtic1962
- Yoshi's Story (Wii) Maluigi
- Cryostasis: The Sleep of Reason (PC) nutcracker
- OutRun Online Arcade (X360) wonderboy_46
- Flight Control (mobile)Thorpe89
- Persona 2: Innocent Sin (PS) Platyphyllum
- Quake 4 (PC) SYdoggXxX
Randomness teh Awesome
- E3 predictions have been popping up in a few blogs this past week. Drop by to read the blogs written by Hungry_bunny and PSFreak1
- Mobile Phone Games: Spazz625 and musicalmac have some games not mentioned in GameSpot article.
- Edubuccanner has done a lot of gaming things in the past week.
- PrincessZelda traveled to New York, New York.
- Amnesiac23 describes motion Sickness and video games.
Tip of the Week
The_Druggie has 10 helpful tips for about ways to write better user reviews.
1. Do NOT reference the Gamespot score
2. Avoid frequent use of simple language
3. Double-check your punctuation
4. Back up your information
5. Avoid using "you", "I", or other personal pronouns
6. No referencing other sites
7. Stay on topic
8. No referencing other users
9. No advertising
10. Have a healthy length
Some of these tips also help users avoid getting warning moderations or penalties. Drop by his blog for more information.
Until next week!
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