deanb Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 So I guess we may as well migrate this over. http://www.destructo...-1-189972.phtml - We're the source bitch! Also today/yesterday we finally surpassed 30,000. (Looking at todays stats already I think we'll hit another 1000 by the end of the day) Also by this week we should have our overall GOTY up. Had two surprise personal GOTY's come out from left field. We may or may not wait on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 wow, we were looking at only 30,000 overall last time I posted? Holy shit that's a leap since. Anywho main reason I'm here: As some of you may know, alongside this place I run a gaming blog Press X or Die I've been kind of lax on it the past few months with uni work, as have a few others. I've mostly kept myself busy on the side with the TAY newsfeed. I finish in less than 3 weeks. At that point I'm going to be looking into working on it a fair bit more. I'm putting out an open invitation on folks who'd be up for signing up and writing with us. It's all pretty laid back, as it stand no intention of becoming a full blown news site. Also means no income or stuff like that. It would be a "on the side" hobby kind of thing. At the moment we've got a few guys on this forum already writing for the site in varying degrees. Dave is kind of on reviews duty to Hot heart with his monthly columns, and several guys in-between. (so any questions, they'd be worth asking) We mostly cover the smaller news. Pretty much anyone can read the top 10 games blogs and they're all generally facsimiles of each other on info. There's not much point copying that. We do cover "big news" now n then. Occasionally we're even breaking it. But for the most part, it's indie games, lesser covered aspects of games industry, original writing, etc. Always looking to expand in new ways though. Perks of writing on PXOD: - Press privileges. For the most part that means we get press release n screenshots but also means - Press access to events like PAX, E3, Gamescom, EG etc. Already got a couple guys signed up for Eurogamer. The time frame means pretty much everything but Gamescom this year is written off though. (normally need 6 months) - Review codes for games. This isn't "woot free games", we'd expect you to actually do half decent reviews. And as we're small this is mostly indie titles or stuff for XBLA/PSN/DSware. Looking to expand this summer though. - Potential opening on getting a job in games press if you're interested in going further with it. - You get a cool @pressxordie.com email address and decrpyter ring. Well you get the email address at least. So if you're at all interested shoot an email my way. I guess to keep it "professional" send em to deanbmmv@pressxordie.com If you just want write a single article now or then, you can also toss them our way. I'll try n get back ASAP, but for the most part not intending to start the ball rolling until about mid-may. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Wow, the site hasnt been updated since december. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 The last post was 4 days ago.... Also got two guys on board. And a more polished up version of the above piece: http://pressxordie.com/about/new-writers-wanted/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Geez, now I wished I at least had some writing/interviewing skill and the ability to commit. San Francisco isn't far from LA (E3), Seattle or Portland for PAX... and there was also this dev/award conference thing in San Francisco a few months back... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Oops sorry. I clicked the link at the top. It took me to the black ops link from december. Yeah, im an idiot. Anyways, id be interested in writing for the site. But i have no idea what id write about. Nowadays i play the ps3 exclusively. I am full of nostalgia though. And i can not curse when i dont have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Writing skills not really required. As long as it's comprehensible you're a-okay. Ability to commit: not much of an issue either( just ask Ethan ) Just so as to not put hopes up too high: Due to the time requirements on registration for things like PAX and E3 you're pretty much shit out of luck on this years stuff. For that I'm kinda sorry. Also as we generate no cash it would be on your own funds, all we can do in the deal is get you permission to poke developers n access non-public areas. Oh and I guess depending on what mood E3 is in that year: actually get you in in the first place. Edit: SL just reminded me: We're looking into maybe heading into video pieces. Like video reviews. So if you've got a decent voice, the equipment and ability to cut up video we'd be looking for that too. But that's kind of a "not too soon" sort of thing. Still figuring the whole video thing out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 (edited) Well, most people would be happy to be even have the ability to get into the press only events*. I heard that they can be pretty damn nice with some nice swag here and there. Though, those passes prices can be pretty damn steep. Anyways, I have uni work coming up in the fall, so no go for me. If only I was only in community college. *For example, the San Francisco thing I mentioned about. Press and gaming industry folks only. Plenty of indie folks if I recall. Edited April 29, 2011 by MaliciousH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Writing skills not really required. As long as it's comprehensible you're a-okay. Ability to commit: not much of an issue either( just ask Ethan ) Yeah, this whole "impending graduation" thing kind of has me distracted from writing for PXOD... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Writing skills not really required. As long as it's comprehensible you're a-okay. Ability to commit: not much of an issue either( just ask Ethan ) Yeah, this whole "impending graduation" thing kind of has me distracted from writing for PXOD... Me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 So 6 more people (if I'm counting right). And I'm realising that this is a bit more work than I currently have time for So new folks sorry n all if I don't get you up to speed right away on anything more than getting a wordpress account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Righty-ho. It seems applications have stopped. The new writers we have gained are: @Nexus Keyworks @Vintage @MasterDex @Chronixal Maybe Strangelove, but I didn't get a response back on that. Also got a guest article due from "Jake Russel" and Rockyran. Anyone of those I've just listed don't yet have a GDocs account give me a yell. Have a fish about. I finish uni end of this week and will start hopefully churning stuff out this coming weekend, so keep your eyes peeled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 My computer broke so ive been on my phone for the past 2 weeks. Ill type something out this week when i get my new laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 http://pressxordie.com/A few creases to iron out. Mainly that most posts lack images, the News Bites does wierd things to URL's n @names, we can't auto-tweet posts and the review system needs polishing. But other than that, watcha think?Also anyone who has recently signed up, or has ever signed up, as a writer, would ya sign on Gdocs at some point. I'll be adding some how-tos soon since the new system has a slight tweak on how posting works.edit: oh yeah, you also need to hit me up so I can assign you to your account. It only half transfers cos the passwords n shit. So email deanbmmv@pressxordie.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Looks quite good. I am impressed. I will start writing when I return from Spain, so start of June time. Thinking about a follow-up to the Top 53 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 We just need to access/activate Google Docs on our accounts? Or do you need us to get on the PXOD docs somehow? Also, regarding the site, I think the logo could be prettied up a bit with borders/gloss etc. I can mess around with it later if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Looks quite good. I am impressed. I will start writing when I return from Spain, so start of June time. Thinking about a follow-up to the Top 53 games. I think doing the Top 50 or whatever as a feature on PXOD would be great. We could take turns doing write-ups for each of the entries (the ones we voted for of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 We just need to access/activate Google Docs on our accounts? Or do you need us to get on the PXOD docs somehow? Also, regarding the site, I think the logo could be prettied up a bit with borders/gloss etc. I can mess around with it later if need be. Nah, you should all be getting emails with a new temporary password for logging in to the site. If you don't can someone tell me please. Gdocs is separate account. I'm just wanting folks to log on as I'm not sure many have. Still plenty folks to pick a colour (you'll end up with Pink, warning ya), and it seems no one has had any questions to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kovach_ Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) Wow, looks way better than before. Keep it up, fingers crossed. /readded PXOD to quick bookmarks. Edited May 18, 2011 by Kovach_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Oh yeah I forgot to mention: We now have Disqus so you can sign in to comment with Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo, OpenID* and a few others. *OpenID is more a standard than an account. It uses a bunch of other accounts you'll probbaly have. e.g I think Gmail is an OpenID account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 This looks awesome, Dean. Here's to hoping I get stuff I have on the list done after exams... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enervation Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 I'd volunteer for this, if it weren't for: A) Being a full time college student. B) Having work alongside being a full time student. C) Being a Computer Science major (aka, code or die forever). It's a shame, I live fairly close to L.A., so I'd be able to gain access to E3 rather easily with a guest pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 E3 2012. Just a small reminder but E3 is next month, not one of you are getting in this year If anyone does have future plans of getting into E3 2012 make sure to contact me within the next 7 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Put this in TAY on Kotaku to get some feedback about the design and hopefully some more hits...only one person responded but they had some constructive stuff to say at least. Well most everything is in a good place, easy to navigate, etc. Maybe a little more could be done to differentiate between the page sections; header, nav bar, article slots, etc. If you get a lot of usage out of the search bar it will need to be highlighted or moved. It was the last thing I saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Search bar is unfortunately stuck in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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