In a message dated 7/24/2006 11:43:15 PM Central Standard Time, saintonge@telus.net writes:
You can't trust the fan sites. And there's so much being produced that it's difficult for even a site that limits itself to one genre to keep up. We have chosen to comprehensively attempt a documentation of all genres to the point where many would see us as leading the pack in such things. Other, more "serious" subjects are still doing respectably well, but our greatest success is in what many people see as trivial. We still demand NPOV on these articles, but can be more relaxed about original research. The good secondary material is just not there, and you don't maintain a lead by waiting for other sites or books to put something decent together.
Absolutely. Some of our video game featured articles are some of the best game sources on the internet. They don't go into excess detail, but they cover the key aspects of development, story, gameplay, and reception. If one is patient enough, encyclopedic articles will flourish out of the most crufty main articles.
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On 7/25/06, SonOfYoungwood@aol.com SonOfYoungwood@aol.com wrote:
Absolutely. Some of our video game featured articles are some of the best game sources on the internet. They don't go into excess detail, but they cover the key aspects of development, story, gameplay, and reception. If one is patient enough, encyclopedic articles will flourish out of the most crufty main articles.
No. You absolutely musn't confuse "cruft" with "popular culture". It's absolutely right and fitting that we have good articles on video games. But do we have extended articles about ever minor character in every game, every level in every episode of every game etc? *That* is cruft. Not a high level article situating the game in the real world, along with a decent summary of the gameplay, plot, levels etc.
Steve