tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post7842851718947511921..comments2023-04-29T14:04:55.642+01:00Comments on The RAM Raider: Antipathy Under FireRAM Raiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13574276353332030515noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-3925635818834781032006-10-29T18:43:00.000+00:002006-10-29T18:43:00.000+00:00i agree that ngj is shit. but if twats want to rea...i agree that ngj is shit. but if twats want to read it and it sells magazines then who can blame publishers for selling it.tentonipetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15497637713331631714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-20035121510218267652006-10-24T14:53:00.000+01:002006-10-24T14:53:00.000+01:00I have to disagree with major tom, I like Tim Roge...I have to disagree with major tom, I like Tim Rogers and find his work to be witty and insightful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-31289090989689376452006-10-19T17:34:00.000+01:002006-10-19T17:34:00.000+01:00Definitely one of the most entertaining sites I vi...Definitely one of the most entertaining sites I visit. Keep it up everyone.<br /><br />Also, to everyone: regarding giving games journalism a personality - only talk about yourself if you're interesting. You probably aren't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-14632509134354892092006-10-17T00:19:00.000+01:002006-10-17T00:19:00.000+01:00If nothing else, we can all agree on one thing.
W...If nothing else, we can all agree on one thing.<br /><br />We all fucking hate Tim Rogers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-74688604196820311952006-10-16T13:49:00.000+01:002006-10-16T13:49:00.000+01:00What's wrong with 'Daniel Emery'?What's wrong with 'Daniel Emery'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-35089709592988996062006-10-14T09:53:00.000+01:002006-10-14T09:53:00.000+01:00Yes, Skykid!Yes, Skykid!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-51223996528799272042006-10-13T14:32:00.000+01:002006-10-13T14:32:00.000+01:00Using an ornate pseudonym, "RAM Raider", rather th...Using an ornate pseudonym, "RAM Raider", rather than "Bill Smith" appears like an attempt to put yourself alongside the "Batman"s, "Deep Throat"s and "Ultimate Warrior"s of the world.<br /><br />However, instead of saving Gotham, exposing deep seated political scandal or bodyslamming people, you spend your energies bleating about the perilous iceberg NGJ in the path of the jolly ship games-journalism.<br /><br />NGJ's not your beverage of choice, fine. Does that mean it's not to everyone else's taste, too?<br /><br />Let's have some proper exposés or at least a suplex, please.<br /><br />Or maybe *gasp* a games review?...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-70792381840544200052006-10-13T00:33:00.000+01:002006-10-13T00:33:00.000+01:00I partly agree with both Walker and Tuskan - he is...I partly agree with both Walker and Tuskan - he is talking in university drivel-speak which has no place in games journalism. My argument has always been that NGJ has no place in games mags as it's dragging down OGJ / good games journalism. There's a place for NGJ and academic discussion - well away from the once great mags.<br /><br />Malc - I still don't really see your point. When I write as RAM Raider, the reputation the name carries with it is attached, but then so is a piece written by Stu Campbell or Dave Perry etc (all better journalists than me, but you see my point). If I wrote every piece with a different anonymous name, it would be as pointless as any other journalist doing so, and it would be confusing for the reader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-8893491324854232532006-10-12T16:27:00.000+01:002006-10-12T16:27:00.000+01:00Gotta pretty much agree with John above there Ramm...Gotta pretty much agree with John above there Rammy. Sutherland should have used a more appropriate writing style - journalism is about punch and pith rather than caveats and sub-clauses - but the fact remains that games can be examined as a product of our culture and thus refect it. As John says, the ceiling can be set higher.<br /><br />My own point is this (and I'l love you to tell me if you agree or not). What the hell has this to do with NGJ? My own take on NGJ is one of pointless first-person narratives taking place within a game with the reviewer going off on self-indulgent fictional reveries at the expense of the reader's time. Crappy stories set within the game world etc. I don't see how this has any similarity to the type of degree-level writing of which Sutherland expounds.<br />I'll happily agree that an in-depth discussion of semiotics within games has no relevance in a mainstream games publication, but to lump it in with (what I previously understood as) NGJ is unfair, and to simply label this sort of take on gaming as 'bollocks' is so ignorant as to make me fucking cringe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-86704592542352665012006-10-12T15:34:00.000+01:002006-10-12T15:34:00.000+01:00Scan here: http://server6.theimagehosting.com/imag...Scan here: http://server6.theimagehosting.com/image.php?img=ram%20raider2.jpg<br /><br />Best Stu Campbell quote, "And heaven knows, Kieron can be a spectacular clattering idiot."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-37392789350486103512006-10-12T14:02:00.000+01:002006-10-12T14:02:00.000+01:00I think the point about using the moniker "Ram Rai...I think the point about using the moniker "Ram Raider", instead of some random name is that Ram Raider, although not your real name, is still a recognised name, and carries a certain bagage , kudos, reputation, whatever you want to call it. Wheras a truely anonymous article, would stand up (or fall down) on it's own merits.<br /><br />At least that's how I See it...<br /><br />MalcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-76009148899234279252006-10-12T13:20:00.000+01:002006-10-12T13:20:00.000+01:00This reminds me of all the people complaining that...This reminds me of all the people complaining that Studio 60 is bad because they don't understand some of the references. As the programme itself muttered, "'Smart' as a pejorative."<br /><br />Sutherland is writing in University Speak. And I quite agree, such a form of prose is inappropriate for a trade rag. However, it's quite common for those who make a career out of studying text and semiotics to have difficulty escaping the language necessary to 'efficiently' communicate the subject. This is not an excuse, and Sutherland should have written more openly, and failed to communicate effectively as a consequence. However, what he has written <i>is</i> coherent, and interesting.<br /><br />The problem is - despite your friend's complaining that all he had to do was "write some shit" - for those who have the energy, will and knowledge, there's a great deal more to be received from texts such as videogames.<br /><br />You've decided there's not, because you've set yourself a ceiling, and should anyone dare go near it you'll scream and scream until you're sick. It's intolerable that someone else might be receiving something more than you, but rather than attempt to listen to them, or learn from them, you instead screw your hands into fists and hold your breath until they stop.<br /><br />As Sutherland says, were you to study the subject, it would reveal itself. And you'd get more out of the texts of gaming. But instead you will have a fit that I said "texts", and further insult games and developers by announcing that they are nothing other than flashing colours, and anyone who sees more is a desperate follower of the naked Emperor.<br /><br />You will maintain that games writing should be restricted to the party clown of journalism, cracking a couple of jokes and giving the graphicsosity at score out of 10.<br /><br />There is more. You don't want to see it, and that's fine. It really is. What doesn't make sense is your fury that no one else should be allowed to see more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-17999931461898624532006-10-12T05:51:00.000+01:002006-10-12T05:51:00.000+01:00I don't really know what's going on, but the lectu...I don't really know what's going on, but the lecturer does seem to be a bit of a bizarre caricature, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-13753825739123984162006-10-12T03:14:00.000+01:002006-10-12T03:14:00.000+01:00But Elite *is* shit!But Elite *is* shit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com