Comments on: A Couple of Community Games Thoughts http://www.simianlogicstudios.com/2009/04/16/a-couple-of-community-games-thoughts/ indie game developer, web tinkerer, and transplanted Southerner living in Silicon Valley Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:10:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SimianLogic http://www.simianlogicstudios.com/2009/04/16/a-couple-of-community-games-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-85 SimianLogic Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:33:06 +0000 http://simianlogic3d.com/blog/2009/04/16/a-couple-of-community-games-thoughts/#comment-85 From a developer's point of view, the best thing you can do is make sure you've got a web page up for your game (or even a personal blog)--these seem to rise above the empty review pages. Other than that--make sure your game page links out to actual reviews, as this will help them rise up in the search rankings. From a developer’s point of view, the best thing you can do is make sure you’ve got a web page up for your game (or even a personal blog)–these seem to rise above the empty review pages. Other than that–make sure your game page links out to actual reviews, as this will help them rise up in the search rankings.

]]> By: Matthew Doucette http://www.simianlogicstudios.com/2009/04/16/a-couple-of-community-games-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Matthew Doucette Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:41:25 +0000 http://simianlogic3d.com/blog/2009/04/16/a-couple-of-community-games-thoughts/#comment-84 > Run a Google search for pretty much any community game (for example, google two recent games we reviewed–FreaKick or Planet Crashmania 9,000,000) and you get a litany of results from the “bigger” players in the game review space: IGN, Gamespot, GameRankings, GameFAQs, GameStats, Gamespy. All of these sites automatically create pages for all the XBox games, but the problem is that they don’t actually cover any of the community games. That is exactly what I have found. I'm so glad you have blogged about it. What can the developers do about it? If they have my game on their page, getting hits, but without review content, will they be obligated to review my game? > Run a Google search for pretty much any community game (for example, google two recent games we reviewed–FreaKick or Planet Crashmania 9,000,000) and you get a litany of results from the “bigger” players in the game review space: IGN, Gamespot, GameRankings, GameFAQs, GameStats, Gamespy. All of these sites automatically create pages for all the XBox games, but the problem is that they don’t actually cover any of the community games.

That is exactly what I have found. I’m so glad you have blogged about it. What can the developers do about it? If they have my game on their page, getting hits, but without review content, will they be obligated to review my game?

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