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Re: Call for content submission by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/20/2003, 3:23pm PST
FOF wrote:

Do reviews have to be a certain length?
Do I have to take screenshots myself?c

And since you guys are editing all the funny, guess i could use the practice. I actually do wanna contribute, but am mired by the self-awareness of my complete banality.


If it's a review for a PC game and I have it, I will gladly take screenshots for you. If I don't have it and it's retailing for twenty bucks I will probably just go buy it. If it's more than that I can probably work something out through alternative channels. The length of time required to get them depends on how exacting you want them to be -- BDR, for instance, had a very specific requirement for something that happens at the very end of a game that took me three or four days to nail down. In contrast, the first draft of the Baldur's Gate II review had a request for a shot of the fireball spell going off haphazardly. That took about a minute to grab.

I ultimately want to get to the point where I can take screens from PS and PS2 games via a capture card that is hooked up next to the computer by my TV. I've got everything picked out and working except for the actual card. There was a thread on Planethate regarding which card to get, but there are some non-Caltrops things I want to do with the setup as well (like turn the PC into a Directv compatible Tivo) so I still need to do some research to figure out what card I need to get. I will probably get going on this when it's urgent, i.e., somebody is slagging the shit out of "Spy Hunter" and screens are needed for this review stat.

I'd like to get an X-box, and was in fact hoping to do so at the end of the quarter, but I just found out today that my company is being sold, so I dunno how responsible that would be. (Getting a Gamecube is going to require something like Nintendo all of a sudden announcing Zork, Starflight and Tass Times in Tonetown sequels for it. I don't know; nothing against it, it's just unlikely that I will get one.)

When the e-mail addresses go live, having screenshots@caltrops.com forward to my personal e-mail account would be a great help. In the meantime, I can be reached at beaver@zombieworld.com. Just let me know who you are on the forum and what game you're reviewing and I'll get going on that.


the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey!
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        Re: Call for content submission by Bill Dungsroman 02/20/2003, 12:08pm PST NEW
            Re: Call for content submission by laudablepuss 02/20/2003, 12:53pm PST NEW
                No, I should be getting it. Will ask Barbie -nt- NT by Bill Dungsroman 02/20/2003, 1:34pm PST NEW
    Re: Call for content submission by Jhoh Creexul 02/19/2003, 3:27pm PST NEW
        PLZ2B sending it to my addy, Creex. -nt- NT by Bill Dungsroman 02/20/2003, 12:06pm PST NEW
            I guess it's sent, I don't know. by Jhoh Creexul 02/20/2003, 1:18pm PST NEW
                I'll make sure it gets to me -nt- NT by Bill Dungsroman 02/20/2003, 1:38pm PST NEW
                    It'll get to you, but you may need to wait a day NT by Senor Barborito 02/20/2003, 10:56pm PST NEW
    Re: Call for content submission by Bodybag 02/20/2003, 12:52am PST NEW
        Re: Call for content submission by Bill Dungsroman 02/20/2003, 12:09pm PST NEW
        Re: Call for content submission by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/20/2003, 3:31pm PST NEW
    Re: Call for content submission by mrs. johnson 02/20/2003, 1:08am PST NEW
        Re: Call for content submission by Bill Dungsroman 02/20/2003, 12:11pm PST NEW
            Re: Call for content submission by mrs. johnson 02/20/2003, 7:08pm PST NEW
    Re: Call for content submission by Chairman Mao 02/20/2003, 1:08am PST NEW
        I would like to write the rebuttle to the Civ3 review. -nt- by mark 02/20/2003, 1:20am PST NEW
            Ok, but ... by Chairman Mao 02/20/2003, 2:54am PST NEW
                I think those are the only points I like. Also culture. -nt- by mark 02/20/2003, 11:53am PST NEW
                    CivIII - I want to love it, but I hate it. by FoK 02/20/2003, 12:01pm PST NEW
                        Okee. by Bill Dungsroman 02/20/2003, 12:13pm PST NEW
                            Re: Okee. by Chairman Mao 02/20/2003, 12:22pm PST NEW
                                Re: Okee. by Bill Dungsroman 02/20/2003, 12:25pm PST NEW
                                    Another Idea by Mischief Shai-hulud 02/20/2003, 12:35pm PST NEW
                                        Re: Another Idea by TAFKAM 02/21/2003, 9:29am PST NEW
                                            Re: Another Idea by Chairman Mao 02/23/2003, 5:19pm PST NEW
                                    Re: Okee. by Chairman Mao 02/20/2003, 12:35pm PST NEW
                                        Read MM's post above. by Bill Dungsroman 02/20/2003, 1:36pm PST NEW
                                            Alright. -nt- NT by mark 02/20/2003, 1:37pm PST NEW
                                            Works for me. -nt- by Chairman Mao 02/20/2003, 1:38pm PST NEW
                                            Thank You. Also, Civ 3 sUx0rz (NT) NT by Mischief Shai-hulud 02/20/2003, 3:03pm PST NEW
                        Re: CivIII - I want to love it, but I hate it. by Chairman Mao 02/20/2003, 12:20pm PST NEW
    Re: Call for content submission by FOF 02/20/2003, 2:15pm PST NEW
        Re: Call for content submission by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/20/2003, 3:23pm PST NEW
        Re: Call for content submission by Dick Clownshoes (BDR) 02/20/2003, 3:25pm PST NEW
            Dear Dick, by laudablepuss 02/24/2003, 8:00pm PST NEW
    Re: Call for content submission by Rear Admiral Stew 02/21/2003, 3:54am PST NEW
        You should snort a little less coke. n/T by mrs. johnson 02/23/2003, 8:43pm PST NEW
            That's like sabotage - how do you think the forum code got written in the first NT by place -nt- Entropy Stew 02/24/2003, 6:20pm PST NEW
 
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