tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post5579781397171017483..comments2023-12-23T02:17:12.549-08:00Comments on Quest for Fun!: Award SeasonGary Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-6460841146705790082007-11-01T21:04:00.000-07:002007-11-01T21:04:00.000-07:00All the game store owners in the Bay Area couldn't...All the game store owners in the Bay Area couldn't organize a trip to the bathroom, let alone a writing project.Gary Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-41734253841357134232007-11-01T19:39:00.000-07:002007-11-01T19:39:00.000-07:00Or even better, all of you game store owners in th...Or even better, all of you game store owners in the bay area should get together and create one list and submit it to the papers. This way it would be perceived as less of a marketing piece, and more of a trade recommendation. And regardless of the media that picks it up, it would benefit all of you. Split up the effort of writing the reviews and it becomes much easier to have a top 10 list.Jeffrey Mackohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08557807825371489996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-38702197209321739942007-11-01T13:07:00.000-07:002007-11-01T13:07:00.000-07:00One of my game store gurus also suggested I write ...One of my game store gurus also suggested I write review articles. I've been putting it off because I'm so busy, but it's an excellent idea.<BR/><BR/>I'll have to make some goals to start going to our board game nights with this in mind, just as soon as I have time....Gary Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-62217899261845869992007-11-01T12:16:00.000-07:002007-11-01T12:16:00.000-07:00Heh, it's a good thing you give them the Morning N...Heh, it's a good thing you give them the Morning News list from 2004. The first game on the 2006 list? "Vegas Showdown." At least they say that it's out of print, but why even list an out of print game in a buying guide to begin with?<BR/><BR/>Also, the reporting sucks in saying it's "inexplicably" out of print. Basic research would show it's part of the general pullback of Hasbro from the "euro" board game market.<BR/><BR/>It does include Thurn & Taxis and Hey, That's My Fish! though, so it's not all bad.Fulminatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332824290977548527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-37408691506980185022007-11-01T12:08:00.000-07:002007-11-01T12:08:00.000-07:00That's not a bad idea at all. Fluff pieces, which...That's not a bad idea at all. Fluff pieces, which is what Christmas shopping lists are, usually start from submitted stuff rather than original reporting.<BR/><BR/>Smaller local papers will probably take a list made by you. Larger, more "respectable" ones might only take a list issued by an organization of retailers.<BR/><BR/>In either case, your guess that items make a list because the reviewer was given the item is probably pretty accurate. If an article is "original" reporting rather than based on submitted material, then chances are it started with an editor saying "we need a Christmas shopping guide, here's a bunch of junk people have sent us, go through it and pick out the top 10 to list."<BR/><BR/>The final way that these lists get generated in this age of Murdoch Media is that an article will get written at one paper and then copied by the rest in the chain. So, a locally produced game only available in the Australian outback ends up getting recommended to shoppers in Wyoming.Fulminatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332824290977548527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-30285566723543071232007-11-01T11:22:00.000-07:002007-11-01T11:22:00.000-07:00Perhaps you could publish your own top games list ...Perhaps you could publish your own top games list (through some other group.) Then it would reflect the stuff you have in stock.<BR/><BR/>If you can get the local papers to pick it up, you might be able to use it to drive biz to your door.Jeffrey Mackohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08557807825371489996noreply@blogger.com