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Arses - Jun.-11th-2008 5:39:27   
paul_war


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Well I’ve submitted a blog about the recent increase in popularity of N4G within professional journalism, with the site itself appearing in a number of magazine blogs. Appropriately titled “Arses” for reasons that will become apparent the blog itself can be viewed here:
http://www.n4g.com/up/0/BlogPostPendingCom-156098.aspx
 
Obviously I’m trying to milk it for what it’s worth (and enlighten those who may not read the blogs), so I’d thought I’d port it over here, hopefully a port more than worthy of EA.
 
I’d known that N4G was becoming more popular among general gamers (aka ‘the great unwashed’), however recently I’ve noticed the site receiving more and more attention from the professionals. Some of whom I believe are actually getting their news from here as opposed to more conventional sources. From the comments made by the journalists I also suspect they are taking time in the rather risky endeavour of reading the comment sections!
 
 The most recent example was with my unexpectedly popular submission “Ten Of The Best... Arses” (http://www.n4g.com/gaming/News-155354.aspx), form Play-mag.com, the website resource of the UK independent Playstation mag PLAY. Following this they actually made a follow up blog post about its popularity, no doubt it caught them by surprise:
 
“This week www.play-mag.co.uk was launched arse-first into the upper echelons of internet popularity. As I write this, an old Ten Of The Best… from issue 164 that was recently transferred to www.play-mag.co.uk is the second hottest story on popular game news links site www.n4g.com, at a seering 1080°. That’s hotter than the first Call Of Duty: World At War images, although not quite as hot as the rumour about Metal Gear Solid coming to Xbox Live Arcade. The article in question: Ten Of The Best… Arses.” - (http://blog.play-mag.co.uk/?p=111)
 
It will be interesting to see if anyone else has any other examples of the mainstream gaming press ‘bigging-up’ N4G, or just any views on this issues, the blog, quality of the port etc?
 
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RE: Arses - Jun.-11th-2008 5:55:41   
Diselage


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Status: offline 		Nice blog and nice post. Really this seems to be an interesting transition and one that i would not really expect. While I can't really point out examples of other such blogs like this from published game writers it's certainly a trend that would be fantastic if it continues.

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RE: Arses - Jun.-11th-2008 6:08:30   
LJWooly


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Status: online 		The title made me giggle.

Good blog though, indeed a port more than worthy of EA.

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RE: Arses - Jun.-11th-2008 8:53:40   
paul_war


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quote:

ORIGINAL: LJWooly

The title made me giggle.

Good blog though, indeed a port more than worthy of EA.


Thanks.


Thought I'd use the title as it was relevant, I may never get that opportunity again!

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