Personality & Knowledge

Having a good personality as a writer can be a very important, and helpful asset to all writers. Old Skool Games believes in encouraging writers to express themselves freely in their reviews, whether it is a little bit of colorful language while getting a point across, or a joke only you tend to laugh at. This is NOT a liscense to fill your review with tons of foul language, or cheap one-liners. If you are new to writing reviews, then it may take a while for you to form your writing personality, but don't fret, we are here to support you in developing your own unique way of delivering information to the magazines audience. It is important that you learn to engage the reader, as they will appreciate you better when they feel they can relate to you.

Filling your review with knowledge is a pretty easy task, at least most people tend to think it is, until they try writing themselves. Anyone can sit down and write simple sentences on why a game is good, but at Old Skool Games we expect our writers to really put their heart into their work. Sometimes you just can't say much about a game, and we understand that, but whenever possible we require that you blend the essential information into the review. What we are talking about here are things like graphics, control, music, story, etc. Instead of just writing up seperate paragraphs and saying "this is good", we like our writers to intermix everything, working this kind of information in with your real opinion of the game, and using it as a basis for what you are writing about. Our focus at Old Skool Games is on review-depth. We don't want to attract readers who expect to download the magazine and see a short paragraph or two about a game, followed by a "final score". OSG does not "score" games, period. We want reviews that the reader will enjoy, can learn from, and overall we want to provide a fun experience that makes reading a long review well worth the time spent.

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