User:Paulgovan/GamePeople
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 Game People homepage | |
Type of site | Video game journalism |
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| Owner | Andy Robertson |
| URL | www.gamepeople.co.uk |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | September 2006 |
Game People is a UK based website that offers multiple opinions from everyday people on the latest videogames. Each writer has their niche perspective and comes from all walks and ages of life. Rather than mass media, Game People states its aims to be social, mini, friendly and failing.
Their artisan reviewers aim to provide an individual perspective on videogames, but have in common a desire to fit some games in amongst busy lives -- parents, young adults, mid-lifers, teenagers, retirees and artists.
As well as writing, they also provide more unusual ways of reviewing games. This has involved the use of songs, origami[1], photography, animation[2] and even teletext[3] to communicate an opinion about a particular game. Most famously Rebecca Mayes[4] started her sung video game reviews before finding her home on The Escapist.
Game People writers have featured on BBC TV[5] and BBC Radio[6], Arts Festivals[7], mainstream print like Official Playstation Magazine. Their writers also contribute to Wired[8], IGN[9] and Game Pro[10]. They provide a weekly Game People Calling column for The Escapist.
References
[edit]- ^ "Game People comissions unique Haiku Origami reviews". Game People.
- ^ "Game People comissions Noah Rodenbeek to review games with hand drawn animations". Game People.
- ^ "Game People comissions Steve Manser to create reviews in the style of teletext pages". Game People.
- ^ "Game People comissions Rebecca Mayes to sing her first songs". Game People.
- ^ "Game People's Audio Gamer on the Charlie Brooker Gameswipe show". Game People.
- ^ "Game People's Family Gamer on the 5 Live Late Night show with Adam Rosser". Game People.
- ^ "Game People lectures at Greenbelt Arts festival "Dark stories in Safe Spaces"". Game People.
- ^ "Game People contributes to Wired's GeekDad blog". Game People.
- ^ "Game People contributes to IGN's What They Play family site". Game People.
- ^ "Game People attends Alan Wake scare fest for Game Pro". Game People.
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