I am sick. I am sick of NES websites. (I told you I was sick!)
I am tired of encouraging others to start their own and fed
up constantly after cruising around the few good NES pages
still active today when shunned with either no update at all
or a randomly dished-out ramble placed strategically by webmasters.
You cannot tell me that this community is dying! E-bay is
perhaps hotter than it has ever been before, and my raw log
files are enough proof that many people still feel strongly
about the system. Re-visions and updates to classic NES franchises
are being translated to newer systems nearly every single
month! So then, what exactly is the problem here?
8 Critiques and a Funeral
I normally do not mention sites by name, but since the list
is fairly small and fits with this editorial of mine, it deems
necessary. Before I get started, if the webmasters of the
sites are reading: Take my advice. Please. I am doing this
to help, not hurt, the community.
Minkis, MacDaddi, Rick, and FM are the unsung heroes of the
webmaster community (Minkis especially). Chedda has gone through
hackings, board troubles, staff changes, servers, and unnecessary
criticism from others. They work hard to keep an update a
week (just like us) and are dedicated to what they do.
If I had to pick one NES site out there right now that brings
home the message of keeping the NES flame alive most accurately
and differsely - Chedda would no doubt be the winner.
TRM gets slack. He gets a whole lot of it. Some of it is
deserved, much of it is not.
The Warpzone, deemed "a smaller version of NES World",
is the little engine that many said couldn't. He is- was
determined to break free from the mold the rest set to rise
above giants like tsr. I admire that. Not limiting his boundaries
to only information, TRM dips into humor... and falls flat.
Nonetheless, he attempts it.
After a harsh 'investigation' and later condemnation of character,
Dave is no longer updating the site that I have been watching
for some time now. Man, forget about it, and get back on TWZ.
Counting back on RR's updates, roughly the last 5 consisted
of almost absolutely no material. Nada. Polls? Polls are extraneous-
the condiment to make the main course go down better. However,
the dish is missing altogether which leaves me eating ketchup
packets. I don't care to eat ketchup packets, RoyalRanger.
I was once a huge fan of the site and semi-frequent poster
at the boards. Now, maybe because the site is "big enough",
sufficient updates are barely made monthly. Sure there are
gobs of information and articles up as it is, however, if
*I* can come up with some fairly uncharted material on the
NES -- the grand wizard that is Martin can surely do the same
and then some.
No more busting on TRM. Please! Maybe it was entertaining
for some, but for me and many others I have talked to, it
was nauseating. To put together 2 pages just to badmouth one
person (if it is called for or not) is downright scandalous,
and in fact, hurts your character just as much as the accused.
The NES scene is run by "immature teenaged jerks"?
Maybe that phrase needs to be tweaked to allow a wider age
range, pal.
ODMC, I love your writing. I hate your update frequency.
You have the magic fingers when it comes to typing out ingeniously
love-hate ramblings and coverage of both modern and classic
gaming.
The PG-clean writings entertain and manage to brighten me
just a little, something that very few writers on the Internet
have managed.
I rarely have any problems with this site. Yoichi seems to
appreciate RPGs a little more than I care to but I can't criticize
him for his opinionated taste. Or can I?
We need another good VG article. No review. Article. No RPG
FAQ and walkthrough. Article. The basic site layout cannot
deny the great writings I have gobbled up in the past. Yochi
is a skilled writer with a solid humorous trait going on.
Work it, therefore, girl.
I have been silent ever since this site first launched. The
darker, unwelcoming layout was a drag.. but the writing made
up for it. Well, until they decided to bitch about every particle
of the community and anything else under the sun. Many of
the "articles" really did not go so well with me
(and many other visitors). Were they aiming for that kind
of reaction? Probably.
The archived commercials, although none of the video transfers
were done by them, are nice. However, in the same section,
showing other people's Flash work and labeling the addition
of new movies as updates, pisses me off being a Flashtier.
Why can't they put together their own movies instead of posting
other people's works?
Some have gotten attached (RR), the site even hooked me in
once before, but I wouldn't like to think I get most of my
hits from visitors just because I project every lil "controversial"
thing that pops in my head. Fortunately the new articles have
been interesting reads and caught my attention again. No more
"8 bit graphics are ugly" arguments, 'kay?
