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Contents 1 Adding to your "How to write a good video game article" 2 Wii Sports 3 RE: Barnstar 4 World of Mario RPG 5 Check it out 6 All set 7 Newsletter 8 Thanks 9 Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Peer review/Age of Empires 10 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 11 StarCraft: Ghost rewrite 12 List of rosters in the SmackDown series article 13 Sora's image on Kingdom Hearts articles. 14 Sorry about this 15 Re: Halo (series) 16 Re:DoS 1UP Content 17 WP:SPAM 18 Newsletter bot 19 AIM 20 Backlog at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user 21 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Kamen Rider Blade DVD cover-Vol1.jpg) 22 List of Harvest Moon titles 23 ER 24 Unending discussion 25 ER 26 Touch! Generations FT 27 The WPVG Newsletter (May 2008) 28 Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Facebook 29 VG editing guide 30 Fair use rationale for Image:Break Shot (manga cover01).jpg 31 It's Been Rough 32 Space Invaders 33 Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Facebook 34 Peer review 35 o_o; Adopt me plzkthx? 36 Re: Halo (series) FAC 37 VG Guidelines 38 Re: Newsletter reminder 38.1 Delivery 39 Aerith Gainsborough 40 The WPVG Newsletter (June 2008) 41 Re: Costs 42 Hey...

[edit] Adding to your "How to write a good video game article"

Hi Guyinblack25, I have added a rough version of an "adding images" section to your sandbox. I believe that should help most new editors (and even more experienced ones) to avoid having their images deleted. Please take a look through and edit it to fit in with your style (or remove or change it if it is out-of-place). Toodles! Jappalang (talk) 02:52, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wii Sports

Hey. I just added a bit about the clean-up to the talk page. I actually meant to do so when I put the tag up, but it must have slipped my mind. The problems with disorganization in the critical reception sections of video game articles are pretty common, it seems. Pele Merengue (talk) 07:29, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Barnstar

Graciously received. Thank you very much. -- Noj r (talk) 20:46, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] World of Mario RPG

Got failed for not having enough cites, and I think it is because we didn't add back in all the references from when the article was rewritten. If you add them back in, I can renominate it and get this to GA. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 18:39, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Check it out

Check out the message i left on the newletter page it will help you guys get the word out there King Rock ^{Go 'Skins!} 20:45, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] All set

So let me make sure I know how the distribution of the newsleter will go. All the memebers of the project will recive the first edition of the letter tommorow right. and is the enitre letter done? King Rock ^{Go 'Skins!} 00:31, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Newsletter

When is the first issue being sent out? King Rock ^{Go 'Skins!} 00:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Just a quick thanks for reviewing Warhawk(several times) and the pointers to fixing it up for GA. :) John.n-irl (talk) 02:03, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Peer review/Age of Empires

Hey, could you possibly take another look at this? I've tried to address everything. Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 01:30, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks so much for that, much appreciated. I've put it up for FAC, here. Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 01:38, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008

You helped in the past with this, could you help again? The prose was working just fine, until McJeff decided to take it upon himself to just revert back to the list. RobJ1981 (talk) 17:53, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Wanted to thank you for being so civil with me and informative as to your side on the issue. McJeff (talk) 05:06, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] StarCraft: Ghost rewrite

Would you mind taking a look at User:S@bre/StarCraft: Ghost, and give me some feedback on it? I've got most of the text in-place, except for the development section. Don't worry about the external links sitting in the references section, they're for my construction benefit only, and will be gone when the article is moved into mainspace. -- Sabre (talk) 15:17, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of rosters in the SmackDown series article

Hey. As per our discussion on the WP:VG talk page, I've worked up a (very) rough draft of the article we discussed creating. User:McJeff/List_of_characters_in_the_Smackdown_series. I know it's not the greatest, but I'm having to learn wiki coding for tables as I go along. At any rate, if you'd like to offer suggestions, jump in and help, link up some other people who you think would be interested in helping, or any of the above, that'd be great. McJeff (talk) 01:38, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sora's image on Kingdom Hearts articles.

This Kingrock had been adding an image of Sora on the Kingdom Hearts articles. As I understand it, there is a fair-use concern over such images in the related articles, and such has been the one you've been avoiding in your efforts to make those impressive Kingdom Hearts articles. As such, any edit he has done I have reverted back. Just a heads up from a fellow editor. Thank you. — Blue。 04:01, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry about this

I know that I said that I'd look over the guide today and give feedback, but I'm afraid I just got a bit tied-up. What can I say—a day in the life of a teenage Wikipedian? I've had to go back to school on my break to do coursework, and then I had to sleep it off to recover. Couple that with a lot of homework and a review of Starcraft, which took a lot longer than I thought it would, and now I'm too tired. Anyway, sorry about this Guy—I'll make it top priority tomorrow. Would you mind if I posted it on the guide's talk page? Thanks. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 20:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Halo (series)

Ugh... putting me on deadlines, will you? Well, I'm waiting for the hammer to drop on Contact Harvest either way, so I guess I can help out. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 22:34, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Sure. I know it needs a thorough copyedit, but there may be overarching suggestions I haven't even considered. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 19:29, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:DoS 1UP Content

I remember fretting about finding a source for that particular statement. IMO, it's not a big deal, but I'll see if I can find a source to support it. Thanks for informing me though. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 18:32, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:SPAM

Thanks for jumping in. I'm definitely all for constructive edits at the article, but so far the article has been a magnet for spam. Randomran (talk) 17:38, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

... thanks again! This time, for your help with the linearity (video games) article. Randomran (talk) 16:40, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Newsletter bot

(message i left on newletter talk page)

Though i dont mind distributing the newsletter, how about we have a bot made especially for the newsletter to distribute the newsletter to those people on the list. Feel free to use my bot User:KingRbot as the bot, just tell me what you think(but my bot has yet to be approved so we would have to go through the process and I have no experience with bots at all) King Rock ^{Go 'Skins!} 01:02, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey dude about AWB...quite frankly I have no idea what it is. Maybe you could direct me to a page all about, thanks! King Rock ^{Go 'Skins!} 21:48, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks King Rock ^{Go 'Skins!} 21:56, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AIM

Hey Guyinblack, do you have AIM? - A Link to the Past (talk) 18:31, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Backlog at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user

There is currently a backlog of 56 users at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user. Please consider offering adoption to one or more of these users. Don't forget to change their {{adoptme}} template to {{adoptoffer|Guyinblack25}}. Thank you for your continued participating in Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User. xenocidic (talk) 19:42, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Kamen Rider Blade DVD cover-Vol1.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Kamen Rider Blade DVD cover-Vol1.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 12:12, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of Harvest Moon titles

Hey, would you be able to give me some help on expanding the lead. It has been requested that the article adds some information about the popularity or something like that and why is the series as long as it is. Where could i find information like this from a good source? Salavat (talk) 14:21, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Kool, thanks for your help. Salavat (talk) 14:22, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

List of Harvest Moon titles made it to featured list. Thanks for all your help. Salavat (talk) 04:42, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ER

Please check out my editors review thanks! King Rock ^{Go 'Skins!} 03:13, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unending discussion

This discussion is becoming annoying. I've about stretched my patience to the breaking point with this user (and I consider myself very even-tempered and overly civil), and his obstinate nature is about all I can handle. Fresh comments would be nice. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 08:02, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

At the same time, I have remained calm and polite with you as I will continue to do. I have made over 100 edits to the article in question and two of the photographs on it are ones that I personally took with my own camera. I even bought a book to use for sources as I believe in the article. So, please understand that of course I have a strong opinion and considering how much time and effort I put into it, it is of course frustrating when others obstinately just keep challenging rather than helping these efforts. Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 08:07, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

That you have a strong opinion in the face of an overwhelming consensus there that you simply refuse to accept is what is irritating. You haven't nudged an iota since the discussion began and basically every user present stated that the table was unnecessary and the article should be merged. That is being obstinate. Furthermore, I'm not obliged to help with the article in any fashion whatsoever, nor is anyone there. I'm a volunteer, as are you and everyone else here, and I can work on or raise opinions on whatever I like. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 08:14, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

There have been ongoing discussions prior to and elsewhere to this particular discussion in which others have also argued against merging. Consensus is not about numbers and I have in fact agreed and have no qualms about some of the material being used elsewhere. Have you "nudged an iota since the discussion began" and been any less "obstinate"? Yes, we are volunteers and we should be able to help each other to improve articles that we mutually believe can be improved or if for whatever reason we don't like certain articles that are well-referenced and are not hoaxes or copy vios, then we will allow those who are actively working to improve them to continue their efforts. Again, I am all for making the most of the information provided and nor would I be against expanding the article to be about weapons in the Resident Evil series in general or even to have new articles that address weapons in video games. And on another note, as I am able to find references for articles, if you would ever like help improving an article you are interested in, I would be happy to help as a good faith effort to ease any tensions between us. Best, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 08:22, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ER

Thanks for your feed back on yours editor review! King Rock ^{Go 'Skins!} 01:08, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Touch! Generations FT

Are there any articles you're interested in featuring in the TGFT? - A Link to the Past (talk) 17:29, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The WPVG Newsletter (May 2008)

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 2 - May 7, 2008 Archive before | Archive After To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project at a Glance As of 2008-05-06, the project has: 84 Featured articles 11 Featured Lists 8 Featured Topics 0 article in Featured Article Review 206 Good Articles 1 article in Good Article Review 13 articles for Peer review 1 article for Assessment Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics in April Promoted FA/FL: Guitar Hero, List of songs in Guitar Hero, List of songs in Guitar Hero II, Halo: Contact Harvest, Age of Empires Topic: None Demoted FA/FL: None Demoted GA: Air (visual novel), SimCity (series) Promoted GA: 24: The Game, Chocobo Racing, Crackdown, Crush 40, Dynasty Warriors 4, Geneforge, Gravemind, Guitar Hero (series), Half-Life (video game), Martin O'Donnell, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Music of Final Fantasy III, Music of Final Fantasy VI, Music of Final Fantasy X-2, Music of Final Fantasy XII, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction, Sega Mega Drive, Super Smash Bros. (series), StarCraft: Ghost, System Shock 2, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Warhawk (PlayStation 3 game), Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, CD-i games from the Legend of Zelda series, Xbox 360, Voices of the Lifestream News There were 256 new articles in April 2008 Current proposals and discussions Well, gee, thanks 1up! 1UP.com has recently changed their rating scale. A list of affected articles can be found here. See discussion for details. About 14% of the articles on the list have been checked and updated. Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. WikiProject Warcraft and WikiProject StarCraft have been switched into Warcraft task force and StarCraft task force under the VG Project. WikiProject TimeSplitters has been deleted. Feature Writing about Gameplay The Gameplay section is a crucial component of a good video game article. Although it may be relatively easy for an experienced gamer to write such a section, care must be taken to maintain an appropriate focus and balance. The section should be written for readers with little or no knowledge of video gaming and should not be filled with detailed information about weapons, levels, or other such topics that are only of interest to the video gamer or that might be found in a game guide. Your goal for crafting a good section is to have people who have never picked up the game understand the basic mechanics. Do note, however, that it's safe to assume the reader has at least a minor knowledge of what a video game is. This section often begins the body text after the lead, but is sometimes placed after the Plot section. Games with little or no story can cover the plot in the Gameplay section. When writing about a game, use your head and common sense about the ordering. Generally, start off with a broad stroke—is the game a RTS or an FPS, etc. Don't talk about why the gameplay is like it is; generally, that is better placed in the 'Development' section later on in the article. Images can be added to better illustrate some aspects of gameplay. Generally, a single screenshot will suffice. Because of screenshots are non-free content, usage should be minimalised. Multiple images can be used, but all images should add something to the article beyond what the prose states. All non-free images require a fair use rationale to be used on Wikipedia. Things to remember Don't add in cruft about weapons, levels, and minute details of trivia; gameplay sections should serve as a primer to the game, not an exhaustive list of every facet of the game. Don't use gaming jargon which can be confusing to readers, such as "NPC" or "MMORPG". If you use these terms, state the full name and the abbreviation the first time it appears. For example, "Halo is a first-person shooter, or FPS." Wikilink! So you don't have to describe what a god game is, link it. Talk about what makes the game different from others; if you only talk about why StarCraft is a real-time strategy game, then readers could just visit the article about the game genre and be better served. 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[edit] Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Facebook

Your concerns have been addressed. Gary King (talk) 23:19, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] VG editing guide

I haven't had time to read through the whole thing yet, but I really like what you have there. There are also some good suggestions at User:Cla68#Advice_on_preparing_a_history_article_for_FA you might be able to integrate. I hate to say it, but you might have to make it more concise to be useful. An old adage my editor likes to repeat: "If you have trouble getting people to review it, you'll have trouble getting people to follow it." --Laser brain (talk) 17:16, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Let me get back to you when I've had some time to digest it. One problem with the main MoS is that all the subpages and Talk pages confound editors who are just poking around looking for one bit of information. Would you say your document is meant as a casual reference or as a "read this all the way through"? --Laser brain (talk) 18:10, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Break Shot (manga cover01).jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Break Shot (manga cover01).jpg. You've indicated that the image meets Wikipedia's criteria for non-free content, but there is no explanation of why it meets those criteria. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have any questions, please post them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 14:26, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] It's Been Rough

Ever since i joined Wikipedia as Kingrock, I have been questioned about everything I do, and everything I have commented. And it annoys me. Kind suggestions and help with article are taken for rudeness and being un-civil etc. Just wanted to say hey. Haven't spoken to you and a while and just wanted to say hey.Gears Of War 03:36, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice, I will take a wikibreak soon.Gears Of War 21:40, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Space Invaders

How's it going, Guy? Okay, here it is:

Magazine: ONM. Issue: 29 (May) Page no.: 46 Author: Not stated (Put ONM staff)

Captions: The bosses are complex characters made up of smaller invaders and large pixels. Nice./ There are loads of different types of invader in this game: some turn sideways top avoid being shot and some are huge and need multiple shots to kill them./ The game is linked to music, so every time you fire a bullet or kill an invader the sound effect is played to the beat. It's strangely addictive./ Complete a mini-game to tigger Fever mode, where your bullets become stronger./ Throughout the games you can pick up various power-ups which give you a more powerful weapon for limited time. This laser destroys everything./

Wow. That's the first word we said when we went hands-on with this modern day reworking of this ultimate arcade classic. There were two reasons for this: firstly because the game looks and plays fantastic, and secondly because we've seen so many rubbish attempts to 'revive' Space Invaders over the years that we had pretty much accepted by now that nothing would ever beat the simplicity of the original. The best way to describe the game is Space Invaders meets Rez, but for those who have never played Rez before, let us explain what we mean. Although the basic gameplay is classic Space Invaders—move your ship left and right and fire at the moving ships—it's now fully integrated with the music that plays through each level. This means that any time you shoot an invader, the sound effect delays slightly and plays at the next beat of the music. This might not sound too great but you really have to experience Space Invaders Extreme in order to fully understand.

Subheading: Blast from the Past./ In terms of the actual gameplay, each stage consists of a number of waves of invaders. Space Invaders Extreme is much faster than the original though, meaning you can plough through waves relatively quickly. Shooting invaders of a certain colour will also drop power-ups that help you blast through the waves much quicker. Green ones drop a multi-shot power-up for example, while blue ones dropa huge laser weapon that blasts everything in its path. There are also all sorts of different invaders now. Some turn sideways to make them much harder to hit, while others hide behind shields that drop fast bullets when you shoot them. Add to this the mini-challenges that appear when you shoot various-coloured UFOs at the top of the screen, and the excellent boss battles (which involve huge invaders made up of loads of small ones) and you've got a potential cracker in the making. Have a look at the video on our webioste to see what we mean.

Subheading: How's it Shaping Up?/ Space Invaders Extreme may not grab you as te greatest-looking videogame ever, but it has a style that makes it unique. This could well be a surprise hit; you heard it here first.

I said that I'd get to this when you I have spare time, and this is the first time I've found it—it really has been that difficult. Sorry for taking so long. Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 18:05, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, well it's nice to see somebody work on some of the daunting, bigger videogaming articles. I'm planning on taking Resident Evil 4 on in a month's time. Good luck with the article; if it's within the right time period, I'll review it at FAC and/or PR. Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 18:55, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Facebook

Hello. You gave your support to the FAC of Facebook a while back. About a week ago, I reviewed the article and found troubling sourcing issues (as well as prose issues, but those are less salient). While the nominator has been active on Wikipedia the past week, he has not made an effort to address the issues I raised. Would you mind revisiting the article in light of the sourcing issues I've raised? BuddingJournalist 23:30, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review

If you have the time, comments at the peer review for List of Naruto characters would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 05:41, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] o_o; Adopt me plzkthx?

Er, you offered to adopt me about a month ago. D: Sorry about that, I was a little busy with non-wiki stuff. Would you still be willing to showing me the ropes? Edgeboy Max (talk) 15:48, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Halo (series) FAC

I rewrote one section. I should have read it more throughly before I nominated it, I'm not too experienced in FAC's. I think that there are a few things that could be fixed pretty quickly, although others will take some time. If David will help, it seems that will be big a help to us (hopefully a few other guys in the Halo WP will join in too). Although, and I am guilty of this as well, I've noticed once someone works on an article about a topic that they know well, sometimes it is difficult to see the sections where it is unclear to beginners on the topic. Perhaps a to do list on the discussion page would be good to keep everyone on the same page? Blackngold29 20:31, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] VG Guidelines

Hey there. There was a recent discussion on the VG guidelines talk page about the guidelines. Overall, the content of the guidelines has strong consensus. But a few people thought the guidelines had grown cluttered and disorganized, even if their purpose and meaning are rock solid. I put together a new layout at my user page. My goal was to keep the meaning the same, but to improve the clarity and organization of the guidelines.

I contacted Masem and KieferSkunk initially because they'd been around long enough to have taken part in many discussions about these guidelines and probably have the most experience with them. Now I'm contacting you too, for the same reason. I was hoping you could take a quick look and tell me your gut reaction so far. If there's any areas where you think I'm way off and need to change to be closer to what we have now, or if there's areas where you think I can make further progress. After I've tried to tackle your feedback, I hope to put the proposal to the larger wikiproject.

Take a look when you find a minute. And reply directly at my talk page. Randomran (talk) 17:06, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Newsletter reminder

I've been trying to update it, but I just got hit with a bunch of real-life work and so I'm unsure if I'll be able to get back to it today... I'm also not sure where to look for all the GA/FA changes. Sorry for being so useless, I prolly shoulda started on this sooner... :P Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 15:48, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Delivery

Sure thing... When will it be ready to go out? xenocidic (talk) 16:43, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

k, lemme rev up my AWB. xenocidic (talk) 16:51, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

wifey just got home and wants me to help her clean out her car, but I'll get it delivered before EOD. xenocidic (talk) 17:07, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Aerith Gainsborough

Sorry about that, I thought I left all the article titles and any quotes that used Aeris alone. Sorry I missed one, and thanks for correcting it. Nezu Chiza (talk) 20:20, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

• I don't have problems with risking a riot, policy states we go with Aerith, so we go with Aerith. Their compromise of using Aeris in SOME sections goes against that policy, plus the name changing throughout the article made no sense. I'll keep an eye on the page for awhile and see what happens, I had to do the same to Spice and Wolf. Nezu Chiza (talk) 20:54, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The WPVG Newsletter (June 2008)

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 3 - June 4, 2008 Archive before Archive After To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project at a Glance As of 2008-06-04, the project has: 89 Featured articles 13 Featured Lists 9 Featured Topics 2 articles in Featured Article Review 208 Good Articles 0 articles in Good Article Review 10 articles for Peer review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, List of acquisitions by Electronic Arts, List of Harvest Moon titles, Riven, Myst, Topic: Characters of Halo, The Orange Box Demoted FA/FL: Devil May Cry series (FT) Promoted GA: Air (visual novel), Crash Boom Bang!, Driving Emotion Type-S, Einhänder, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Metal Gear Solid, Off-Road Velociraptor Safari, Team Fortress 2, Grand Theft Auto (series), Kratos (God of War), History of video game consoles (seventh generation) Demoted GA: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Cloud Strife, Super Smash Bros. News There were 203 new articles in May 2008 Current proposals and discussions Well, gee, thanks 1up! 1UP.com has recently changed their rating scale. A list of affected articles can be found here. See discussion for details. About 28% of the articles on the list have been checked and updated. Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. WikiProject Dragon Quest has been redirected to WP:VG. WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games Guild Wars task force has been deleted. Interested in a specific video game series or company? Check out some of our task forces to help improve the related articles. Atari Command & Conquer Devil May Cry New! Gears of War Grand Theft Auto Silent Hill Suikoden New! StarCraft New! Valve Visual novels New! Warcraft Feature Writing about Development Development content is very important to include in an encyclopedic video game article. It provides a history of how the game came to be and provides real world information needed for an article to claim comprehensiveness. However, writing this section can be difficult because the amount and type of information available will vary for each game. One of the best sources for such information is a developer interview. These can provide insight into the thought process of the designers and give examples of influences and obstacles encountered. Previews can also be helpful by giving a snap shot of the game before it was released and may mention development issues that were still being addressed. When writing about development, common sense should be used to organize content to maintain a sense of flow for the reader. Most times, it is best to give the information in a somewhat chronological order—though information can also be grouped by topics like audio, promotion, graphics, etc. If one such topic gets large enough, it can be split off into its own subsection or regular section. For example, Kingdom Hearts#Audio is a separate section from the rest of the development information because it focuses on the game's musical score and voice acting. Portal (video game)#Soundtrack, however, does not have as much content and is a subsection of the main development section. What to include about development Who are the developers? Which company or studio developed the game, and are there any prominent designers involved? When did development begin? When and where was the game first announced? (e.g. Tokyo Game Show, E3 Media and Business Summit, etc.) What influenced the game's story, characters, music, and/or gameplay ? (e.g. past games, movies, books, etc.) Were there any delays? Was anything excluded because of time or technological constraints? (e.g. extra levels, game modes, characters, story arcs, etc.) Things to remember Avoid proseline. Though maintaining a sense to chronology is important, this section should not read like an ordered list of events. Images in this section should be relevant to the information given and should add on to it. Source everything to avoid information being tagged as original research. 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[edit] Re: Costs

Thanks for leaving a note at Air (visual novel); I'll get to removing the prices in articles I've added them in.--十八 02:11, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hey...

You've been around for a while now, you've done some great article work, you've done AfD and CfD discussion...

We're always told it's not a big deal, so on that note, would you be interested in adminship? If yes, I'd be happy to nominate you.

Think about it and give me a yell... cheers, giggy _(:O) 07:08, 9 June 2008 (UTC)