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<H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: META: list "peerage"</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: META: list "peerage"</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Bruce Mitchener, Jr." <<A HREF="mailto:bruce#puremagic,com">bruce#puremagic,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:09:54 -0800</LI>
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On Tuesday, January 26, 1999, Caliban Tiresias Darklock wrote:
>I seem to recall that at least one person was going around reviewing MUDs
>once. I don't remember who it was or where they were, but I definitely
>recall that I had serious problems with their taste; it wasn't so much that
>the reviews were bad, as that the reviews were specifically oriented toward
>people who liked to play the same way the reviewer did. I had expected at
>least a cursory nod to impartiality. But I have this problem with most
>laypeople's reviews in general, whether they're reviewing software or games
>or movies or books or what have you. The real irony is that these reviews
>are generally a response to the perception that existing reviewers -- if
>they exist -- are not appropriately considering their perspectives. Sort of
>like starting a hate group because someone else started a hate group and
>hate groups are wrong.
GameCommandos @ <A HREF="http://www.gamecommandos.com/">http://www.gamecommandos.com/</A> does a fairly nice job of
handling reviews .. and I seem to think that someone from there was on this
list at some point in the past. I don't recall a name offhand though (Jay
Sax?).
- Bruce
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00302" HREF="msg00302.html">[MUD-Dev] Mud reviewing</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00308" HREF="msg00308.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud reviewing</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00298" HREF="msg00298.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: list "peerage"</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00300" HREF="msg00300.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: list "peerage"</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 27 Jan 1999, 02:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00293" HREF="msg00293.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: list "peerage"</A></strong>,
Bruce Mitchener, Jr. <a href="mailto:bruce#puremagic,com">bruce#puremagic,com</a>, Tue 26 Jan 1999, 21:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00453" HREF="msg00453.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: list "peerage"</A></strong>,
Sayeed <a href="mailto:yu219121#YorkU,CA">yu219121#YorkU,CA</a>, Thu 18 Feb 1999, 18:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00222" HREF="msg00222.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: ADMIN: List server and Kanga.Nu host changes</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 21 Jan 1999, 00:04 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00221" HREF="msg00221.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [DevMUD] Re: From Devmud: Database module, draft 3</A></strong>,
Greg Connor <a href="mailto:gconnor#nekodojo,org">gconnor#nekodojo,org</a>, Wed 20 Jan 1999, 23:58 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00228" HREF="msg00228.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Sockets and fibers</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 20 Jan 1999, 18:41 GMT
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