Colin Campbell's Page

The latest addition in our growing archive of 'the sorry state of games journalism' op-eds is this, which argues that Halo 3 only scored well because of the hype, weak-mindedness of journos etc. Here's the link.

Use your biography areas to post links to your best work. Also, point out your specialities so commissioning editors can easily see what you are offering. Part of the point of this site is to allow freelancers to show off your work, and to allow editors to seek out the writers they favor.

Bad news. Just a few months after initiating a widely welcomed policy of releasing more sales stats to the public, NPD have backed off. From next month, we're back to bare bones stuff again. It's not clear what's going on here. Possibly, the stats outfit is scared that so much publicly available stuff - analyzed expertly by vario… Continue

There's an interesting discussion going on over at the always excellent Quarter to Three about a recent (allegedly flawed) review of The Witcher at Game Daily. Kieron Gillen weighs in with a robust defense of games reviewers who don't complete games. Here's the link.

If you can face it...in fact this one is pretty good. "After reading countless video game reviews over the years, and more recently editing Frankenreviews for both games and gadgets, it's become
more and more obvious that the video… Continue