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How can you can not sprint in a Sonic game? The Blue Blur would be anything but! :P"
There's a select few reviewers that I agree with often, and I find that particular pubs are more forgiving or brutal on the whole. I used to go with GameSpot and Giant Bomb for reviews, but now I usually buy games that I'm interested in regardless of trusted writers' opinions or metascore. That approach has yielded a few disasters though (Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City being the most recent example)."
Bottom line is, I usually double post all of my writing: once on Bitmob, once on my blog. I don't have a great promotion ratio (kudos to you on yours, Steven!), but I get a substantial amount of hits on Bitmob when compared to my personal space. My most popular blog post was a campaign starter for Movember which featured a picture of Tom Selleck in Magnum P.I mode. 20-50% of the traffic to my blog is still based on a picture of Magnum (I checked search hits) and his beautiful mo.
http://unbearabledutch.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/another-hairy-predicament.html
On Bitmob, however, my most popular work is deeply personal and exactly the kind of story of mine that I want people to read. READ being the operative word.
http://bitmob.com/articles/how-gears-of-war-saved-my-life
I should also note that when I review games, I often submit my piece to the Australian arm of Kotaku too, and this did net me a free game. I have no idea how many page hits they get, but it's another set of eyeballs I guess.
Without Bitmob, I wouldn't be exposed to half as much encouragement, scrutiny and feedback as I would if just maintained my blog. I love this site and Kuchera's tirades have only served to strengthen that affection.
Great piece, Steven. You'll be up in high places in the game jounalism sphere some day, I have no doubt"
