Faith Naked, "The Girl Gamer," has written up her tips on how struggling video game bloggers can come up with original content, which will then be passed around the intertubes like a plague. It's a pretty nice little compact list with each reasonable subhead hiding a paragraph that could get you in some serious trouble. We can agree with almost every single subhead, except for the last one and we're sure Faith was joking about that one too -- we really hope she was.What follows is a few ideas off Faith's list with excerpts, see the full paragraphs at her site:
- Original News Stories: "Tired of always being the last to hear about a big news story, well stop whining, and start making your own. Instead of waiting for the next industry person to get a drunk drinking charge, find your own video game designer, get him drunk and put him behind the wheel yourself. Bonus points for being the other car he hits."
- Video Game Crafts: " We all love to read and post little stories about a cute Mario blanket made by hand, or a cross stitched Master Chief picture. Well instead of looking for the next cute little pillow with Kirby on it, make it, damn it."
- Insider Game Information: "Find all the game developer companies in your area and start hanging around the bars near them."
- First Game Reviews: "Break into the studio months in advance and steal the beta versions of the game."
- Make Stuff Up: "If all else fails."
