Hello!
Before I launch into my spiel, let me state that I cleared this post with Tom. I don’t like people spamming my forums and I wouldn’t want to spam here.
The situation is this: I have a code to download a legal copy of BattleForge, the recent RTS release from Electronic Arts. I need someone with familiarity with the genre, interest in the game and no particular bias against Electronic Arts who is willing to review the game.
Normally, I would offer a reviewer the physical copy of the game as the incentive. That’s how it typically goes when someone freelances for HonestGamers and it’s a system that writers seem to appreciate. In this particular case, I obviously can’t do that and unfortunately I don’t have money to pay anyone out of pocket. If you’re interested–and I certainly recognize that many of you may not be–then I’d need you to do it just because the game interests you or because you want to test the HonestGamers freelancing waters.
Why am I posting here instead of having one of my regular freelancers cover it, you ask? Though I do have a strong team, our resident RTS guy had other obligations and interests and wasn’t up for the job. Other regular writers don’t have the hardware or familiarity with the genre (though we’d like to expand, we’re primarily a console-centric site at present). I don’t have a computer that’ll run the game and I’m spectacularly bad at most RTS games, anyway. So if one of you can cover it for me, that would be great. You’d need to register for a free account on my site so that the review can be posted when ready, plus you’d need to post your finished draft for me to review in case any revisions are necessary. I’d like to see some samples of other work that you’ve done online before I assign the game to you. Even though I can’t pay, I want a quality effort or we’ll just have to forego running a review at all. Hopefully, it doesn’t come to that!
Thanks for looking over this post, and I hope to hear from some of you if you’re interested in the BattleForge assignment, or if you’re interested in joining our freelance mailing list to hear about possible freelance opportunities down the road. You can check out full details at http://www.honestgamers.com/staff/index.php or you can contact me here by private message. You can also reach me by e-mail (jason[at_sign]honestgamers{-dot-}com) or by AIM if I happen to be online (jasonventer).
Thanks again!
Jason