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Yep that's right, there's been scores of these starting up, but all have failed. Let's make this thread a place for PC gamers to chat. Post anything you like in here, comments, reviews, but no spam please.

OK, lets keep this going gamers. For beige box and country!!
Or something like that. :)

The website is http://www.beebreview.co.uk

I haven't written any reviews for it yet, though I am half through one now. I actually managed to get to write for the site through SR. Someone came on here a few weeks back asking for reviewers for that site, and it got me interested.

You don't get any money for the reviews, but you do get free games. Apparently, they give you the games to review, you review them, and then you keep the games, sorted.

I'll pop the topic back up for you, it has the guy's e-mail so you can contact him and see if he’s still recruiting any more reviewers.

Which website are you writing for? And how did you manage to get the job? I'd love to do something like that.

And just while we're on the subject of PC gamer, you might want to check out the forum: http://forum.pcgamer.co.uk/

It's a good place to visit for anyone into PC gaming, it's not as big as SR, but that's mainly because it mainly deals with us PC gamers. You might see me on their too, I'm using the same username so I won't be hard to miss.

Little Hobbo wrote:
> The irony is that I submitted that very same review as a GAD attempt,
> and yet didn't win a sausage. There is some huge gap in judgment at
> Special reserve. I honestly don't think they award GADs to the best
> review, they just give it someone who hasn't won anything for a while.
> Or pull names out of a hat. Or something...

I'd have to agree their. 26 reviews I've done here, and only 4 have won. Not that I'm bothered, it's just I can't be writing as many reviews as I used to for this site when they'll just end up dissapearing without a trace.

Well that the fact I'm going to be writing for a games web-site instead, which allows for greater freedom when it comes to reviewing. Should be fun.

Unfortunately they edited it quite a bit and chopped a few bits out. Never mind I'm not complaining.

The irony is that I submitted that very same review as a GAD attempt, and yet didn't win a sausage. There is some huge gap in judgment at Special reserve. I honestly don't think they award GADs to the best review, they just give it someone who hasn't won anything for a while. Or pull names out of a hat. Or something...

MJ, did you get Hitman 1 or 2? It sounds like you've got the original, but why get that when you could get it's sequel?

I managed to grab myself a copy of PCG today, and you should be glad to know Little Hobbo I read you're winning review on Sim Golf. It's good, I like it, it's very well written if you don't mind me saying so, but it's just a pity it has to kept so short to fit on the two pages of other reviews.

Well-deserved win they're matey :-)

From the reviews I've read, Erotic Island is a really crap game that tries to use sex to sell, but fails on all counts. That's what I've hear anyway, I don't own the game.....honest ;-)

Hmmm! Obviously a conversation stopper. You see all those guys out there have just remembered that they have Eroitca island hidden in their little cupboard somewhere and so we won't hear from them for a week now! So where can you buy it?

Which brings to mind "Lap Dancer" anybody had a go yet? It is for hire at Loan_Gamer and I am tempted. Should I get it and review???

Anyway Games fest for me today! The Games that I ordered whilst drunk turned up. Actually not as embarrassing as I thought. Apart from Chicken Run! Although I do have kids!

Other 2 games were Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer, which seems OK so I'm quite happy with that, and Spiderman which looks cool but won't play on my machine (yet!) will work on that. The wife's happy with her FREE CD as well so Brownie points there!

Also got 2 loan gamers rentals today, Atlantis - the lost empire, Trial by Fire (for the kids! Honest!) and Hitman (Code 47) which looks the Biz! Am rapidly running out of space for these games. Will have to go bigger although my wife might have something to say about that!

Still 14 Gb's to go!

Erotica Islands? hmmmm, well that is educational in a certain sort of way. ;-)

Can you believe that despite my current sitch re Loan Gamer, the wife says to me this evening, having had some wine and hearing a brief audio clip of a very aging Free song " Alright now" or something similar, we haven't got any Free can you get some off your website?"

Now this was news to me. Yes I do run a web site for the Rugby Club entertainment section, but I do not sell CD's DVD's etc, so wife obviously mad!

What she actually meant was "could I order another CD from the same source that I ordered (amongst other things) a CD for her at Xmas"

I actually got that from Streetsonline.co.uk. OK?

So I start trawling and find her exactly what she wants......

..... but then order 3 PCCD games that I don't really need as well!

Aaaaaarrrggghhh!

Will have to pass them off as educational for the kids!

Don't, just don't ask what I bought until I at least have the opportunity of trying them out.

I suspect I will lose what little street cred I have on this thread!