FAQ - New Game Network

FAQ
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

Q. How do I get in touch with you?

Please visit our Contact page to see the various methods you can reach us. For a more social approach, feel free to follow us on Twitter or drop by Facebook!

Q. How can I get involved?

Easy! Just register, login and you can start posting comments, rate stories and games and provide feedback right away! You can also post on our Forums and have a great chat with the website writers. Hope to see you there!

Q. Are you guys hiring writers?

Absolutely, we are always looking for talented gamers who want to contribute reviews or articles about gaming. The position is purely voluntary but if you can write well and enjoy games you are more than half way there. Just register here and check out our Open positions thread to see what type of help we are currently seeking. We look forward to hearing from you.

Q. Why did you create this site?

We wanted to create a gaming site that could be a resource for gamers who seek quality reviews by folks who are not only players themselves, but also great writers. We are dedicated to this project and hope to keep supporting it for as long as we are able. We can express opinions about gaming without being restricted by constraints of other websites. While our opinions are ultimately personal, similarly to your opinion being your own, we are free of pressure from any Parent Company or Advertisers to produce any specific content or review scores. We are an independent, ad-free website and plan to remain that way.

Q. What do your overall game ratings mean?

90 to 100 - Some of the Best games we have played, this category is reserved strictly for genre-defining titles and/or amazing experiences from start for finish
80 to 89 - Great games, not without minor faults but still very enjoyable and well worth obtaining
70 to 79 - Good games, worth looking at closely if you are a fan of the genre or the setting in particular
60 to 69 - Mediocre games, check these out only as fans of the series or dedicated fans of the genre
50 to 59 - Borderline Ok titles, these games barely have enough to prevent them from being an outright waste of your time, and it's a close call
0 to 49 - These games are a wreck, whether it's because of extreme bugs (including poor optimization) or simply terrible gameplay; these games do not possess basic modern gaming features and need to be avoided. Save your money!

Q. What are Review Categories about?

Presentation - We describe the overall feel of the game, the user interface, story, and anything else that is essential to the overall experience
Gameplay - The basics of the game overviewed, including any comparisons to other games in the genre and/or innovations in gameplay
Single Player - The length of the campaign is mentioned, as long as any other modes of play that do not require a friend or an internet connection
Multiplayer - The basic multi-user options are described (if any are available), along with our experiences
Performance - The framerate is discussed as well as quality of the graphics and sound. For PC reviews, we also cover performance testing on various grade of hardware.
Overall - We do our best to sum up the game in a few lines, along with our user recommendations.

Q. How do you determine the overall score of the game?

We play the games to completion before writing the review, unless otherwise stated. We also make every effort to try all the game features out before making a conclusion on a game. Each category of the game is then graded, and an overall score is determined by comparing the values from every category - note, we do not determine the overall score by mathematically averaging the category scores.

**Please remember that all content on our website is subject to personal interpretation. Editorial pieces and reviews are a representation of the author's opinion on the subject, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the website and its other contributors and members**

Q. What plans do you have for this website?

We plan to keep supporting it, keep adding games, news, reviews and hopefully contributors. We want to grow a community and create a trusted gaming news and review source on the internet. Suggestions are welcome on our Forums.