Journalist seeks gaming info
Hiawatha Bray
XBox. I'd like to talk to people who have used them. I would like to
include your name, age, occupation and the community where you live.
This is for real; check out the links below for examples of my writing.
Interested? Please contact me ASAP. Thanks!
--
Hiawatha Bray
Technology Reporter
Boston Globe
135 Morrissey Blvd.
P.O. Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819 USA
617-929-3119 voice
617-929-3183 fax
br...@globe.com
wa...@monitortan.com
Blog: www.monitortan.com
Recent writings: www.boston.com/business/technology/bray/
Zackman
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LOL. Now I've got Chris Elliott from Scary Movie 2 stuck in my head again.
HIAWATHA!
-Z-
DugFreez
"Zackman" <zac...@SPAMISEVILearthling.net> wrote in message
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Black Krim
"Zackman" <zac...@SPAMISEVILearthling.net> wrote in message
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LOL, I never saw that movie but in the good old days before caller ID when
my friends and I would make prank calls one of our favorite characters to
use was one Hiawatha Shitlinger. I don't even know who made it up or where
it came from but we got a lot of mileage out of it for sure.
nightwriter
in another direction getting orgasmic over the writers name, referencing old
pop culture and recalling prank phonecalls. no wonder guys in their late
20's (like me) get odd looks from people when we say we love vids.
"Black Krim" <noe...@noemail.no> wrote in message
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Android
"nightwriter" <spid...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> great! a journalist comes in to talk to gamers and every poster flies off
> in another direction getting orgasmic over the writers name, referencing
old
> pop culture and recalling prank phonecalls. no wonder guys in their late
> 20's (like me) get odd looks from people when we say we love vids.
I've got a solution!
Those of us here who know and love games (and who know how to write) should
become journalists ourselves. Otherwise, the mainstream publications will
continue to assign people to cover subjects they know nothing about, so
they'll continue coming here for information (I'm not saying that Mr. Bray
in particular knows nothing about games, but I've read enough erroneous
stories in the LA or NY Times, Newsweek, and Time to realize that a lot of
these journalists haven't played a videogame since they were black and
white, used a paddle, and cost a quarter).
We also should be writing books, if only to prevent authors like JC Herz
from coming along and gaining noteriety for writing novels about a
hobby/pasttime that she doesn't seem to appreciate either.
Zackman
> great! a journalist comes in to talk to gamers and every poster
> flies off in another direction getting orgasmic over the writers
> name, referencing old pop culture and recalling prank phonecalls.
It is great! Because now journalists looking for "sources" in a Usenet
newsgroup realize it's kind of like doing man on the street interviews
outside a crack house. Yeah, you *might* find someone who can provide you
with what you need, but more often than not you're just going to get a bunch
of flakes.
There are dozens of websites dedicated to modding, and most of them have
forums. I'm sure if Mr. Bray puts enough effort into his research, he'll
find the people he seeks. It's likely some people from here have already
e-mailed him anyway.
-Z-
Hiawatha Bray
get all strange on me.
If anyone here would care to fill me in on mod chips, please get in touch.
If not, well...never mind.
--
Hiawatha Bray
Technology Reporter
Boston Globe
135 Morrissey Blvd.
P.O. Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819 USA
617-929-3119 voice
617-929-3183 fax
br...@globe.com
wa...@monitortan.com
Blog: www.monitortan.com
Recent writings: www.boston.com/business/technology/bray/
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steve burison
get past the name he writes a good column.
S
"Hiawatha Bray" <wa...@monitortan.com> wrote in message
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Alexander Mendes
"Hiawatha Bray" <wa...@monitortan.com> wrote:
> Sheesh...what is it with you guys? Fellow asks a simple question and you
> get all strange on me.
Well...welcome to the video game newsgroups.
> If anyone here would care to fill me in on mod chips, please get in touch.
> If not, well...never mind.
Haven't used one in a long time, so I can't really be of any help.
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> "Android" <andr...@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message
> news:Rbk7c.56333$po.523856@attbi_s52...
> >
> > "nightwriter" <spid...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:N4i7c.106853$uUx1....@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> > > great! a journalist comes in to talk to gamers and every poster flies
> off
> > > in another direction getting orgasmic over the writers name, referencing
> > old
> > > pop culture and recalling prank phonecalls. no wonder guys in their
> late
> > > 20's (like me) get odd looks from people when we say we love vids.
> >
> > I've got a solution!
> >
> > Those of us here who know and love games (and who know how to write)
> should
> > become journalists ourselves. Otherwise, the mainstream publications will
> > continue to assign people to cover subjects they know nothing about, so
> > they'll continue coming here for information (I'm not saying that Mr. Bray
> > in particular knows nothing about games, but I've read enough erroneous
> > stories in the LA or NY Times, Newsweek, and Time to realize that a lot of
> > these journalists haven't played a videogame since they were black and
> > white, used a paddle, and cost a quarter).
Hiawatha's reports are usually pretty well done - not perfect, of
course, but far better than what you get from most publications. And
frankly, gamers tend not to make such great journalists - take a look at
the various gaming magazines or web sites for a horde of examples.
Doug Jacobs
> The guy is legitimate. I read his writing in the Boston Globe. If you can
> get past the name he writes a good column.
I'd say anyone interested in responding to him should read some of his
other columns first. Some of the ones he's done on unsolicited commercial
email (spam) haven't been so accurate, despite informed input...
OverTiME
> The guy is legitimate. I read his writing in the Boston Globe. If you can
> get past the name he writes a good column.
> S
>
>
Arent MOD chips illegal? Why would he need all your personal info?
Unless he's a spy for Homeland Security....
Marty James
b790d39e.04032...@posting.google.com, "OverTiME"
<duece...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Arent MOD chips illegal? Why would he need all your personal info?
> Unless he's a spy for Homeland Security....
Hahahahaha, oh my god. Talk about paranoid. Yeah, the security of the worlds
most pointless, sorry, powerful nation is threatened by someone
de-restricting, wait, a gaming console.
Homeland security spy, sheeesh, gimme a break already.
Luke Cameron
Thoth
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Spy Rule #1: Ridicule anyone that says you're a spy.
Holden
> I'm working on a story about mod chips for console games like the PS2
> and XBox. I'd like to talk to people who have used them. I would
> like to include your name, age, occupation and the community where
> you live.
>
> This is for real; check out the links below for examples of my
> writing.
>
> Interested? Please contact me ASAP. Thanks!
Personally, having reviewed some of your earlier work (including the last
time you came to usenet to solicit help), I'm interested in finding out how
you can call yourself a journalist. Perhaps you should have titled this
thread "Gossip Columnist Seeks Slanderous Lies".
Marty James
<th...@notlisted.net> wrote:
>> Hahahahaha, oh my god. Talk about paranoid. Yeah, the security of the
>> worlds
>> most pointless, sorry, powerful nation is threatened by someone
>> de-restricting, wait, a gaming console.
>>
>> Homeland security spy, sheeesh, gimme a break already.
>
> Spy Rule #1: Ridicule anyone that says you're a spy.
Wait, so now I'M a spy for saying someone else (Hiawatha Bray
<wa...@monitortan.com>) isn't one? This gets funnier by the post.
*They're on their way, there's no point running we're tracking you every
breath*.
OK, you got me, give the man a medal, I'm a spy. Seeing as it's all out in
the open, I may as well leave my signature.
MJ
"Spys 'R Us Inc."
Technology Reporter
Gloston Probe
1135 Morrissey Blvd.
P.O. Box 5819b
Gloston, MA 02205-5819 USA
617-929-3118 voice
617-929-3182 fax
s...@probe.com
http://www.spysrus.com/governmentwork/trackingcitizens/gamers/xboxers/looser
s/top5loosers/total_dick.html
OverTiME
This was a joke.
Nerd.