Writing for Escapist - How long?

[Jourdan Cameron]

OK, so I've written a review of Shadow Planet and a few weeks ago, I pitched the review to Escapist. Unfortunately, I got no reply. Should I resubmit my pitch?
EDIT: Crap, disregard this post, just saw somebody else's review. Why didn't they reply to me?
Also, any idea where to take my review and get paid?

 

[Radeonx]

I'm almost positive that the people writing game reviews are normally regular employees for the Escapist, and not random people who just pitch reviews.

 

[Cheesus333]

I'd try posting in the User Reviews section of the forums. That way you can find out what people think of your reviews.

...Which is exactly why I don't put mine there >.>

 

[Jourdan Cameron]

I'm almost positive that the people writing game reviews are normally regular employees for the Escapist, and not random people who just pitch reviews.

I take it Escapist only does reviews from employees? Well thanks, wish I knew that before... Any idea where to take my review and get money? I'm not a greedy guy, really, just want to return some results... I got ripped off at my last job. Anyhow, thanks guys.

 

[Nickolai77]

I'm almost positive that the people writing game reviews are normally regular employees for the Escapist, and not random people who just pitch reviews.

I take it Escapist only does reviews from employees? Well thanks, wish I knew that before... Any idea where to take my review and get money? I'm not a greedy guy, really, just want to return some results... I got ripped off at my last job. Anyhow, thanks guys.

That's regular video game journalism, and usually you have to work for free for a couple of years to build up a name for yourself and a CV before people would consider paying you.

That said, i remember reading here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/content/contact at the bottom it says they pay $250 dollars an article. If you don't do a video game review and write about something else then perhaps that's more what they're looking for.

I submitted an article proposal earlier today about the Call of Duty franchise, i hope that's more the material that they are looking for.

 

[PureChaos]

i've done a few reviews, all of which i've posted on here from youtube and 1 has had a response

 

[Susan Arendt]

If you didn't get a reply, I didn't receive it. Our spam filters can be a bit overzealous sometimes. But as others have already mentioned, we're not looking for reviewers at the moment; all of our reviews are handled by in-house staff. We looking for freelancers to submit pitches for feature articles.

 

[Jourdan Cameron]

Well thanks, this is some of my work, would a similar article interest you?

http://www.d-gu.com/mature-games-vs-mature-ratings-do-they-need-each-other/