LENNON'S PROFILE

Ciel
Featured games should be representative of the community's finest work and a sign post to the outside world - 'Hey, look at the amazing things we make here, you should come and make amazing things with us!'. More than that, being featured should absolutely be something users aspire to - an achievement and honor one can work towards by improving the quality of their work. It may sound 'shallow' to those who strictly advocate making games for oneself, but the prestige factor within a community that is respected can be a big motivational boost. (Thinking about how cool it'll be when everyone likes the game you're working on is an oasis on the horizon in the scorching desert of development.) These sorts of things generate 'positive action'. Putting an obscure game that you, as a select few staff members think 'deserves' exposure in that venerable position on the main page is like jamming a square peg in a round hole - it creates NEGATIVE action. Due to the disconnect in perception i have described, many users are merely bewildered by your choices. Rather than generating inspiration, perspective, and discussion tending towards the ultimate goal of - more videogames, better videogames - it causes doubt, questioning, bitterness, etc.

THIS. Although, I'm afraid that once again nobody will listen this point. I've brought this up at least 15 times already and its been passed off every single time.

author=calunio

author=Max McGee
the criteria for featured game need to be fixed (made static) and made transparent (public) on this site, where everyone can see them.

I don't think it's asking a lot.

I agree. I always thought games were featured because they were very high quality and received lots of praise, not just... Whatever? I mean if there are absolutely no requirements besides being average at best, then a featured game pretty much means nothing.

I don't think it's ridiculous to want the featured game to be something of high quality in nearly every aspect.

I also don't see the problem with what I suggested before: The staff picks 3-5 games that they thought were the best of that month and then the community votes on what should be featured. Everyone is involved that way.

I really didn't find the water temple THAT bad. It only gets evil near the very end.

author=TFT
<kitty_purry> You must all be pretty sick of these blogs by now but I just wanted to make that joke! Also Space Funeral has been picked as one of the 20 Best Games Of 2010 by Paste Magazine

haha, like, you really need to sit down and kind of gasp at how rmn staffers treat their members games. it's like everyone else on the internet but 2 random rmn staffers "get" that this game is pretty neat and creative. fyi dudes, having cool games that people overall enjoy on the mainpage generates new users to come here and possibly hang out.

i just find it weird that space funeral was posted here first and then after all this exposure it is still not featured game. real good way to reward successful games here.

I know, right? At this point I have absolutely no clue what the criteria for being featured is, cause apparently being insanely popular (and creative) for a 2k3 game doesn't cut it or something.

EDIT: Also what is all this crap about "We can't feature it cause its x months old"? Legendary Legend is 2 years old fyi

Yeah, I was just going to bring that up. There's almost no debating that he just saw a game that looked bad and decided to attack it, and I quote,

Corfaisus
just for shits and giggles