An io9 For Gamers
I thought up an idea, which I put out on Twitter this morning: “What if RPGers had their own io9-like site?
You would have one central site, updated multiple times a day, with mostly news and rumors from around the web, with some occasional original content. You would have a post talking about D&D’s latest offerings or D&DNext rumors, alongside news of the release of the Savage Worlds Deluxe Explorer’s Edition.
As Quinn Murphy pointed out, you would end up with a lot of backlash from fanboys of any game, raging against either the underrepresentation of their favorite game, or the overrepresentation of their least favorite. That’s what a Banhammer is for.
The site would have strict comment policies, in order to keep negativity low. This would be a place for people who loved games and wanted a positive discussion about them.
Now, could devote hours and hours to run this site? No. I’ve got this blog, as well as Plot Points, and fiction writing to do.
I could design the site (using WordPress stuff), and be one of the editors, but I certainly can’t be the sole guy in charge. You’d want about 10 guys willing to post things as they saw them come up, and not have any one central main dude. You’d probably want three editor-in-chiefs.
Is there anyone interested in this concept, giving it a try?
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I thinks its a cool idea but wasn’t there site like that years ago that went under. For the live of me I can’t remember what it was called.
Are you maybe thinking of the rpggeek (or whatever it once was known as) that got rolled into the boardgamegeek website?
I can see how this will be an improvement over BGG’s RPG side though. You kind of have to wade through all the posts on BGG to find stuff you want. Having a list of subjects, and links to “hot new stuff” will be easier to navigate.
Sounds great. I would actually be willing to write for this. I don’t have an innumerable amount of hours, but I have a handful I could contribute as needed. Especially if your in charge Mark, I think it would go over well.
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I hate to be a buzzkill (but love to be a devil’s advocate), but the problem with this is that it’s hard to get the sustained effort that we’d need without paying people at least a little. io9 is a great site because of the professionalism. Because it’s run by professional reporters and editors. Which they can afford because there are enough people who are generally into sci-fi/fantasy/horror to get enough ads to pay for it. Not only is the RPG market smaller, it doesn’t have a lot of diaposable income. (2/3 of the people I game with are unemployed/students/disabled/on social security)
Yes, there are good sites run by volunteers. But maintaining the quality day-in and day-out from volunteers is hard. Now, if you could find some way to monetize it, then you might have a better chance.