Category: Blog Stuff

Indie Games List Addition: Mystery at Mansfield Manor

Mystery at Mansfield Manor is yet the latest game to be added to the Indie Games List on the Indie Game News page.

Title: Mystery at Mansfield Manor
Platform: Online Web-Browser
Genre:FMV, Mystery
Developer: SR Entertainment Inc
Publisher: SR Entertainment Inc
Market: Shareware
Release Date: 08/02/06
Remember that if you want your game to appear on the list, email me at
davidprodriguez[at]att[dot]net with the Game’s Title, Platform, Genre, Developer, Publisher, Market (Shareware, Freeware, Retail), Stage of Development, Release Date.

Condensing the Blog

I’ve now merged some of the pages together. It was getting to the point that there were too many individual pages.

The Indie Game News page includes indie game news along with the indie game list.

The Useful Video Game References contains historical video game videos, recommended video game books, and college game degrees.

Video Game Articles contains both articles and reviews of video games from the parent StuffWeLike.com website.

So what do you think of these changes? Are they good or are they too much?

PiracySucks.com

After living through it, I’ve decided to buy the domain name PiracySucks.com. I thought that having a site where consumers could learn about the effects that piracy has on all sides of the industry could be rather informative and helpful. If anyone reading this is interested in helping out, by writing articles or anything else, please contact me at davidprodriguez [at] att.net.

RSS Errors – Fixed

I was recently informed that the RSS feed wasn’t working. Turns out that by forwarding the domain videogameinsider.net and by telling the blog that that is the new Blog URL, an error occurs. I’ve fixed this problem by telling the blog that the BLOG URL is the actual directory where all of this data is located.

Bottom line is that it should work now.

How to start up a Forum

You know what, I’ve never known how to really do this. The only way to get people to register is if they have a reason too. I started the Video Game Dev. Forum and for some reason no one from this blog has posted on it.

After there’s a reason to join, you have to advertise the forum. This is tricky because spamming on other forums about your forum will get you into trouble. So you just have to hope that people see your signature and click on the link. This is where I have failed. I have never advertised the Video Game Dev. Forum on its own. I’ve always mentioned the blog thinking that people would click on the Video Game Dev. Forum on the link. So I’m writing this post now to inform everyone about this Forum.

It’s tough to maintain a forum but usually when you and your team post messages on it your user base will eventually register. This is definitely the step that can take the longest time.