And it’s time to expand the team. Over the past few weeks we’ve been receiving review codes for numerous games that we are simply unable to cover. As such, we are looking for two talented new reviewers.
Do note that this will be a semi-paid job (we’ll discuss the details with those that will join the team). Moreover, reviewers should be able to meet certain deadlines. However, I want to make it crystal clear that we do not have strict deadlines (reviewers will have enough time in order to finish the games).
Naturally, those that will join the team will have the benefit of writing for one of the best PC gaming websites (well… we gotta do some self-promotion… right? Right?) and freely share their opinion. They will also enjoy free copies of games and will be able to get in touch with developers in order to build new relationships. They may also be able to land jobs at more popular websites. We are happy to report that Jak, one of our volunteers, was able to land a job at Tweaktown.
We won’t be restricting the work of a reviewer as long as he/she follows specific rules. For example, you all know that we do not allow GamerGate or political stuff so a review that focuses on such things is a no-no. A perfect example is Kingdom Come: Deliverance. A review that basically focuses on Daniel Vávra instead of the game itself will not ever get published. Another example: a review of a game that focuses on the gender of protagonists and their sexual preferences is not acceptable. We are gamers and we want gaming-focused stuff. Period.
Those interested can send their resume at john2@dsogaming.com with a “Apply for DSOGaming Reviewer” title, alongside a sample of their work (a mini game review will be ideal).
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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hope you all the best guys 🙂
It will be interesting to see who steps up to do some reviews here. imo there are quite a few people who regularly comment here that have a lot of knowledge and experience with PC games and the potential to do some really good reviews.
Give us the names!
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Non sequitur.
Knowing anything about games on a technical level and knowing what makes a game good don’t go hand in hand. Not to mention, a lot of the people you’re referring to don’t know anything. I’ve applied but, I already have my own website so I’m really not concerned if I don’t get picked.
English is not my first language, so writings reviews in english would require a lot of editorial. However I would be too harsh anyways, because I am still trying to value the games via 90s optics. So am not afraid to give Call of Doody 4/10 if it deserves it. That would piss a lot of publishers I guess.
GamerSgate /= Gamergate
The former is a website that sells PC keys, the latter is the hashtag. Other than that, I’ve always been 100% for the gaming only policy on DSOG and been of luck to all applying for the position.
No gamergate is a ghost that after 5 years it still lives in the heads of game journalists rent free 😀 Kinda like Marx said “My theories will haunt the capitalists after my death” hahahaha.
Seriously though gamergate doesnt care about gamergate anymore, only journalists are so pissed about it and looking at what is happening in the msm right now, i can see why, they dont like how they are losing power and the control of the narrative to independent youtubers.
As for gamersgate, funny thing is during gamergate that site was attacked by sjws thinking its related to gamergate and the owner had to sell it.
Stopped reading immediately, get that pathetic Trumpo trash out of here. You’re better than that.
Whereas I see you’re completely reasonable and without bias. Ever thought of applying to freelance for Polygon or PC Gamer?
lol Ugh is one of the worst sheitposters on this site. Only for those who like troll pieces
Some of his recent posts would seemingly point to that being the case.
he likes thew new Cringestein need i say more?
Yeah you don’t need to look hard enough…
Trump is the president of the free world, get used to it bigot…
I initially hated trump then i paid attention to what he says and does and how the media reports something completely different, latest case being the ms13 “they are animals” misinformation.
All i got to say is trump 2020, let leftists (whoa aren not liberals at this point) REEEE to the sky.
This is a job i coud never do 😀 i would be like jim sterling 2.0 exept for the wresling 😀 .
There si mutch S**t or boring games god of war is one of them
There must be games you like.
Me and my brother gamers and we disagree on many games…
I like the gears of war series he hates it…he loved uncharted 4 while i found it disappointing,i liked last of us but said it was not a goty material he disagreed and still say its one of the best game he ever played.
Zelda the wind waker is one of my all time favorite game he hated it.
Having a different opinion is normal but you are right about being a reviewer require objectivity and to try to connect to the genre…myself i would not be able to review sport games due to my lack of knowledge of sports and how much i dont find them appealing,lol my brother is even worse saying people that plays fifa are retarded
My main problem is that i cant stand consoles . I only games where i am in controll.. Like KSP or EVE . Or asetto corsa . Or warframe . I cant stand console cinematic one button press games . Zelda is a good game BUT they F it up with the weapon damaging thing . . . . Like you beat the game and got thr master sword . It will brake after 100 hits . . . . . Why. . Game . Why
I have a friend like you that only like simulations and ultra realistic games like ksp dcs and falcon and every other games for him feels “shallow”.
I started on consoles and arcade but also wanted a pc as a kid only in my teenage years i started playing seriously on pc when i got a low end pc(a teenager dont get much money)
And besides the zelda example is bad only breath of wild have weapon durability and the master sword does not break forever it have a cooldown and besides around hyrule castle i used the sword for an hour and it did not break the guardians seems to not affect the sword durability much.
And hating consoles is silly and in my opinion a gamer should not limit himself to one system and should at least try one other.
Pc is the best in my opinion but the snes, ps1,ps2,n64 and game boy color will always hold a special place in my heart and im glad they existed.
Yes gamer shoud not limit him self . BUT the console platform is very limited and simplifiled and asisted . . . I dont wanna be asisted . I have the skill . And yes rhe games i play is simulators and sandbox games where i can do what i want. Maybe i buy an nintendo console in the future for my kids .
Non taken. I hear this the time . . . I never learnd english in school . All i know i got it from games and youtube
As said below you definitely couldn’t based on English probably being your third language (I didn’t read your comment, it’s just obvious.). Also God of War was not a boring game. I’m not saying it’s 10/10 because it isn’t, but it’s not boring.
Yes its my 3 “language”
Yeah its its a grate game . . . . Next time give master cheif a beard and kid . . . .
Heh I’d apply, but more than happy at the current website. 🙂 gl guys.
Good luck would love to contribute if I wasn’t already writing for a website!
Guys, would you accept someone from Brazil who is not a native english speaker?
I am playing far cry 5 and i am pretty autistic about this series so i want to do a detailed review analysis of it. But i think its impossible to do one without covering the elephant in the room eg how the sjw media hated the game but gamers loved it. Because the sjw media wanted it to be a christian bashing simulator that you hunt down rednecks racist trump supporters. The actual game offended no one and took pot shots at everyone with tiny non offensive jokes, which was for the best. The sjws were mad about this.
I agree with you that we shouldnt focus in politics but the establishment that at this point is far left is doing anything they can to jam it down our throats we see sjw journalists leaving the sites they are writing for to go to other sjw sites to write for, like vice. They recycling the same people in the same sites. We need people who dont focus on politics because you get situations like Daniel Varva that the man is invite in some event on Spain and all the sjw press with the usual feminazis attack him and try to get him deplatform, in the same event you got the antichrist figures of the sjws Rami Ismael and Leigh Alexander, after the hate he received even compared to nazis when his family are jewish, he decided not to go to the event. Aside from that you got neogaf 2.0 REEEEEEEEsetera saying that any discussion praising Daniel Varva will result into a ban, you can talk positively about the game but not him, but you can trash him all day along.
Basicly what i am saying is, after all those years they establishment gaming journalists are REEEEEEEEing like crazy and they are not letting this go, gamergate has been living in their head all those years rent free and they learned nothing from the last few years they continue their activism and will do anything in their power to destroy people like Varva. Totally unethical. It pisses me off because reviews are not about gameplay anymore but progressive politics and these people still dont get the hint and screw off. I cant believe how after all those years they are still so unprofessional and self righteous and butthurt.
So yeah reviewers are needed so we can judge games objectively on gameplay and not politics but they need to be detailed not a mini review. Maybe ill review some indie game that seemed interesting and then ill give you the review and you can do with it what you want. Because the way i see it reviews are dead, everyone at this point watches youtubers playing the game and try to find if they like the game.
imo you could write a good review about Far Cry 5 and leave politics out of it but anyway, didn’t John say before that the reviews would mostly be on Indie games?
Can you? its kinda hard i mean, it even has political jokes in the item descriptions.
Semi-paid job, good luck with that.
Perhaps to some it maybe a good gig. For instance I have taken on people with little to no experience and they worked for food, a small 1 room bedroom, a small amount of pay for cloths and other necessities. In a few years they get to learn a trade and make a good living for themselves. Teaching somebody your knowledge and letting them use all your tools, facilities, etc….is a payment in itself.
Oh F…. Off, yes it is amazing what you can get out of desperate and downtrodden people how benevolent of you.
Great, since you love to give away all your stuff, knowledge, and money for free feel free to donate all your earnings for all time to my dead beat brother who is”down trodden” or maybe give it all to one of those druggies with the signs that say homeless.
I suppose I could just not offer them a chance and let them fail. I find people like you always want to give away my money to your causes. Must be a socialist scum Soy boy. Piss off!
You type slow.
That’s a lot of assumptions.
Frankly if you had left it at just your first sentence I wouldn’t have had a response. But when you start trying to lecture me then we have a problem.
Call them like I see them…..
You attacked me first.
DSOG needs a new website that doesn’t leech CPU like a fat rich kid at a Ben and Jerrys.
???? site loads really fast for me no idea what you talking about you must be trolling its a very light side.
or he has an old Pentium II Game Rig cuz he is Gaymer.
It’s just a customized wordpress theme.
Cool news! I wonder where 7th Guest is, he seems like a guy who might have been interested in such a proposition.
Hello all! and most importantly John!
I encourage you all to send your applications into John, he originally allowed me to volunteer write for his website closer to a year ago now, writing for DSOgaming allowed me to hone in on my writing skills that also included SEO, punctuation and networking. This first stepping stone has allowed me to now have a full time job writing news and benchmarking hardware elsewhere.
So, I thank you John and I hope you see this because your opportunity that you gave me back then has changed my life. What I say to everyone else: Use me as an example, if you have a passion for writing and love PC games don’t pass up Johns opportunity, its worth your while!
That’s really awesome. As a business owner/employer it is great to hear from present and past employees. That appreciate the opportunities offered by those of us who have risked quite a bit to open a business and maintain it for others to reap the benefits as well. I love a good “I made it” story. Maybe you could be a little more in depth and write up your starting point to now. Perhaps it will give somebody an extra vote of confidence to “put there hat in the ring”.
reviewing anything modern or AAA seems like work, and not fun work
if it was a job about reviewing some good ol vidya from the days of the golden age i’ed be interested
but honestly i wouldn’t care so much if this is about reviewing annual $hite like cuck of duty
or some unfinished early access garbage (because like seriously 90% of steam’s releases is JUST THAT)
i would like to see Dsog featuring a “Reinstalled” section of where we review&discuss some golden games that have been forgotten to time or simply too old for our young gamers who mostly play hot garbage like fortnight
“Semi-Paid Job”
Well, I never took a job where the pay was for a Semi, but sign me up. I prefer MAC but a Peter Built will suffice. Anyways does the Cab come with a Game Rig and Windows Office So I can do the reviews?
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Cool, good luck to everyone that applies, all the best.
I don’t play any pancake games anymore, but I’d love to review VR titles. However, my resume is pretty barren since I’ve been self-employed for 16 years.
“We are gamers and we want gaming-focused stuff. Period.”
This is why I love this site.
That penultimate paragraph is a painful read. Divorcing entertainment from politics entirely is an unbelievably simpleton way to go about things.
Just letting you know that we’ll pick those that will join the team in two weeks.
What is the desired word count for a “mini” review?
We prefer proper review samples (around 700-1000 words)
I was quoting the term you used. Okay, 700+, about 2 pages. Thank you.
>we’ve been receiving review codes for numerous games that we are simply unable to cover
What kind of games? I would only be comfortable writing about genres I’m familiar with. I believe that reviews should always be written by someone familiar with the genre, otherwise you might as well roll the dice for a number between 1 and 5. Exceptions you can review without pre-existing knowledge are “casual” games where the gameplay is essentially designed for non-gamers, like Wii bowling.
So with that in mind I could review any first or third person action or stealth games, “arcade” racing games, simple singleplayer RPGs, and any casual game.
No-go list: MMO, strategy games, retro sidescrollers, flight sims, any serious simulators, annual sports franchises.
If being limited in genres is no deal-breaker I might write a sample review. Regarding that, what’s the desired word count for a “mini” review?