The Great 2016 Review Project
by cav829
I enjoy writing. Though I ultimately pursued a degree in Computer Science, my best subject in school was always history. Even though I didn't go to college for it, I ended up taking just shy of the necessary amount of courses to pursue a history minor. The great thing about taking collegiate-level history courses is that they really help you improve at writing long papers in a short amount of t...
I enjoy writing. Though I ultimately pursued a degree in Computer Science, my best subject in school was always history. Even though I didn't go to college for it, I ended up taking just shy of the necessary amount of courses to pursue a history minor. The great thing about taking collegiate-level history courses is that they really help you improve at writing long papers in a short amount of time.
While I was in college I wrote fairly amateurish reviews for an anime review site that is sadly no longer around. I also spent about 18 months working for an anime company as a subtitle timer and script editor. So for a while, I had the opportunity to continue to employ my writing skills. When all of this activity stopped however, I experienced a fairly significant break in writing to any substantial degree.
A few years ago, I went through school again to attain my MBA. As I returned to writing substantial papers, it quickly became apparent how rusty my writing skills had become. Since I graduated, I've been looking for an excuse to engage in new writing projects. So late last year, I had the insane idea to start writing reviews for every game I was playing at the time. Well, my plans quickly fell apart during the Fall. It all started when I decided not to review Halo 5 because I didn't feel as if I spent enough time with the multiplayer. Soon thereafter, I just started making excuses to not write reviews of several games.
So for 2016, I'm going to try this again. I posted my first couple reviews this week. Next week, I should have reviews up for XCom 2 (I'm about 40 hours in at the moment) and Firewatch. I'm currently also working on Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls. A lot of this will continue to be catch-up work from 2015 and even 2014. My goal is to keep reviews to about 1200-1600 words, as that's about the right count before they get too lengthy.
The other nice thing about this project is at times, I need to remind myself of the perspective of the reviewer and how difficult it can be to remain consistent in scoring. I am sure I will get a few wrong.
If anyone at any point has any feedback or questions on this bout with insanity, feel free to contact me. I appreciate any and all critiques.