Ok you probably you read the headlines and pretty much figured out what is this about!It is about flash games bering ignpred completely on Gian Bomb Gamespot ign and etc.,i mean why?!Ok so flash is not always the best quality game but look a screenshot of this flash game i made!
And now seeing it give me one good reason for flash games being ignored! i mean you saw the graphics!
Flash games
Ok you probably you read the headlines and pretty much figured out what is this about!It is about flash games bering ignpred completely on Gian Bomb Gamespot ign and etc.,i mean why?!Ok so flash is not always the best quality game but look a screenshot of this flash game i made!
And now seeing it give me one good reason for flash games being ignored! i mean you saw the graphics!
Well I totally agree. But we also have to be realistic about the can of worms that it opens for the administrators in putting flash games into these sites.
Just out of interest, what would be the equivalent of Giant Bomb for flash games? Is there one? Perhaps somebody ought to make one?
This was my number one source for quality Flash games. They changed their format a bit, so I wasn't as big a fan, but maybe they've mellowed out a bit since I last spent some time there.
In my experience, Armor Games is just a dump for games to be ON, not to be reviewed. Jay Is Games actually reviews them independently.
" @Alex_V:http://jayisgames.com/This was my number one source for quality Flash games. They changed their format a bit, so I wasn't as big a fan, but maybe they've mellowed out a bit since I last spent some time there.In my experience, Armor Games is just a dump for games to be ON, not to be reviewed. Jay Is Games actually reviews them independently. "
This is the reason we don't have flash games on Giant Bomb:
Jeff said:
"Yeah, we currently don't want browser-based games on the site. This may change down the line, but you're exactly right in that we have to draw the line somewhere and at the moment there doesn't seem to be enough interest in this category to warrant giving them their own section. Additionally, our games/releases taxonomy is currently setup to primarily handle commercial products.I'd guess most of the other sites you mentioned have similar reasons.I think the other key thing is that we'd never want to have every Flash game on the site. The barrier to entry is so low there that it would just lead to us having a ton of bedroom developers cluttering up the site with links to the games they've made. Until there can be a meaningful distinction between quality Flash-based products and "DUDE CHECK IT OUT I MADE ASTEROIDS EXCEPT WITH BUTTS INSTEAD OF ROCKS," we'd be biting off more than we could chew with that stuff."We also don't want any BBS door games or standard cell phone games, for the record.
" This is the reason we don't have flash games on Giant Bomb:
Jeff said:"Yeah, we currently don't want browser-based games on the site. This may change down the line, but you're exactly right in that we have to draw the line somewhere and at the moment there doesn't seem to be enough interest in this category to warrant giving them their own section. Additionally, our games/releases taxonomy is currently setup to primarily handle commercial products.I'd guess most of the other sites you mentioned have similar reasons. "I think the other key thing is that we'd never want to have every Flash game on the site. The barrier to entry is so low there that it would just lead to us having a ton of bedroom developers cluttering up the site with links to the games they've made. Until there can be a meaningful distinction between quality Flash-based products and "DUDE CHECK IT OUT I MADE ASTEROIDS EXCEPT WITH BUTTS INSTEAD OF ROCKS," we'd be biting off more than we could chew with that stuff."We also don't want any BBS door games or standard cell phone games, for the record.
"@MattyFTM said:Yeah but you could have the exact same of games on iPhone but they would be acceptable. "" This is the reason we don't have flash games on Giant Bomb:
Jeff said:"Yeah, we currently don't want browser-based games on the site. This may change down the line, but you're exactly right in that we have to draw the line somewhere and at the moment there doesn't seem to be enough interest in this category to warrant giving them their own section. Additionally, our games/releases taxonomy is currently setup to primarily handle commercial products.I'd guess most of the other sites you mentioned have similar reasons. "I think the other key thing is that we'd never want to have every Flash game on the site. The barrier to entry is so low there that it would just lead to us having a ton of bedroom developers cluttering up the site with links to the games they've made. Until there can be a meaningful distinction between quality Flash-based products and "DUDE CHECK IT OUT I MADE ASTEROIDS EXCEPT WITH BUTTS INSTEAD OF ROCKS," we'd be biting off more than we could chew with that stuff."We also don't want any BBS door games or standard cell phone games, for the record.
If you want to pimp your AWESOME GRAFIX FLASH GAEM go to newgrounds.com >_>
Link us to the actual game so we can rip it apart plx :)
Edit: Found it!
Not as bad as I expected. Still pretty bad though. You want this on GB? :S
The 3D models you used to make the sprites are actually nice though, if you made those yourself.
"@mracoon said:The iPhone is a closed platform. Apple have a strict approval process for apps on the iPhone. it is completely different to Flash games, when anyone can put together a crappy game and bungle it onto the interweb. ""@MattyFTM said:Yeah but you could have the exact same of games on iPhone but they would be acceptable. "" This is the reason we don't have flash games on Giant Bomb:
Jeff said:"Yeah, we currently don't want browser-based games on the site. This may change down the line, but you're exactly right in that we have to draw the line somewhere and at the moment there doesn't seem to be enough interest in this category to warrant giving them their own section. Additionally, our games/releases taxonomy is currently setup to primarily handle commercial products.I'd guess most of the other sites you mentioned have similar reasons. "I think the other key thing is that we'd never want to have every Flash game on the site. The barrier to entry is so low there that it would just lead to us having a ton of bedroom developers cluttering up the site with links to the games they've made. Until there can be a meaningful distinction between quality Flash-based products and "DUDE CHECK IT OUT I MADE ASTEROIDS EXCEPT WITH BUTTS INSTEAD OF ROCKS," we'd be biting off more than we could chew with that stuff."We also don't want any BBS door games or standard cell phone games, for the record.
Aww nuts... I was just about to ask this question and I can totally see why Jeff and the GB crew don't really need them here.
I feel I have to report my entry for The Caverns of Hammerfest then to have it removed. Who do I get in touch with? Got me some 934 points for that too, lol.
" Aww nuts... I was just about to ask this question and I can totally see why Jeff and the GB crew don't really need them here.hmmmmm
I feel I have to report my entry for The Caverns of Hammerfest then to have it removed. Who do I get in touch with? Got me some 934 points for that too, lol. "
" If you want to pimp your AWESOME GRAFIX FLASH GAEM go to newgrounds.com >_>hey im no theif >:( !11! of course i made em!
Link us to the actual game so we can rip it apart plx :)
Edit: Found it!Not as bad as I expected. Still pretty bad though. You want this on GB? :SThe 3D models you used to make the sprites are actually nice though, if you made those yourself. "
newgrounds.com is the best source for flash games and movies. they have ratings, top games of the day and week, plus they just added achievements.
"Don't ridicule the Apple acceptance policy. They've rejected the Giant Bomb app twice already. Somewhere, I think I can hear Snide weeping...@MattyFTM said:Yes, Apple have a very strict process. They only let gems like SimStapler, iMilk and iFart through there rigorous checking of quality. I'm not saying all flash games deserve a place but many of them do just as much as many iPhone apps and way more then the crappy ones I mentioned. How does it make sense that games like Line Rider aren't worthy of a wiki if they were just a flash game (which it was originally) but when it becomes an iPhone game it's suddenly good enough. It shouldn't be the the platform which makes any one game good it should be the game itself. ""@mracoon said:The iPhone is a closed platform. Apple have a strict approval process for apps on the iPhone. it is completely different to Flash games, when anyone can put together a crappy game and bungle it onto the interweb. ""@MattyFTM said:Yeah but you could have the exact same of games on iPhone but they would be acceptable. "" This is the reason we don't have flash games on Giant Bomb:
Jeff said:"Yeah, we currently don't want browser-based games on the site. This may change down the line, but you're exactly right in that we have to draw the line somewhere and at the moment there doesn't seem to be enough interest in this category to warrant giving them their own section. Additionally, our games/releases taxonomy is currently setup to primarily handle commercial products.I'd guess most of the other sites you mentioned have similar reasons. "I think the other key thing is that we'd never want to have every Flash game on the site. The barrier to entry is so low there that it would just lead to us having a ton of bedroom developers cluttering up the site with links to the games they've made. Until there can be a meaningful distinction between quality Flash-based products and "DUDE CHECK IT OUT I MADE ASTEROIDS EXCEPT WITH BUTTS INSTEAD OF ROCKS," we'd be biting off more than we could chew with that stuff."We also don't want any BBS door games or standard cell phone games, for the record.
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