Hey dudes, it's my first published review ever. Thank you, Mark Poppin, dearly for making it possible, and for the help (although he almost ripped my draft to shreds with corrective criticism, hehe)!


Dead Space 2, an Alien-View
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?p=24305

What do you you guys think of it??

Now you see what I have to put up with! LOL!
At least he gets it back from me sometimes.

Anyway, I did tell you already that it is a very nice review. Do you like the front page image I made for it?


Also, I didn't play Dead Space 1. Do I need to play it first because of the storyline or anything?

Oh you made it, cool!! Yes, it's perfect!! Thank you! (What's the coolest Jamaican way of saying "Thank you mon" or "Thank you dude/brother/etc.."?

About playing DS1 first, hmm, I'm thinking that the "novelty" or the originality of Dead Space has a lot to add to the "wow-ness". So, if you play the second one first, then the first one might feel a bit more boring? Obviously, I played the first one first, but I still feel that the first one was still better than the second one. If I also did review on the first one, I'd have given it a higher score of 88-90/B.

The second one revisits the spaceship from the first one in a few chapters, so yeah, it's better to play the first one first after all.

Ya. I make all the article images.

In Jamaica, you could say, "Respect brother"......(pronounced) like this....... "Rispek bredda."

If I can find the time, I'll definitely have a go at the first one and then grab on to the second.

Awesome, makes me want to play games again if I only had the time and the space to set up a desktop.

Two first time reviews, fantastic

Yes! I just realized. Both of you publishing your very first reviews today.

i like it


And your first draft isn't very different than the final publication. i remember my first major article back in the early 70s in Dublin. It was a 6-month undercover investigation into youth gangs and especially the skinheads of Ireland and England; the editor-in-chief of Creation Group - the brother of Ireland's Minister for Justice - sat me down for a couple of hours and taught me "how to write" an article.
-- everything i had done until then (i was also the regular chess editor for several Dublin publications), was preparation for that time and i really learned about editing in a very short time.

Like Bill Clinton used to say all the time: "Thank you. Thank you very much. .... Thank you. Thank you very much ... Thank you. Thank you very much."

I really did appreciate your constructive criticism, Apoppin. It really did shake me out of this lazy rut I've gotten into after not having a teacher for so many years.. Did you have to shave your head to do an undercover investigation on the skinheads?

Nope

there were different brands of skinheads .. most shaved their heads; the good looking guys kept their hair


i was 19 years old when my first cover story was published in Ireland's biggest news magazine. It got me radio and TV attention.

I'm thinking that the "novelty" or the originality of Dead Space has a lot to add to the "wow-ness".