The details are all over in the Submissions bit at the Rodent forum, but here's a quick run-through of what we're after at the moment (bit long, this, so have a nice cup of tea ready or something)...
'Why I Love'...
This is shaping up into a nice little regular. Just a few words on an individual game that you absolutely love - simple as that.
Keep it short and swift (certainly no more than 500 words - ideally, fewer) and try to pick games that are slightly unexpected and lateral. We'd rather have a piece on, say, Theme Hospital than Robotron.
A straight explanation of why you think the game is ace would be fine, but try to work in some kind of anecdotal or personal angle.
Simpsons Special
Just a shameless and fun way of uniting two of my vaguely obsessive passions - The Simpsons and videogames. I'm doing a piece on videogames within the Simpsons (Bonestorm, Hockey Dad, Larry The Looter, etc), but there are loads of possibilities...
Do us something on the best/worst Simpsons videogames, a fantasy Simpsons game (The Sims - Simpsons Edition, anyone?), top tens, reviews, hilarious anecdotes about that time you did that thing involving The Simpsons...
Oh, and we're doing a doughnut review round-up. Naturally.
Spectrum vs C64 Special
We're gonna take a Spectrum and a C64 to some kind of school and see what kids who have never seen or heard of either make of 'em. There's also gonna be some kind of gratuitous stress-test on each machine - just so the C64 can win something.
Anyhoo - the whole tone of this is gonna be as if we're back in the playground again, only with our twenty/thirtysomething heads arguing the case for why the Spectrum/C64 is best - instead of saying: "Yeah, well. Your keyboard smells", or something (although I'm not actively discouraging that kind of thing).
The Rev. and I are working on a XX Reasons Why The Spectrum Is Best piece. We could really use someone doing the same for the C64 - be funny, well argued and use lots of pictures to back things up.
The usual Spectrum/C64-related rambles/columns much welcome.
Ask Kun-Tor
Please go to the Comment bit in the Rodent forum and chuck some questions at our affable mascot of evil/games omniscience. I'm only gonna bring him out of his box very occasionally, but it'd be nice to have a pool of good questions lined up.
Columns and Reviews
Details about these are over in the Submission Guidelines thread at the Rodent forum (http://www.wayoftherodent.com/forum/). Retro reviews are fine, but I think that area is gonna be best covered by the 'Why I Love' thing. Try to stick to recent games for review. Columns, of course, can be about anything. Apart from botany.
So, instead of spending Sunday washing the car or moaning about the weather or strangling people, transmit your thoughts in word-processor form.
