Hey, do you know how to use ctrl-c then ctrl-v? Do you play videogames and want free ones? Ever written a thing on an internet and thought it was good? Come write for us… if you think you’re right for us! Ha!

We here at Negative Gamer are striving for mediocrity. If you can re-word press releases, or find news a few days after it’s been on every other site and manage to not add anything to it, then get in touch! We’re looking for reviewers to get free games to write about the graphics, story and controls, finally settling on an 8/10 (7/10 if we didn’t get a free copy). We’re looking for opinion pieces that will be titled in a such a way as to get the maximum number of clicks and we’re also looking for girls, because then we can take pics of you and get traffic.

I’m just kidding *laughter track*. If you are reading this, optimistic about free games and tits, I am sorry to disappoint. We are in fact looking for people with writing talent who want to help make a difference in this screwed up industry. To keep things simple, here are a few of the things we’re looking for in people we want to join our super awesome fun time happy team:

• Give a shit.
• Understand what Negative Gamer is about. If you found this post and haven’t read this site before, that’s cool, but make sure to research the publication you’re writing for. Top 10 best Pokemon is not an article that would do well here.
• Be able to contribute at least once per week. If you can’t find the time each week to write up something, then the readers will never get to know you and everybody will be sad.
• Have some sample writing. We love writers who have already got work for us to read. If you have a personal blog this is even better.
• Send us samples of articles on par with those you would expect to contribute to the site. When you send in your email to me saying how great you are, include at least two samples of your work; one being a news piece, one being a longer opinion piece. This lets us see how well your style gels with ours.
• Have a personality, but don’t be annoying. It’s a fine balance.

Them be the basics. I think the benefits of writing for NG are apparent, but to seem less arrogant or presumptuous I’d like to outline a couple of the main ones; firstly, you improve as a writer. We have a team of skilled trained Editors and a large staff of like-minded people, all of which are openly approachable for feedback on your work. If you are writing up a long opinion piece and need some critical feedback, just fire off an email and usually within a few hours you’ll have more feedback than you wanted, and possibly a funny picture of a kitten. The second benefit to writing at NG is the extra line on your portfolio. NG is slowly becoming a recognised land mark in the gaming blogo-cube and to have passed through our doors is something. Probably a good something.

That’s about all I have to say. If you think you have talent and passion (regardless of age or previous experience), then email me (wardrox[art]negativegamer[durt]com) with a couple of writing samples and a cover letter telling me a bit about you. I very much look forward to reading it.

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