Volume 1 Issue 3 August 2005 Serious Sam II - Hardcore Gamer

We are proud to announce a section that no sane magazine would think of doing: We are ACCEPTING
SUBMISSIONS for consideration. Each month we will pick one article from the group, and print it here. If you’ve
ever wanted to see your work in P-R-I-N-T, this is your chance to make yourself known in the industry! We want
YOU to show us what you’ve got!
Fan Article by You
OFFICIAL
HARDCORE SUBMISSIONS RULES:
• Formatting must be in plain text.
Please do not attach external documents in another format, such as .doc (MS Word) or .wps (WordPerfect).
• Your article must be 500 words or less so we can fit it on a page.
“Don’t kill the ones you love” is a good maxim to keep in mind.
• May be one of the following: Review, Industry, Event, Culture or Strategy.
When submitting, begin your Subject header with one of these. i.e.: “Event: Cannes World Tournament 2005 for Soul Calibur II.”
• Review: Your chance to spotlight a game or custom piece of hardware we’ve never heard of...
• Industry: What does (topic) mean for the game industry? We’re not giving examples, but to those of you who pay attention,
if you can somehow change the way we think, or show us a different angle, this may be exactly what we’re looking for.
• Event: Tournaments, promotions, and college projects promoting games. What were the reasons for the event coordinators
for running this? Will this be something that all of us should pay attention to?
• Culture: You can never take away the social aspect of gaming culture. How has it affected us, what new trends are brewing,
and what will this mean for games in mainstream society? (This is the most flexible category of the bunch.)
• Strategy: Only the best of the best need apply for this one — sick skills, an eye for mechanics and an analytical mind to
properly express your focus of expertise will be the feature here.
• Article must be fully edited with no typos and minimal grammatical errors.
We suggest picking up a copy of Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style. The basics will help cut your word count down, while
fine-tuning your article closer to a professional level. At the very least, it’ll teach you how to properly use an apostrophe.
• Screenshots, photographs and logos (a.k.a. ‘assets’) should not be submitted.
If an article is approved, these will be acquired. With ninjas.
• If using formatting, please use Adobe InDesign’s layout tags.
This is case-sensitive, but we won’t kill you if you get it wrong. We’ll