GP Readers Ain't Dumb
GP Readers Ain't Dumb
December 6, 2007
You read GamePolitics, ipso facto, you are intelligent.We always knew it. Now Critics Rant validates your braininess with an online Blog Readability Test. GamePolitics scores at the post-graduate level.
GP learned about the test via Susan Arendt's report on Wired Game|Life. As Arendt reports, here's how some other popular sites fared:
Kotaku: Junior High
Destructoid: Junior High
PlayStation.blog: Junior High
GayGamer: Junior High
MTV Multiplayer: Junior High
Game|Life: High School
Slashdot: High School
Joystiq: College
Level Up: Genius
Ars Technica: Genius
You can enter any site you like to check on its readability level.
GP: It looks as if the ratings are rather sensitive to changing content. Joystiq, for example, has jumped up to "genius" today...
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Posted 10/12/08 at 07:35am
Chuma: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7664963.stm
Chuma: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7664963.stm
Posted 10/12/08 at 07:34am
Chuma: Oh, and Dennis? Richard Garriott flys into space. Worth a mention on the site methinks?
Chuma: Oh, and Dennis? Richard Garriott flys into space. Worth a mention on the site methinks?
Posted 10/12/08 at 07:33am
Chuma: To be honest, I'm waiting for him to overstep the mark and either do something illegal or get sued. It'll be hillarious.
Chuma: To be honest, I'm waiting for him to overstep the mark and either do something illegal or get sued. It'll be hillarious.
Posted 10/12/08 at 06:37am
Michael Chandra: ezbiker555: Rather than not having proved, wasn't it that they sort of proved there weren't any games involved at all?
Michael Chandra: ezbiker555: Rather than not having proved, wasn't it that they sort of proved there weren't any games involved at all?
Posted 10/12/08 at 06:21am
Tao2001: I think the whole "don't feed the animals" boat has sailed. He'll be an attention whore no matter what.
Tao2001: I think the whole "don't feed the animals" boat has sailed. He'll be an attention whore no matter what.
Posted 10/12/08 at 06:16am
King of Fiji: @Leet Gamer Jargon: No offense but isn't feeding an attention whore like Jack Thompson something one shouldn't be doing ?
King of Fiji: @Leet Gamer Jargon: No offense but isn't feeding an attention whore like Jack Thompson something one shouldn't be doing ?
Posted 10/12/08 at 04:38am
Leet Gamer Jargon: Yay! Jack's back! I can laugh (at him) again!
Leet Gamer Jargon: Yay! Jack's back! I can laugh (at him) again!
Posted 10/12/08 at 02:38am
PHOENIXZERO: Twice my comments on the JT/Palin story have gone MIA, what's up with that?
PHOENIXZERO: Twice my comments on the JT/Palin story have gone MIA, what's up with that?
Posted 10/11/08 at 07:43pm
Chuma: http://theweaselking.livejournal.com/3048562.html
Chuma: http://theweaselking.livejournal.com/3048562.html
Posted 10/11/08 at 07:24pm
Kincyr: the JT/Palin article has quite a few duplicate posts
Kincyr: the JT/Palin article has quite a few duplicate posts
Posted 10/11/08 at 06:02pm
lordlundar: each one they are doing is 36 missions focussing on a faction per, so it's going to be 96 missions altogether
lordlundar: each one they are doing is 36 missions focussing on a faction per, so it's going to be 96 missions altogether
Posted 10/11/08 at 05:16pm
Hitodama: @ZippyDSMlee: As long as I don't have to buy multiplayer agian, I might be alright. Blizz isn't stupid, must have somethin else.
Hitodama: @ZippyDSMlee: As long as I don't have to buy multiplayer agian, I might be alright. Blizz isn't stupid, must have somethin else.
Posted 10/11/08 at 03:51pm
ZippyDSMlee: Star Craft 2 going to be a 3 parter....ouchy!
ZippyDSMlee: Star Craft 2 going to be a 3 parter....ouchy!
Posted 10/11/08 at 02:19pm
VideolandHero: @ ezbiker555- At this point I think he knows he is wrong but he doesn't want to admit it.
VideolandHero: @ ezbiker555- At this point I think he knows he is wrong but he doesn't want to admit it.
Posted 10/11/08 at 02:04pm
GoodRobotUs: ...about sarcasm over his browsing.
GoodRobotUs: ...about sarcasm over his browsing.
Posted 10/11/08 at 02:04pm
GoodRobotUs: LOL I detect a guilty conscience. Apparently it's ok to accuse us of being on Crystal Meth, but he gets all uppity....
GoodRobotUs: LOL I detect a guilty conscience. Apparently it's ok to accuse us of being on Crystal Meth, but he gets all uppity....
Posted 10/11/08 at 12:59pm
ezbiker555: He can't win. JT can't win. I honestly want to cry after reading his comment about Virgina tech. How can he still blame video games for VT when there was none proven to be involved. I'm at a lost of words here.
ezbiker555: He can't win. JT can't win. I honestly want to cry after reading his comment about Virgina tech. How can he still blame video games for VT when there was none proven to be involved. I'm at a lost of words here.
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:47am
gamepolitics: T-Bone, ur correct. No one will touch this.
gamepolitics: T-Bone, ur correct. No one will touch this.
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:09am
TBoneTony: Also I would like to add that with each passing generation there is always hope for videogames no matter what is said.
TBoneTony: Also I would like to add that with each passing generation there is always hope for videogames no matter what is said.
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:07am
TBoneTony: also Palin has also got a few things she wants keep quiet about, so she won't go anywhere near JT
TBoneTony: also Palin has also got a few things she wants keep quiet about, so she won't go anywhere near JT
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Joystiq regulars, you know what I mean.
ROFL JEANIOUS LOLZ
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071203/ap_on_sc/chimp_memory_1
At least we are still smart.
google.com - genius (there's something to be said for simplicity)
cnn.com - high school
newyorktimes.com - junior high
get_a_cash_advance_for_my_blogs_reading_level_im_not_sure_i_understand
I'll let you decide.
For the record, I just checked Kotaku.com, it's "Elementary School"
Either way, I take some comfort to this news that most people type fairly properly to get their point across here. At least I know the comments won't be trash.
Just for fun, i ran it against the front page at http://www.xinhuanet.com/ . Apparently, any little elementary school student could read that site.
Right.
Yeah, this is bullshit.
http://www.cgempire.com/forum/blog.php?u=103
That is an interesting find. Thanks for the link. I don't think anyone here was taking the thing seriously. Jystiq college level? Come on!
Forgive me for not trusting the results it offers.
Even my insane ravings contain an obscene amount of complexity and intricate theory.
www.hustler.com - high school
www.penthouse.com - college (undergrad)
who knew, people really do read penthouse for the articles!
No wonder the sun shines today.
'Course, since lots of us are posting jokes in the form of "i r stoopid" that probably doesn't help too much. =D
Considering GameTwat is no longer being run, I don't think that it would get anything over elementary.
@GryphonOsiris
Odd with JBT being a regular troll here (or at least when not banned) I am surprised we ranked so high. Probably could have done better.
Besides you can't fix stupid.
The more intelligent you need to be to read it, the less readable it is. Basically, according to this score, anyone who hasn't gone through postgrad should find that reading this blog is a chore.
It's scored based on the length and structure of sentences, the complexity of words, etc.
... that didnt last long, guess i shouldnt be surprised though considering the kind of site it was.
Also, having had my interest piqued by those of you wondering whether JT's presence had any effect, I went back to this nicely bloated entry, 200 comments including four by the man himself. Result: junior high. Still begs the question if it's actually him or just the effect he has on others, but I'll leave that one to the punters.
Nice find.
Neil Gaiman had something similar to this on his blog a while ago, and he was proud to get something around a Grade 5 reading level. (That one had individual year levels.) The reading level test used here doesn't seem to be quite as deep as that one though.
It's not a matter of content. It's the writing itself. Have you ever read a piece where there's a sentence that just goes on and on for line after line of text, using conjunctions where full stops would do nicely, adding prepositional phrases, and throwing in foreign or obscure words like "masticate" when simple ones like "eat" would do perfectly fine?
It's sentences like this:
"The hubbub began yesterday when public relations firm Hill & Knowlton released the results of a survey which indicated that 60% of U.S. consumers favored government regulation of violent and/or M-rated games."
Which is fine for a news article, but it's still no badge of pride -- like it's somehow better if some people find it hard to read.
... I think its beyond broken. FAIL.
this thing is crap.