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 11/07/09 at 04:27pm
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:26pm
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:23pm
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:18pm
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
Posted 11/07/09 at 03:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:58am
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:56am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:51am
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:11am
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:07am
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:05am
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:03am
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:56am
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:45am
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:37am
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:36am
Austin_Lewis: Or, maybe he or someone else at the base ordered the SS190 from FN Herstal.
Austin_Lewis: Or, maybe he or someone else at the base ordered the SS190 from FN Herstal.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:32am
Austin_Lewis: the hands of private owners. They run about 300 dollars minimum for a box of 50, and boxes of AP 5.7 are extremely scarce, mainly residing in the hands of Class III stores or individuals who for one reason or another got a demo box of it.
Austin_Lewis: the hands of private owners. They run about 300 dollars minimum for a box of 50, and boxes of AP 5.7 are extremely scarce, mainly residing in the hands of Class III stores or individuals who for one reason or another got a demo box of it.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:30am
Austin_Lewis: There are other firearms that fire the 5.7. However, I too would like to know where he got the ammo and what kind was used. Maybe Hasan, planning not to live through this, went out and bought one the boxes of SS190 that are floating around in
Austin_Lewis: There are other firearms that fire the 5.7. However, I too would like to know where he got the ammo and what kind was used. Maybe Hasan, planning not to live through this, went out and bought one the boxes of SS190 that are floating around in
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:44am
JDKJ: And it isn't yet clear what type of ammunition Hasan used. It's strange that he purchased a gun but didn't purchase ammunition for it at the same place and time. Especially because the calibre required is peculiar to the actual gun.
JDKJ: And it isn't yet clear what type of ammunition Hasan used. It's strange that he purchased a gun but didn't purchase ammunition for it at the same place and time. Especially because the calibre required is peculiar to the actual gun.
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Comments
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.