Post by: Jonnyboy117 on February 03, 2003, 01:49:45 PM
PGC is hiring! We need intelligent, hard-working volunteers to help make Planet GameCube the best it can be. If you’re interested, please read the list of openings and the application criteria carefully. (If you can’t follow simple instructions, you’re not cut out for PGC anyway.)
We are mainly looking for people based on location. If you don’t live in one of these places but still want to join us, please do not apply now. We hire new staff periodically, and something in your field will probably open up soon.
We need one person in each of these locations. You don’t have to live exactly in this place, but you need to be close enough to travel there for press events on fairly short notice.
New York
Minneapolis
San Francisco
Japan
Europe
Australia
Applicants must have some writing experience, preferably with published work either online or offline. Obviously, you must also be an avid gamer who keeps up with all the latest releases for Nintendo’s systems. You must be able to work with others and take on writing assignments, even if it means writing about a game you could care less about. (Though we do try to make sure that doesn’t happen.) You must be able to write in a timely manner and accept edits and critiques of your work before it is published on PGC.
Applicants that have access to digital cameras and/or digital video cameras are also a plus.
Your application should include an introduction to yourself, some personal information (age, location), at least one writing sample (preferably on the subject of games), and a resume if you have one. Web links to writing samples and resumes are fine. If you have photo evidence of your Nintendo fanaticism, feel free to include it with your application, though zeal for Nintendo’s games and systems is no substitute for writing skills. Above all, make your application interesting, unique, and brief.
When you have read this page thoroughly and have assembled your application materials, send them to louiethecat@planetgamecube.com. Please optimize file attachments as much as possible, i.e. zip up large numbers of documents and compress pictures. Selections will be made within 2-3 weeks. Only those selected will be contacted.
Post by: Grey Ninja on February 03, 2003, 01:57:18 PM
Post by: Mojo on February 03, 2003, 02:05:02 PM
Post by: RickPowers on February 03, 2003, 02:09:14 PM
But no, we already have Canadians on our staff, so that region is covered. The regions/states we're hiring for are places where press events are frequently held and we need staff to attend.
Post by: Ian Sane on February 03, 2003, 02:11:55 PM
I've got to move to Europe or Japan.
*checks release lists* Make that just Japan.
Post by: "Sky" on February 03, 2003, 03:04:28 PM
). However, I am currently "hired" by www.htwoz.com. But the problem is that I have received no notification on when the site will be up again and I was hired during the period that it was down. But I suppose I can send in an application as a "back up" in case the situation at HTWOZ does not go well for me. That and if PGC is unable to find anyone else available in or around the New York area. But I'll have to pose a question: Am I permitted to do something like that in the first place?Just a question though, is this just New York City or the state of New York? As traveling to areas outside of the city is quite out of my ability at the current time until college is out, even if it is within the state. Other than that I am capable of traveling to other areas in New York State provided I have a good notice ahead of time.
Also, please note that I have no prior writing experience in terms of published works, both professional and unprofessional. Would that pose a problem? Please note that I will provide a writing sample or two (a review and an editorial) to give an example of my writing capabilities to be judged.
Thank you for your time in responding to my questions and I may be submitting an application before the week is done based on the response to my questions.
Post by: RickPowers on February 03, 2003, 03:08:04 PM
If you re-read the posting, many of your questions are already answered.
"You don’t have to live exactly in this place, but you need to be close enough to travel there for press events on fairly short notice. "
"Applicants must have some writing experience, preferably with published work either online or offline."
Post by: Grey Ninja on February 03, 2003, 03:59:33 PM
Post by: Mojo on February 03, 2003, 04:42:46 PM
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Originally posted by: RickPowers
It isn't PREJUDICE. Get a dictionary. There is no law or rule that says a business has to hire anyone from any specific location. Next thing you're going to tell us that we're prejudiced against people who are illiterate.
But no, we already have Canadians on our staff, so that region is covered. The regions/states we're hiring for are places where press events are frequently held and we need staff to attend.
I don't understand this "region" stuff. If one of your 30 staffers can't make it to "Acclaim Day", who cares? I'm sure that's not what your readers want to see anyways. By limiting your selection to these few areas you're dramatically decreasing your chances of scoring a good writer.
Post by: RickPowers on February 03, 2003, 04:47:45 PM
Writing is a very SMALL part of it.
Post by: epicac on February 03, 2003, 05:38:13 PM
I live smack dab in the middle of Texas, so Austin, Houston, and Dallas are all within two hours of my apartment. I have a digital camera and a modicum of writing ability. I understand your need for staff-members in those specific areas, but if you ever need a Texan on the staff, well, I'll probably read it on the site.
Post by: SOAD is the best on February 03, 2003, 06:07:44 PM
Post by: RickPowers on February 03, 2003, 06:21:23 PM
Post by: oohhboy on February 03, 2003, 06:37:58 PM
Post by: RickPowers on February 03, 2003, 06:40:30 PM
Unless you can get to mainland Australia on a regular basis for events and whatnot, and on short notice, I would have to say ... No.
Post by: Nik Jam on February 03, 2003, 07:11:20 PM
Post by: jaredfogle on February 03, 2003, 07:30:58 PM
Just Kidding.
Post by: keitarou on February 03, 2003, 07:38:55 PM
Again, this is only speculation cuz I'm still a little uncertain, what with my odd but hectic schedule.
Post by: Bloodworth on February 03, 2003, 07:51:51 PM
Oh and the word volunteer should have clued you in that this is not a paid position. None of us get paid.
Post by: keitarou on February 03, 2003, 07:57:49 PM
QuoteSorry 'bout that.
Originally posted by: Bloodworth
Some of you are acting like we've already offered you a job. We're accepting applications. Although we'll be glad to answer general questions, if you're interested you should simply send us your complete application, and if you meet the requirements you will be contacted.
Oh and the word volunteer should have clued you in that this is not a paid position. None of us get paid.
I'll try to send an application later, then.
Post by: RABicle on February 03, 2003, 11:23:53 PM
QuoteYeah right you were hired by them. I mean for starters it HTLOZ not HTWOZ. Heck i bet you dont even know what HTLOZ stands for! (Hyrule the Land of Zelda)
Originally posted by: "Sky"
However, I am currently "hired" by www.htwoz.com. But the problem is that I have received no notification on when the site will be up again and I was hired during the period that it was down
QuoteSuprise Rick! You said you were looking for a a person that lives in Europe and Germany just so happens to be a european country! Also guys get a map out. No not a crappy map, get Peter's Projection or a globe of the world. That's right guys. Australia is enormas. I can imagine if I get the job. You guys ring me up "Roland, Ben's sick and we need you to be at EA Gold Coast's press event, it starts tomorrow at 2:30pm" Of course I guess it's not your fault that I have to then make a 4 hour flight to get to Brisbane and then catch a train or something I dont God-damn know to get to the Gold Coast.
Originally posted by: RickPowers
Germany isn't one of the areas we're looking to hire someone in, sorry.
Please be more specific in where you need these Europeans and Australians.
For a helping hand, just about all Aussie game developers, or at least all those worth a crap reside in Melbourne. This includes NAL's headquaters. Where i live, on the other side of the continent, is near the biggest port in Australia and a warehouse of Nintendo goods (Fremantle)
Post by: Nintendo on February 03, 2003, 11:37:57 PM
Because where I live in The Netherlands - Europe, we don't get that many big events, the only press promotional events Nintendo threw last year were the CubeClub parties.
However, I can supply you with a detailed European Release Dates List.
I've been keeping this list up to date for over a year now, but now that I mention it, I remember offering my help to your staff before and got ignored, so I'm leaving it at this.
Post by: Bloodworth on February 03, 2003, 11:54:42 PM
Post by: Fire-WSP on February 04, 2003, 01:09:26 AM
QuoteSuprise Rick! You said you were looking for a a person that lives in Europe and Germany just so happens to be a european country! Also guys get a map out. No not a crappy map, get Peter's Projection or a globe of the world. That's right guys. Australia is enormas. I can imagine if I get the job. You guys ring me up "Roland, Ben's sick and we need you to be at EA Gold Coast's press event, it starts tomorrow at 2:30pm" Of course I guess it's not your fault that I have to then make a 4 hour flight to get to Brisbane and then catch a train or something I dont God-damn know to get to the Gold Coast.
Originally posted by: RickPowers
Germany isn't one of the areas we're looking to hire someone in, sorry.
Please be more specific in where you need these Europeans and Australians.
For a helping hand, just about all Aussie game developers, or at least all those worth a crap reside in Melbourne. This includes NAL's headquaters. Where i live, on the other side of the continent, is near the biggest port in Australia and a warehouse of Nintendo goods (Fremantle)
He is right!
Germany IS in Europe and is one of the important countrys of Europe.
Nintendo of Europe is in Germany located in Großostheim and and the Product Testing part is in Frankfurt a. Main.
Most of the Nintendo Events are in Germany. Than England, Brüssel, Cannes, Holland...
But Rick if you say you have allready People in Germany than of course everthing is clear for me.
Post by: RABicle on February 04, 2003, 03:24:56 AM
I'm sorry for my arrogance, I just went back to school and what do you know, I chose Geography and History for two of my TEE subjects.
Please be more specific.
Post by: RickPowers on February 04, 2003, 06:10:00 AM
Post by: "Sky" on February 04, 2003, 07:33:27 AM
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Originally posted by: RABicleQuoteYeah right you were hired by them. I mean for starters it HTLOZ not HTWOZ. Heck i bet you dont even know what HTLOZ stands for! (Hyrule the Land of Zelda)
Originally posted by: "Sky"
However, I am currently "hired" by www.htwoz.com. But the problem is that I have received no notification on when the site will be up again and I was hired during the period that it was down
Did you even bother checking the URL? Apparently not otherwise you would know that www.htwoz.com is a valid URL and an actual site and that it's just currently "closed" (sorry for using the incorrect term before in saying that it's "down"). HTWOZ is founded by Brian and Blazer. Blazer was part of the staff of HTLOZ until it went down. Brian and Blazer decided to form HTWOZ when they found out that Falco-X wasn't interested in reviving HTLOZ.
HTWOZ stands for "Hyrule the World of Zelda". BTW, how much did you want to put down as bet
I can understand if some people don't trust what others say about themselves, this is the internet after all. But at the very least do more than just "reply" right off the bat with the assumption that I'm lying. The very least you could've done was actually check the URL to know that there is actually that site that I mentioned.
SC5 is also a staff writer for HTWOZ as well. Hired before the site closed temporarily.
Post by: PGC-Agent Cooper on February 04, 2003, 10:42:03 AM
I thought we made everything pretty clear on the main page, outside of the Europe thing. We're looking for someone close or in London to assist with everything that goes on there. Sorry for the confusion.
Lets keep this thread mainly for questions about the process or anything else.
Post by: Game_Freak on February 04, 2003, 10:58:02 PM
Post by: jaredfogle on February 05, 2003, 12:52:14 PM
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Originally posted by: Bloodworth
Some of you are acting like we've already offered you a job. We're accepting applications. Although we'll be glad to answer general questions, if you're interested you should simply send us your complete application, and if you meet the requirements you will be contacted.
Oh and the word volunteer should have clued you in that this is not a paid position. None of us get paid.
Daniel, was that directed at me? Because I was just joking.....
Post by: Bloodworth on February 05, 2003, 12:58:54 PM
Post by: Cru_Jones83 on February 06, 2003, 09:51:13 PM
I really enjoy retro articles and the guy that said he owned every system sans Virtual Boy made me think about how much fun virtual boy was.. then I thought of how cool it would be to have articles on it, and so on and so on... anyways... Just a thought for maybe future job offerings or something.
Post by: Cru_Jones83 on February 06, 2003, 09:55:49 PM
My edit was going to be: One more question, have you guys ever thought of having something like this on PGC?
Post by: Nik Jam on February 06, 2003, 10:46:31 PM
Post by: Game_Freak on February 07, 2003, 02:19:34 AM
Post by: MikeHrusecky on February 07, 2003, 02:39:54 AM
But BILLEH or Rick would be better to answer. If they decide to.
Post by: Matt on February 07, 2003, 10:04:21 AM
Now, does that mean soon you'll have other positions? Or does that mean it might be a year?
Post by: MikeHrusecky on February 07, 2003, 01:30:52 PM
Post by: AgtFox on February 10, 2003, 07:24:40 PM
Post by: Attrox on February 11, 2003, 11:19:31 AM
Also, I have a question...is there a certain age you would like your staff members to be, like 18+?
Post by: dmcilvan on February 12, 2003, 12:03:38 PM
Well, I say to you folk asking these questions: "Read the other posts and read the first post by the news bot, it answered a lot of your questions.
Well, now that my little rant is over, I have a real question to ask.
I don't live in one of those areas, but I have a job lined up for me this summer as an Electronic Arts Game Tester at their head office near where I live. Would this help me/give me any chance of getting hired at PGC? I also have a lot of experience writing about video games(specifically Nintendo) and hardware.
Post by: Mingesium on March 08, 2003, 03:25:29 PM
