FAQs
Your dedicated IGNN staff tackles the big questions about their unprecedented undertaking to cover all the news that they can imagine regarding the world of games.
Q: What is IGNN?
A: We are the world’s primary source of imaginative gaming news. We report on events that never happened or that happened in substantially different ways than how we reported them; we publish things people didn’t say (although it’s possible that they thought about saying them but then thought better of it), and we review games that don’t exist (yet) and games that may exist but have little or no resemblance to our descriptions of them;; we comment on fans who exist only in our fevered minds, and all things speculative, outrageous and patently false related to computer and video games…and anything else we feel like tossing into the mix.
Q: Why are you doing this?
A:We’ve asked ourselves the same thing several times, but we always end up searching for our muddler and new mojito recipes instead of pursuing the answers into the perilous murk.
Q: Is IGNN supposed to be funny?
A: Absolutely not. Gaming is a serious business in a serious world. Anyone who thinks otherwise should spend more time trying to stay alive in the frag fest known as life. Life, however, is hilarious, so if you laugh at our stories, you’re really laughing at the rich madness of existence.
Q: May I comment?
A: Comments are welcome wherever you see the words “Leave a Reply.” In particular, we encourage imaginative responses. Someone once complained that our stories weren’t factual; we had to have him expunged. Don’t let that happen to you.
Q: May I submit stories?
A: Please refer to our submission guidelines in About IGNN to learn more about our submission policy, then submit.
Q: What do the different content labels mean?
- Home–It’s where our top stories and features reside, plus you’ll be able to dig into the wealth of material offered up by The Imaginary Game News Network on our home page.
- Apocrypha–Just because it isn’t news doesn’t mean that we won’t publish it. Here you’ll find more speculation and pure bunkum for your reading pleasure!
- Polls–Here you can vote on the pressing questions of the day as presented by The Imaginary Game News Network. We actually look at the results, so make your voice heard.
- About IGNN–Find out who we are, how to contact us or how to submit stories. We also cover our illustrious history and a bunch of legal crap. Don’t miss Raves & Rants to see what we imagine envious press sources are saying about The Imaginary Game News Network.
- Search–Type in a word and our search engine will see if we’ve written about that subject and provide you with an excerpt and a link to the article. On the otherhand, if you’ve lost something this won’t help you find it.
- IGNN Update!–New features or site changes are documented here.
- News Bites–Bite-sized tidbits of fake game news–just enough to leave you hungry for more.
- Classic News–A sort of time travel button that allows you to see what was published on The Imaginary Game News Network in the past. With so many important and provocative stories in one place, you would need hours to sift through it all. We recommend setting aside 15 minutes every day to read Classic News items until you’ve caught up with us in the present.
- Topics–IGNN news posts are tagged and categorized before being published, much like specimens of endangered species. Category descriptions are listed below.
- ABWAB–”A Blog Within A Blog” is a place where our correspondents sometimes express themselves without fear of reprisals from the management (so they believe.)
- Headline News–Headlines ripped from the “real game media” and interpreted in our own, creative style.
- IGNN Update!–Same thing as the IGNN Update! box on the left sidebar.
- Imaginary News–All the game news we make up fresh and piping hot right here at The Imaginary Game News Network.
- News Bites–All the News Bites stories gathered in one convenient spot.
- Real Game Ads–brought to you by our sponsors, friends, or people we want to impress.
- Reviews–Hard-hitting reviews of fake games featuring a rating system guaranteed to stump Metacritic.
- The IGNN Interviews–We chat with influential people (and things) about games, life, cosmic awareness and sometimes poo.
- Directory–Another way to access various pages on The Imaginary News Network without the tedium and potential lethal hazards of accessing drop down menus.
- Access–Subscribers can login and logout or you can set up an RSS feed to your mailbox so you’ll never miss one of our award-shunning stories.
- Twitter Icon–Follow the staff’s Tweets and never miss a hot scoop.
- Facebook Icon–Join the growing IGNN fan base, comment on anything, read insider stories, post pics…be a fan.
- Subscribe to IGNN’s RSS feed–Have the goodness of our feed sent directly to your e-mail.
- Hot Scoops–We bag ‘em so you can read the most incendiary Imaginary News stories without having to exert any thought or effort.
- Footer (footer)–links to really vital info
