Technorati buys Blogcritics
By Blast Magazine Newsroom

One of Blast Magazine’s oldest friend websites, Blogcritics, and the site we generally compare ourselves to in terms of coverage area, was recently bought by blog-media giant Technorati. Below is the official release:
San Francisco, CA, August 26, 2008 - Technorati, the recognized leader in blog search technology today announced the acquisition of Blogcritics.org, an online [...]

In Blast News, Technology on August 26, 2008 with Popularity: 3% [?]
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Letter from the editor: So how bad WAS IX Web Hosting?
By John Guilfoil

Let me first apologize.
For about a year now, we’ve been using IX Web Hosting as an inexpensive solution to our very simple web hosting needs — three domains powered by WordPress. After all, we don’t have any key sponsors, and I fund Blast with my own money when it isn’t making its own cash.
It’s been [...]

In Blast News, Letters, Technology on August 1, 2008 with Popularity: 2% [?]
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Immediate change to tech reviews
By John Guilfoil

Staff,
Effective immediately, we are ceasing the “Quick hits” portion of our
tech reviews.
We will be replacing it with a shorter fact box on the top of our
reviews, much like what we’re doing with CD reviews.
Example:
Sports
SCEA
March 4, 2008

Information needed: Genre, Developer/Distributor, Release date, and an
OVERALL 1-5 star rating

In Blast News on June 30, 2008 with Popularity: 2% [?]
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Staff announcement
By John Guilfoil

Dear Staff,
 
I’m pleased to announce that Joe Sinicki will take over the long-vacant assignment editor duties for our technology section.
 
“Milwaukee Joe,” 23, has written for Electronic Gaming Monthly and GamePro and has served as senior editor for the Milwaukee Times. He has been a tech mainstay since our early days, putting out honest reviews when [...]

In Blast News on May 22, 2008 with Popularity: 1% [?]
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Political coverage
By John Guilfoil

Great job to Heidi Buchanan (our Washington Bureau ) and gamer-come-politico Bradley Ouellette for some outstanding political coverage over the last 48 hours.
Make sure you read!

In Blast News on January 4, 2008 with Popularity: 1% [?]
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New design!
By John Guilfoil

Dear Staff,
We have launched a beta version of our new website design.
It’s VERY important that you all look at it, leave tons of comments and find anything that looks bad, is broken or inconsistent — we’re counting on you!
In other news — I’m very proud to announce two staff moves:
Bessie King, one our ace reporters [...]

In Blast News on October 17, 2007 with Popularity: 1% [?]
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Congrats Dan Peleschuk
By John Guilfoil

hey everyone,
Let’s all congratulate Dan Peleschuk for having the main story on page one of The Boston Globe today!
It’s not the happiest article in the world, but its excellent reporting and writing showing just how amazing our humble Culture Editor is.

In Blast News on October 5, 2007 with Popularity: 1% [?]
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New tech reviews policy
By John Guilfoil

Dear Staff,
From now on when we do reviews, you need to put the following info … for example:
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
Developer: Level-5 Inc.
Platform: Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, DS, GBA, PC, MAC, Linux
Genre: Strategy/RPG
Players: Single-player
Launch Date: August 2007

In Blast News on August 6, 2007 with Popularity: 1% [?]
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Domain change in progress
By John Guilfoil

hey guys,
We’re changing domains right now from theblastarea.com to blastmagazine.com. Theblastarea.com will forward to blastmagazine.com in a few hours once its processed.
Congrats on this huge step for our company!

In Blast News on November 28, 2006 with Popularity: 2% [?]
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