Why ‘GameDrone’?

The name is in honor of the countless worker drones that have been sacrificed in creating the content for this website. I’m just no good at base defense.

Actually, a gaming blog needs a name and since it was my blog I led myself be inspired by my nickname.

What is a ‘Droniac’?

An utterly nonsensical nickname! Back in 2001, I became fed up with constantly switching nicknames and really wanted something unique that I could stick to for a long time (success!).

I had recently played both C&C Tiberian Sun: Firestorm and C&C Red Alert 2 and I came by this crazy idea to just combine the most iconic units into one name. And so the sweet GDI hover drones and maniacal Soviet suicide bombers combined to form Droniac.

How does your scoring system work?

I roll two ten-sided dice and out comes the final score, it doesn’t get any easier than this!

GameDrone reviews are intended to provide an objective and in-depth overview of each game, augmented by a concise list of pros and cons. This should allow you, the reader, to decide whether a game is worthwhile.

Then I plaster a score on it that corresponds to how much I enjoyed playing the game. This can sometimes be more favorable than the list of pros and cons might seem and at others less so. They’re also on a true scale of 1-10, which would make a 5 average and a 7 a very decent game experience. In the past I’ve rated games as low as a 1.5 (SpaceForce: Rogue Universe), so I’m not adhering to the more commonly used 6-10 scale.

Who came up with the design for this site?

An ex-colleague of mine, Martijn Merkelbag, came up with the original design.

However, GameDrone no longer resembles its original design as countless minor changes and a full rework of the layout have resulted in what you see before you now.

All of that was done by me. If you don’t like it… well, I’m no designer. Stop raging and go play!

I represent a gaming-related company and would like to advertise on GameDrone – is this possible?

Yes. You can visit this page for details.

Do you accept content from guest writers?

You’re more than welcome to send in what you have and we’ll discuss publishing it on GameDrone.

Do you do link exchanges?

Yes, feel free to contact me with your details and we’ll see if we can make it fit.

I’m also open to any more extensive mutually beneficial partnerships.