Editorial Policies

We are always interested in receiving PR info including demos, press-releases, review copies etc. Press release info is used in our "Soft Flash" column, a weekly update of software company news.

Full reviews of a product are done only on the final version. We clearly specify if the reviewed version is a gold master as opposed to a shelf-ready, packaged & shipping copy.

Demos, screenshots and betas are used for previews only - our readers find these very helpful when deciding what games to 'save' for. Exclusive demos are always of interest as, unlike any of our competitors, we have FTP sites for demo distribution in the US, UK, Russia, Australia, South Africa, Poland, and Greece, with sites due to open shortly in many other countries around the world.

Please Note: Compressed demos cannot exceed 30 megabytes. This is because we have recently received demo submissions over 100 megs in compressed size. Our readers have indicated that there are too many problems involved with downloading large files over the net, and our staff has noticed that these files are the least accessed.

Some facts about the Kid's Domain

• We started writing reviews in 1994; our reviewers are volunteers from all around the world who are parents. Most of the time, the only "payment" they receive, if any, is in the form of the software itself, which they are allowed to keep once the review is accepted.

• The web design was done by the Kid's Domain staff, not an outside, commercial website design company. And for the most part, we're all still speaking to each other!

• We have a "virtual office" in that we converse via email, hold staff meetings by IRC and occasionally, we pick up the phone to speak - most of us have never met! We resort to snailmail for sending titles out.

• Our reviewers actually play the games. You'll never find an alleged "review" written off the back of the box here! In fact, we now have over 300 in-depth reviews in our archives, instantly accessible to our readers.

• We try to review virtually all titles we receive! We also cover education, reference, creativity and interactive storybooks, and adult software.

Our Internal Procedures

Once a game is received, it's assigned and sent out. Ideally, the review is online within the next two weeks (we do not believe in "next-day" reviews, sorry), bar any delivery problems or technical complications beyond our control.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Anise Hollingshead, Daily Editor
Kid's Domain
anise@kidsdomain.com

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