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Setting up Jekyll Locally for Testing

• Install Jekyll with gem install jekyll this requires ruby to be installed.
  • Install Dependencies gem install jekyll-paginate redcarpet
• In the folder containing the website run jekyll build
• With the build successful run jekyll serve to launch the web server.
• In your web browser got to localhost:4000 to view the website.

How to Update Website

• To update the live version of the website simply push the updates to github
• Make sure everything is working properly with jekyll before hand

Post Layout and Format

• posts (obviously) need to follow the Jekyll formatting to make sure everything actually shows up the way it should. See Jekyll's Website for formatting information.
• Posts should have the post_author: tag also defined for the author's name to appear.
• All posts should have a header / leading image related to the game
• All posts should have a section at the end linking the reader to store pages for the game
  • The store pages should include where applicable
    • Steam
    • GoG
  • If none of these websites sell the game please link to the developers website

Criteria for Reviews

BoE Reviews will never tell you how to go about reviewing video games, but we do have guidelines for writing on this website to keep journalistic integrity.

• Be open about EVERYTHING
  • Give reasons about criticism of game being reviewed
  • Disclose if you have received a review copy
  • Disclose biases you might have for a certain genre or series
• NEVER take money to review a game
• Avoid derogatory language
  • Racial slurs, sexism, xenophobic language will not be excepted
• Do not overuse "curse" words