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[Nov 19, 2011, 5:13 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Bitmob - Metacritic isn’t the problem. Gamers are.
Metacritic itself isn't the problem, but people who slavishly believe an aggregate score -- or indeed, any numerical value absent of context -- are. If you make decisions purely off a metascore, you've essentially surrendered your ability to make decisions to 30-odd strangers who don't agree with each other. Basing an opinion off a metascore means you don't have an opinion at all. You have a number determined by a calculator, and you don't even know why it's that particular number. Congratulations.

VideoGameWriters.com - The problem with the Spike Video Game Awards.
I present to you, fellow gamers, the following question: Why should the gaming industry, which is a first class industry providing first class entertainment, be accorded a third-class award show year after year? I’m not saying there is no place for Spike’s VGAs, but they are truly the equivalent of the MTV Movie Awards. Something, I might add, very few people outside of MTV and the 15-24 demographic find remotely relevant. As I have stated in the past, it is rather difficult to make the case for video games as a mature, relevant art form when the VGAs are our annual celebration. Thank you for propagating the stereotype, Spike TV, bang up work there.

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Re: Op Ed

Nov 20, 2011, 09:59

JoeNapalm

Of course they don't have an opinion, you git! They haven't played the game, yet! That's why people read reviews! I trust player reviews as much as "professional" ones (which is to say, not at all), but they can still be of use to get an idea about a game you know nothing about. -Jn- Ifriti Sophist

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Comment [quote="JoeNapalm"Nov 20, 2011, 09:59]Of course they don't have an opinion, you git! They haven't played the game, yet! That's why people read reviews! I trust player reviews as much as "professional" ones (which is to say, not at all), but they can still be of use to get an idea about a game you know nothing about. -Jn- Ifriti Sophist [/quote]

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