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"sonally, I'm pretty tired of game "journalist" thinking they can critique a game in the manner you describe in this article. I read reviews and listen to several game podcasts and more often than not, the person behind the review admits to playing the game: on the lowest difficulty setting, no more than a couple hours, and no substantial time with the multiplayer aspect. "[Jeff points out that movie critics don't make movies]", yet I'm sure they watch the entire movie in order to form an opinion. You should be embarrassed to admitting that game reviewers make remarks on an interactive media based on text and screen shots.
I also often hear a lot of complaining about Gamestop and their used game market sales (Enter Epic Battle Whine). Gamestop profits off of game developers, with no role in the development (or funding) process what so ever. Let's compare that to your average game review site, I don't see much difference. You're not involved in any part of the game besides playing it, yet you profit from it. You've [game critics in general] created an industry around another persons work, their livelihood.
Funny thing about your statement, those who can't do, [review]. I doubt many of the game reviewers could produce one useful bit of code, art, or sound.. so be it. You've chosen communications as your career in life, at least be a professional and stop your snap judgments. Perhaps you'd like all the employees working at game companies investing the same level of effort into making a game as many of your fellow reviewers do in their job?
Can you justify saying what you did? A resounding No. If you still say yes, then you must concede that I could justify my entire response just by reading the title of your ar"
Monday, February 22, 2010
