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"time in the industry has certainly impacted my feelings towards gaming in various ways, but it's not tough to get excited about new games. I do it every day.
I think it just comes down to individual personality. The day I become jaded is the day I pursue another line of"
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
"I did play it, I attended. Totally amazing and still a mystery - haven't been able to get it off the brain. Definitely my favorite table"
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
"e pics. no Orbital t"
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
"y nice article, sir, just wanted to add a couple of thoughts. Something you may have overlooked is with regard to how different sites approach objectivity/subjectivity in their review. For example, GameSpot reviews are mostly objective, trying to assess how good or bad a game actually is (arguably an impossible task, but I think they do a solid job). 1UP, conversely, reviews games based on the tastes on the writer - how much they like or don't like something, and why. There's variance and overlap in both approaches, but I think that pretty huge difference is reason #437 (though one of the biggest reasons) why Metacritic (and its ilk) are bloated, broken, and a general plague in the industry. (To say nothing of their being impossible and maddeningly obtuse to work with from the press side AND the publisher side.)
To me, those two approaches are the difference between treating games as product versus treating them as art. I personally have no interest in the former, but I can see the desire for it (games are pricey, after all). But lumping both approaches and all sorts in between into some sort of monstrous sum total is absolutely arbitrary at"
Thursday, September 17, 2009
