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This week has seen all kinds of shenanigans with regards to game reviews (and reviewers). I explore the meaning of the word "perfect," and argue for change. Do we ditch scores? Do reviewers need to be more transparent? Let's discuss, Bitmobbers!

My dearest writer, we have a big job ahead of us. Soon enough you will have a paying job and hopefully a career writing about video games at a respectable publication. Once you’re in, it will fall to you to instigate a change, a change that is more than a decade overdue: you must kill your publication’s review score system.

And with the touch of a finger, God created Review Scores, and unleashed chaos unto the world.

Are we right to compare review scores across websites? Can review scores provide a means of settling 'Game A' vs 'Game B' debates? Should scores be awarded to games at all?

How does one go from being an ardent -- and possibly -- jaded gamer to a more forgiving, family oriented one?

Numbers are worth something very specific and are very precisely defined. So how can they be interpreted in different ways for review scores?

Read all of responses to On the Contrary, Bitmob's community-created writing prompt, and join the debate!

Examining the problems with Metracritic, review aggregators, and video game review scores.

We list the top 25 critical hits that were retail bombs on Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii.