I'm not the biggest fan of GameInformer either. I think a good portion of the game shots have been photoshoped to make the magazine look more appealing.
But in defense of GI, most of the games listed in the OP are very close to the metacritic average.
Lets look at the games you listed that were not in the Feb article.
* Battle of the Bands - GI score 6 - Metacritic score 60
* Blast Works - 8 - 83
* Boom Blox - 8.5 - 85
* Castle Shikigami III - 6.5 - 67
* Final Fantasy Fables - 5.5 - 78
* No More Heroes - 6 - 83
* Pinball Hall of Fame - 8.5 - 82
* Samurai Warriors Katana - 6 - 53
* We Love Golf - 6 - 77
* We Ski - 6.25 - 67
GI scores are very close to the metacritic average with only No More Heroes being quite a bit off from the average. Also, GI has said many times that they like to write articles on games that aren't quite known. Take for instance their cover games. They are always games that are quite well unknown.









