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No, but it does mean that you don't let that opinion influence what you write, and good luck finding any human that's ever successfully done that. Everyone is biased, one way or another: the only differences are in degree and direction. Even a camera can only take pictures in the direction it's pointed.

The really dangerous reviewers and outlets are the ones who pretend to be unbiased, either because they're not competent enough to see their own bias or they're deliberately trying to influence people toward their own viewpoints. The real solution to this problem would be if outlets would drop the pretense and be open and honest about what their biases are. That way readers could take the bias into account and correct for it.



Complexity is not depth. Machismo is not maturity. Obsession is not dedication. Tedium is not challenge. Support gaming: support the Wii.

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What do I hate about modern gaming? I hate tedium replacing challenge, complexity replacing depth, and domination replacing entertainment. I hate the outsourcing of mechanics to physics textbooks, art direction to photocopiers, and story to cheap Hollywood screenwriters. I hate the confusion of obsession with dedication, style with substance, new with gimmicky, old with obsolete, new with evolutionary, and old with time-tested.
There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.