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Intrinsic said:
What I find most puzzling about all this and this completely baffles me.

I would think that going to a site to read or watch a game review, that has ads plastered all over from the companies making the games that they review and even getting exclusive coverage for the games in question would serve as a poster child for a "conflict of interests"

Yet that NEVER gets brought up. Of course the game review system is broken to hell and back in every way imaginable, I mean what do people expect based on how the current system works.

Makes sense. To avoid conflict of interest, gaming websites should advertise cosmetics, movie websites should advertise pet food, and fashion websites should in turn advertise toys. 

What baffles me is that people still find all reviews as either payola or clickbait if they disagree with them. Because, there still exists a great possibility that a game that you like just plain sucks, or that a game you dislike is actually really good.