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Torillian said:
Wow...you're tricking quite a number of people into thinking this is a legitimate review. Poor guys.

People need to seriously know who the heck is saying what, and on what basis, before getting excited.  I would also prefer people find reviewers they trust, rather than going with what Metacritic, or the X/Y score is. 



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richardhutnik said:
Torillian said:
Wow...you're tricking quite a number of people into thinking this is a legitimate review. Poor guys.

People need to seriously know who the heck is saying what, and on what basis, before getting excited.  I would also prefer people find reviewers they trust, rather than going with what Metacritic, or the X/Y score is. 

y'know since we're on the subject, if I remember correctly you made this blog and I have to commend you for sticking with it, looks like you've put a decent amount of work into something I thought was just going to be a throw away joke at first.



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Torillian said:
richardhutnik said:
Torillian said:
Wow...you're tricking quite a number of people into thinking this is a legitimate review. Poor guys.

People need to seriously know who the heck is saying what, and on what basis, before getting excited.  I would also prefer people find reviewers they trust, rather than going with what Metacritic, or the X/Y score is. 

y'know since we're on the subject, if I remember correctly you made this blog and I have to commend you for sticking with it, looks like you've put a decent amount of work into something I thought was just going to be a throw away joke at first.

Well, it was inspired by the whole entire Metacritic nonsense going on, so it morphed from giving everything 10/10 to actually having it as 11/10 to add a bit more value (I give an 11/10 if I really like something.  I may like something and list the good points, and give it a 10/10).  The point is to destroy Metacritic, and it still play the role of the fool.  I am looking to add some other commentary in there, and have the pro's be relevant to stuff I like, but NOT be negative.  So yes, I am keeping it around as a joke, with hopefully a bit more.

And I did get someone to do a 10/10 review for me out of Big Rigs.  I will also look to update from time to time with stuff. I am not looking to do it daily, however.  But, I will also look to do commentary that is more on the serious side.  Who knows, maybe it will morph into something.  But, I figured it was good to have a soapbox of a sort up.  And I welcome people to reference whatever is on there, to mock they hype of fanboys and their Metacritic usage.  I am also up for anyone who wants to write some guest reviews (hey, have a Youtube longer review?  Well, this is a goes-to-11 is a place to reference it).  The format is meant to be one of the laziest formats on the planet to do something.



richardhutnik said:
Torillian said:
Wow...you're tricking quite a number of people into thinking this is a legitimate review. Poor guys.

People need to seriously know who the heck is saying what, and on what basis, before getting excited.  I would also prefer people find reviewers they trust, rather than going with what Metacritic, or the X/Y score is. 


This illustrates what goes on so often here...People read something and it automatically becomes fanboy fodder, regardless of where it comes from.  I love it.  I knew when you discussed this idea earlier it was going to create some interesting situations, but this is fantastic.  Kudos to you sir and great review.

Pipedream24 said:
richardhutnik said:
Torillian said:
Wow...you're tricking quite a number of people into thinking this is a legitimate review. Poor guys.

People need to seriously know who the heck is saying what, and on what basis, before getting excited.  I would also prefer people find reviewers they trust, rather than going with what Metacritic, or the X/Y score is. 


This illustrates what goes on so often here...People read something and it automatically becomes fanboy fodder, regardless of where it comes from.  I love it.  I knew when you discussed this idea earlier it was going to create some interesting situations, but this is fantastic.  Kudos to you sir and great review.

Thanks. I hope I can get into the shadow of the Colbert Report in regards to lampooning the videogame review site business.  Apparently satire and lame humor is a better way to make a point, than come out and say stuff.  I do something straight and obviously serious, people don't get into it.



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Was this really thread worthy? Some fanboy posted lame blog entry and you had to make a thread about it with misleading title? Well done...



MY HYPE LIST: 1) Gran Turismo 5; 2) Civilization V; 3) Starcraft II; 4) The Last Guardian; 5) Metal Gear Solid: Rising

Rich Hutnik, Nick Kowen... all these names sound so familiar, i just can't put my thumb on it!



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’

I'm excited about AW...but this is a review from joe's basement...lol.



"...You can't kill ideas with a sword, and you can't sink belief structures with a broadside. You defeat them by making them change..."

- From By Schism Rent Asunder

I'll admit, I didn't think this would work when you started it.

But this...this is awesome.



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Its an alan wake game, isn't it?
well I wouldn't want reviews that early



                                  

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