That's it, I'm boycotting every game company and going back to playing with "action figures" aka man dolls.

I just checked the magazine.  The actual preview article from the magazine states:

"We weren't happy with the limitations Konami wanted to impose on our comments, and rather than publish compromised reviews in the interest of being the first to rate the game, we'd rather wait until next issue, where we can be completely open and thorough with our comments." 

 They are not boycotting or refusing to review the game.  They are just (correctly) not agreeing to Konami's limitations on what can revealed before launch.  The will review the game in their next issue.

Hmm 90 min cutscenes are a tad bit long. On the other hand the game is made for fans not for new to the game fans like DMC4. Good on Konami for making a game for the fans, and bad on the for restricting the reviewers, I bet a large amount of fans would be enticed at the 90 min cut scene remark, and even more so at the 4GB install.

I gather most would think it was extra content or to make the game better, so yeah I doubt anyone would see it as a bad thing. If you have time to play any MGS game, you have time to watch a 90min cut scene or wait for a 20-40min min install. 

Why would a developer want to censor the reviewer in the first place? It's totally unacceptable, especially since this is the US, "the world's most liberal country", we are talking about!

In fact, EGM's refusal to review this game would lower the typical consumer's perception of MGS4.

I have to question the sanity of whoever made this decision at Konami. I wonder if it was the same person who decided to launch PES 2008 with all its bugs on the PS3 and 360?

What's worse, having people know about the cutscenes and installation, or facing a potential backlash over their attempt to censor reviewers and control what information is received by the gaming public?

 lol

If Konami is trying to pressure reviewers into giving a dishonest picture about the game, then maybe Konami doesn't trust MGS4: the game video to sell as much as it should.

If Konami (or any game developer, for that matter) had enough confidence in their game, they wouldn't resort to crap like this, even when the game in question is a mammoth game like MGS4.

Seems to be a theme of this generation. Sony sent out the infamous Lair Reviewers Guide. Now Konami has imposed information sanctions on their MGS4 review copies.

Hell, we may as well get the reviews straight from the publishers themselves at this rate.

Well, EGM said they're still reviewing it, just after the restrictions are lifted.

So they're not boycotting in the sense of not reviewing, just waiting. Also, they just wanted to get some attention.

Good for them... the game should be reviewed as it comes, if it needs 4Gb say it, if there is some big cutscenees, say it...