« THQ nabs Marvel's Super Hero Squad. More Marvel games to come? | Main | Speed Racer, Echochrome, more reviews debate to enjoy while I'm prepping a huge story »

May 08, 2008

Me on X-Play discussing exclusive reviews

I was on G4's X-Play yesterday discussing the "exclusive reviews" issue that has become such a hot topic since I criticized IGN recently. The other interviewee was GamePro's Chris Morell, who's obviously not there to defend IGN, but provides some enthusiast press perspective, plus a really smoking '80s style collar flipped up look. (Whereas I, like always, look like a major dork)

IGN just provided a statement to defend their reviews policy:

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/4113/28905646

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Me on X-Play discussing exclusive reviews:

Comments

This blog is entertaining and very useful for every user..thanks buddy.

Hello,
Really this posting is interesting and i really like it.

Ben, just wanted to say I appreciate the effort going into this issue. I've been playing games for 20 years, and never looked at a game review before, partly because reviews do seem to be so self-serving. No offense to you or anyone else in the field, but it needs to be going up in quality, not down.

That's why I enjoy this blog so much, as it's not simply the masturbatory "hawt new screenshots" and "OMFG no multiplayer?!!?" and reviews posts. Thanks for that.

Post a comment

About

Variety video games reporter and reviews editor Ben Fritz tracks the business of games and their intersection with Hollywood.

Tips, feedbacks, hate mail to ben-dot-fritz-at-variety.com

Get this widget!



Players smash through New York City, battling gigantic enemies amidst soaring skyscrapers in a massive open world; High School Musical 2: Work This Out! Trailer; Chun Li vs Crimson Viper; Danger, laughs and a dash of romance, all in the unmistakable LEGO style.; Speed Racer Trailer; A mix of elements from action shooters with combo and point based combat.; Star Wars: Force Unleashed Trailer; Pure Trailer; Street Fighter IV Trailer; Jumper: Griffin's Story Trailer; Trailer for Steven Spielberg's and EA Games BOOM BLOX; Trailer 2 for Lost: ViaDomus; Trailer for Lost The Video Game; When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is forced to create a life support suit to keep him alive after he decides to use the technology in his suit to bring justice to crime. ; Trailer from video game; Video Game Trailers












May 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
        1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31

© 2007 Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Use of this web site is subject to its Terms and Conditions of Use. View our Privacy Policy.