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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:
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This blog is entertaining and very useful for every user..thanks buddy.
Posted by: Sharp Shooter | May 12, 2008 at 01:07 AM
Hello,
Really this posting is interesting and i really like it.
Posted by: Xtreme Gamer | May 12, 2008 at 12:46 AM
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.
Posted by: Rene | May 08, 2008 at 05:25 PM