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The Game Reviewers Bill Of Rights (a rough draft)

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2008-05-28 00:54:48 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...reviewers arent satisfied with the opportunities they get to review games. In interviews, they tell me that things could be better. And theyve explained how some standard practices affect the reviews they write What if it could all be perfect? I asked a few top game reviewers to tell me their desires for the perfect review experience. I put...
 
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A New Theory: Maybe Reviewers Dont Really Need To Finish Games

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2008-05-08 13:00:16 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...reviewers actually dole out too few perfect scores Another core tenet Im at least considering abandoning: the belief that game reviewers need to finish games Im not comfortable changing my mind about this. I happily finish the games that I think are important . That means I finish a lot of games each year, even though I dont review any of...
 
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Numbers Crunched: Are User Reviewers Harsher Or Kinder Than Pro Reviewers?

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2008-11-05 20:30:46 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...reviewers than game critics Developers have told me gamers can be more appreciative of parts of their games than pro reviewers were, and that users reviews often track higher than press reviews. But sometimes users do things like tear down the popular vote for Gears of War 2 down to a 3.2 out of 10 So are gamers kinder than professional...
 
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Game reviewers draft a 'Bill of Rights'

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2008-05-28 00:00:00 by Ludwig Kietzmann in Joystiq
...reviewers are known to have feelings too. Sensing the beating hearts beneath these calculating judgment machines, MTV Multiplayer's Stephen Totilo has asked several reviewers to lay out the circumstances necessary for the wishfully "perfect" review. Their requests aren't as lofty as you might expect Compiled in a "Bill of Rights," reviewers'...
 
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Sources: Konami Asked Metal Gear Solid 4 Reviewers Not To Mention Cut Scene Length And Installation Time

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2008-05-30 14:00:01 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...reviewers to keep some technical details out of their reviews, namely the length of the games cut-scenes and the size of the games installation on the PlayStation 3 Such details wouldnt have been plot spoilers, but perhaps the publisher was concerned that they would be viewed as negatives Konami representatives declined to comment to me about...
 
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Metal Gear Solid 4 Review Restrictions Not Applied To All Reviewers

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2008-06-03 13:00:18 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...reviewers of Metal Gear Solid 4 to refrain from mentioning some technical details about the game in their reviews, Ive been told that these requests were not made to all reviewers The editors of Game Informer and PlayStation: The Official Magazine have contacted me to say the Konami requested no restrictions of their reviewers.In both cases,...
 
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Konami Lifts Some Restrictions On MGS4 Reviewers

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2008-06-05 17:30:13 by Patrick Klepek in MTV Multiplayer
...reviewers can disclose the length of cut-scenes and hard drive installation times in Metal Gear Solid 4 Stephen Totilo revealed last week that several outlets were asked to sign NDAs forbidding them from discussing certain topics to play MGS4 ahead of release The news arrives from a letter sent to Kotaku from Kojima Productions assistant...
 
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Destructoid Discusses! Lazy reviewers? Or, maybe your game just sucks

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2008-08-05 22:40:41 by HASH0x8aeae04 in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
...reviewers are lazy." I can certainly see how the whole world of game reviewing is not an exact science, but we're not here today to wax poetic on that idea (maybe I'm proposing that we discuss the semi-emerging trend of game developers and creators taking an aggressive front towards the people reviewing their games. Ever heard of Dennis...
 
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Guardian: Mirror's Edge is Just Too Innovative For Reviewers

2008-11-16 01:43:27 by Editor in N4G.com : News Feed : gaming
 
...reviewers really understand innovation NG writes According to an article posted on Friday in the Guardian Games Blog, Mirror's Edge is getting less than perfect review scores simply because it's got too much innovation for reviewers to handle. The article by Keith Stuart titled "Do game reviewers really understand innovation?!" makes a few...
 
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