Thread: Gamespot editor fired over negative review?
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Old 11-29-2007, 11:25 PM   #3
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I trust Gamespot's reviews because more often than not, they coincide with my own opinions. There is a flaw in the system, though: only 1 reviewer contributes to the score a game gets. I like EGM's 3 man team review system, because you get to hear about the game from more than one perspective (especially when the reviews are mixed). At least Gamespot also has a general critic's score and a user score as well, so you can see how much reviewer bias is happening.

Nevertheless, allowing your reviewers to be pushed around by publishers is gay as hell. Another reason I am all over EGM's nuts: they never back down on their reviews.
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