Just got back from Kingston where I got a nice shiny Zelda cover by Wil Overton. I am pleased.

I'll keep an eye out for any that people are looking for when I go visit wherever tonight

prick

stab him

standard

Yeah, the cover!

i endorse all of these actions

Make him a nice cup of coffee, taking care to only spill a little as you carry it to his desk, and pop it down on the first flat surface that catches your eye.

His crotch.

Yossarian wrote:

Resi 4 ain't no ten. This wouldn't have happened in the old days. Oh, that's right, it didn't.

Hands down deserves an 11.

My favourite console of all time is the time I consoled my Uncle after he had his nose amputated.

Like old spice?

adkm1979 wrote:

I don't hate Edge, but this is mental.

An Edge [10], like it or not, has a certain status.  Even people who find Edge pretentious and arrogant hold the allocation of a [10] in some regard.  The way you sustain that regard is not, in any way, shape, or form, by taking a selection of games which were not awarded it for good reason, and dish out the [10]s for the sake of an anniversary feature that nobody is that fussed about.  What would have been a braver, and arguably more worthwhile feature, would have been to take these games and reinforce why they didn't quite make it.  That's how you keep the Edge [10] status; highlight why it's so very rare.

I don't mean this as hyperbole, but this feature devalues the score they are dishing out to these games, and pisses all over their integrity.

100% this. This is what I was getting at on the previous page, but forgot to make my actual point. It has a knock-on effect on their lower scores too (not just this article, but the gradual devaluation of the 10). I don't know what an Edge [7] means any more. I've recently realised I don't trust Edge's reviews more than the competition, which is the first time in over twenty years that I haven't had a go-to publication I rely on above the others. That's not to say they're generally bad, they've just lost that edge (no pun intended - Ed hahalol. But seriously - no pun intended). I just look at the full pages of Metacritic scores now and form a general idea based on the few sources that are half decent.

Gamesradar. Haha, no.

Ellie Gibson is also an absolute force, her reviews are insanely cutting. She has gone more part time now she's a mum, but I always anticipate one of her reviews with glee. Can't remember what it was but she tore apart a particularly misogynistic film earlier this year (and also did a good Tomb Raider review)

Edge, Eurogamer, maybe Game Informer (don't shoot me if they're the bastion of shite).  To be honest I don't read GamesTM, but can't recall many of their reviews being wildly off the mark, so they make up the numbers too.  If I fancy a new game, I'll look at a few scores and probably read the Edge review plus one other, but the last new game I bought, excluding Mario Bros with my Wii U, was Far Cry 3, which I played for two hours and sold.  I've borrowed a few new/newish games recently on recommendations from the lender, or opinions gathered from here, which usually goes pretty well.  Bioshock Infinite - didn't click with.  Tomb Raider - loved.  The Last of Us - enjoying it so far.

I enjoy Matt Lees video reviews of things as he is pretty hilarious and usually makes some pertinent points that I've missed. I'm currently working through the Pants Man streams of him playing through Dark Souls for Videogamer.com and having a great time time playing alongside them.

Edge can fuck off basically, I've literally no interest in anything they write or score at this point. It's time to drop the anonymity from their reviews as I'd like to know who's opinion I'm reading so I can decide how much weight I'm going to give it based on the stuff I know they're into.

I do tend to look at reviews after I buy games though. I'm a 27 year old man, I know what I like and I'm deep enough into the the industry culture that I hear/see if something is shite or good months before it's out so don't need to rely on reviews.