March 17, 2009 Eric Swain Critical Responses, Recent Posts The Noby Noby Boy Review Analysis Let me reiterate the opportunity. Two reviews, using the same game, within 4 days of each other, using the same scoring method and same scoring scale gave two vastly different scores. The scores are not always alike, in fact, they very, very rarely are, but the difference is usually like a 7.6 to an 8.1. The scores are close if not even closer. The meanings are usually between really good to borderline great or whatever the specific scores might be for a game. But from 'Passable' to 'Outstanding' is a very different matter. | more
December 16, 2008 Eric Swain Critical Responses, Recent Posts The Gaming Critique Symposium For those of you not in the know, discussion on the nature of video game reviews has been taking place lately. So much so that Shawn Elliott has started a symposium to discuss the matter between about a dozen video game journalist, who I would more accurately describe as video game critics. He gathered a veritable who's who of gaming critics, that I'm sure most outside of this interest have never heard of, to embark on the project. | more
