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    Jimquisition: Stupid Sexy Bayonetta

    ... which they actually always are (even so-called "objective" judgements are based on the reviewer's notion of what "objective" means) ... Well, for starters, they can detail what they liked and what they didn't like, and from their description, they can decide whether you would like those...
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    Jimquisition: Stupid Sexy Bayonetta

    Yeah, especially because I'm betting a lot of people who are complaining about the Polygon review wouldn't have read it if they hadn't been drawn to the controversy. No, I'm not accusing Polygon of clickbaiting. I'm just saying that if you only show up to an article to complain that they're...
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    Jimquisition: Stupid Sexy Bayonetta

    This statement is ridiculous by its very nature. One, there's a reason that we have multiple critics out there, rather than just a single official critic that gives everything a single official score. It's because we want multiple viewpoints. When you're looking to judge works of media...
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    Jimquisition: Shadiness of Mordor

    Yeah, I'm going to have to disagree strongly with you here. Pre-release copies are a good thing, if they're given out to reviewers without restriction and without trying to control their message. Having a review out already when a game releases isn't just about generating clicks and money...
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    Jimquisition: It's Not A Video Game!

    I've brought it up before in this thread, but I'll bring it up again ? Snakes & Ladders. Classic board game. Zero strategic element. Unless someone cheats (particularly with the dice) or is using variant rules, every single match could be played by a computer, with the exact same outcome...
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    Jimquisition: It's Not A Video Game!

    That's still a "game". Not a "video game", sure, but still a game. But, that brings up an interesting point. Snakes & Ladders -- roll dice, move forward, zero agency, pure luck. The "walking simulator" of boardgames. Loved by children (simple and they frequently win), universally shunned...
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    Jimquisition: It's Not A Video Game!

    I think a lot of people don't remember (or even necessarily knew in the first place) what GamerGate was all about. It's morphed into a sort of generic tag for "everything wrong with games, ever".
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    Jimquisition: It's Not A Video Game!

    Or, instead of trying to (re)define art, they could just define criteria required to receive a grant. Especially since "art" has been in the eye of the beholder since long before we had grants anyway. One, they can also define criteria required for a scholarship or grant. Or just judge...
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    Jimquisition: It's Not A Video Game!

    You're familiar with the word "spastic" or "spaz", right? Depending on which side of the Atlantic you hail from, it's either a completely inoffensive term for a mix of hyperactivity and clumsiness, or a medical term denoting cerebral palsy (and highly offensive to palsy sufferers if applied in...
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    Jimquisition: It's Not A Video Game!

    Are you sure he's saying "less" and not just "other"? As in "outside my chosen field of review", same as a movie reviewer might not review games and vice versa?
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    Jimquisition: It's Not A Video Game!

    I'm amused that people have been using "not a game" as a means to criticise games they don't like, and now here's Jim saying they are games ... as a means to allow him to criticise games he doesn't like. :) More seriously: Where do you draw the line when the lines are so blurry? What's the...
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    Wave Hoax Tricks Gullible iPhone Users Into Microwaving Their Phones

    That's the thing, though. It only ever takes one person to do this, which makes it hard or impossible to prevent. That's why the key is educating the would-be victims, not trying to stop the perpetrators. There are a ton of entities out there (commercial or otherwise) that prey on people...
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    Jimquisition: Review Embargoes And Why They're Okay Sometimes

    So do (moderately) crappy games ever try lifting the embargo super early so everyone will forget about the bad reviews by launch? Or is lifting early generally still a sign of confidence? Would be interesting to look at games history and try to come up with a formula to describe game scores...
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    Jimquisition: So, That Facebook And Oculus Rift Thing...

    Regarding Jim's assertion that Facebook has a "pretty decent history of not really messing with the things it buys": No, no they don't. See a list of Facebook's acquisitions. How many do you recognise? How many have Wikipedia pages (meaning they actually went on to do anything notable), and...
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    Mann VS Machine! What do you think so far?

    Heck no -- demoknight is one of the most powerful classes once upgraded, at least on normal difficulties. The key is that for 700 credits, you've got 4 seconds of crits after every kill, which means you get more kills (typically one hit each), which means you get more crits. For 400 credits...