Re: Worst review of all time?

Walter Mitty <mitticus@xxxxxxxxx> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
> "littlemute" risked the wrath of Usenet weenies mastering
> mommies computer when he ventured forth on 2005-12-30, commmitted
> his life to the whims of Google, and spluttered:
>> Walter Mitty wrote:
>>> "littlemute" risked the wrath of Usenet weenies mastering
>>> mommies computer when he ventured forth on 2005-12-30, commmitted
>>> his life to the whims of Google, and spluttered:
>>
>>> >
>>> > Decimal 0 is not representational of one of two mutually excusive
>>> > states:
>>> >
>>> > 0 = sucks
>>> > 1 = good
>>> >
>>>
>>> Decimal 0 is exactly the same value as a binary 0. You must be
>>> referring to "set" or "unset" on the "game recommended" line...
>>>
>>> But thinking about it : your entire world seems to be binary if thats
>>> how you castegorise games. Enough of the joke : you *are* joking
>>> aren't you? Please tell me you are.
>>
>> I *am* not *joking* about the *binary* system for game reviews. Siskel
>> and *Ebert* have the thumbs *up* and thumbs down for films, what's the
>> *dif*?
>>
>> Here's an example: http://www.woodenmen.org/game_reviews/moo3
>>
>
>The "dif" is that I wouldnt read your reviews if it wasnt
>balanced. There is no such thing as "good" or "sucks". It sounds like
>the reviews you perform are for you and you only. Good luck.

Or people that think the same way.


Just as with movie reviewers, there are those who judge by the same
criteria you do, so you don't necessarily need all the details, just the
final score.

Is 1/0, thumbs up/thumbs down really all that different from the rather
arbitrary number values some reviewers use?
Just how did they come up with an 85 instead of an 88, a 52 instead of a
48, etc?


Or like that Gothic 2 review - he gives it 5/5 after spending most of
the article pissing and moaning about horrible performance and other
things he found bad.
Did reading the article really help explain that score?

Which more accurately represents the game, the final 5/5 score or the
article of complaints?


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