Not even independant sites can be trusted either. I'm in frequent contact with several of the guys from
NintendoWorldReport and they've told me how advertisers have been extremely aggressive regarding review scores. For example, why would they review a game of as little importance as
Shrek 2 on GCN twice? Because Activision protested the fact Jeff Shirley gave the game a score a few standard deviations below teh Gamerankigns average, that's why. You may notice that Shrek games between them and the third movie were simply NOT reviewed by the site. NWR refusing or Activision just not supplying them with games anymore?
But Gamespot is the worst offender. Does anyone remember the Donka Konga 2 debacle? How about the Spiderman 3 review being held until after the release date when the ENTIRE SITE was transformed into your fucking Spiderman 3 launch centre.
DRIV3R and 1up and european Playstation magazines.
Lair and Play Magazine.
The crime is insidious and the entire games journalism industry is a complete joke.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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