{"id":1702,"date":"2009-09-10T06:49:49","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T10:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/09\/10\/game-reviewers-%e2%80%93-what-they-don%e2%80%99t-teach-you-in-school\/"},"modified":"2009-09-10T06:49:49","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T10:49:49","slug":"game-reviewers-%e2%80%93-what-they-don%e2%80%99t-teach-you-in-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/09\/10\/game-reviewers-%e2%80%93-what-they-don%e2%80%99t-teach-you-in-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Game reviewers \u2013 what they don\u2019t teach you in school."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PSXExtreme recently published a great op-ed on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psxextreme.com\/psp-news\/1797.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.psxextreme.com\/psp-news\/1797.html', 'video game reviewers');\" target=\"new\">video game reviewers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> No\u2026you DON\u2019T always know \u201cjust as much\u201d as the reviewer<\/p>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t only apply to game critics, but to critics in all other entertainment-related industries. I know the fan always wants to believe they know just as much (if not more) than the reviewer, especially in the world of video games. I know they pick apart reviews in a desperate effort to prove that \u201canyone can do his job.\u201d I know that if a reviewer ever makes a mistake \u2013 God forbid \u2013 the readers will likely grasp it and hold on for dear life, milking the slip for all its worth. I know they believe everything is \u201call subjective.\u201d Yeah, this is one of my biggest pet peeves; everything is not all subjective and every gamer can\u2019t be critics. I like good food. I\u2019m a fan of quality gourmet dishes. But I only know what I like; do you honestly believe I pretend to know as much as professional food critics? People who compare and contrast more dishes in a week than I\u2019ve done in a lifetime? Give me a break.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This article brings back a lot of memories.  I still remember when a certain publisher contacted me about reviewing one of their games.  I could have the game for free if I offered up a solid recommendation.  I did not have to give the game any awards, but I could not be overly critical.  I passed, and then passed out of the gaming review business.  It happens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PSXExtreme recently published a great op-ed on video game reviewers. No\u2026you DON\u2019T always know \u201cjust as much\u201d as the reviewer This doesn\u2019t only apply to game critics, but to critics in all other entertainment-related industries. I know the fan always wants to believe they know just as much (if not more) than the reviewer, especially &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/09\/10\/game-reviewers-%e2%80%93-what-they-don%e2%80%99t-teach-you-in-school\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Game reviewers \u2013 what they don\u2019t teach you in school.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}