Week 5 review the reviewer

I stopped paying attention to reviews a long time ago, because ultimately you get the feeling that there may be some paper that smells so distinctly similar to money in their back pocket. Not just that but like the talk we had one wednesday, can you actually review a game, what are you relating it too? Its kind of like saying Lord of the Rings is better than the matrix, you cant compare, although they are both epic films, their not the same thing! Which is the better game, Sonic the Hedgehog, or Crysis?

Zero Punctuation seems to be a new breed of reviewer, at first i didnt think much of him as a review of sorts, shits an giggles are all great when someone has more than enough to say against something, but i never really respected his opinion as one that would ultimatly affect my decision to buy or not. But as i went through his reviews i realised he isnt just playing these games an slandering them, he actually has a depth of knowledge behind these things, relating to the company, the predacessors etc.
That an he had nothin to say against Portal, the most awesome thing ever ;)

Kieron Gillen, wow, cant believe how intersting that story was, that shows the power of reviews, but, that is not the norm, if anything it shows a good example of how to abuse the reviewers to get face time on mags, but ultimatly it comes down to the reviewer an as he so wisely stated, game reviewers are stupid because they dont have time to think and i have to agree, it only takes moments of reading a cross section of reviews to realise its the same murmer of "BEST GAME OF AWESOME EVER" (yeah i know its bad english) or the typical "meh" if it isnt puring bloom into your eyes an out your ears.
Thought this quote was cool "They knew I had a big mouth, a suitable attitude and a desire to talk nonsense about shiny new things" haha honesty at its best!

But in the end game of reviews, their dieing out, the internet an technology is getting to the point where its getting faster an faster, and the selling point of "FREE DEMO" isnt that attractive when linked with the £5 cost (and climbing) and bumf found within, when with our forever increasing bandwidth we can get that game demo, within minutes, find those reviews, within minutes, and ultimatly do that morally challanging thing of "aquiring" the game to test it out in full, within minutes :P
Direct to Drive or D2D is a prime example of how the game industry is following in the foot steps of the music industry, you aint going to beat the internet and the hackers/crackers/an general unmoraled youths, the future is digital, cheaper, faster, more user friendly and so guys like Zero Punctuation, people without others holding your contract in their hands when your typing a review, will pop up more an more and will be prefered.