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Magazines Faking Game Reviews?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-it-would-have-been-really-nice dept.

lunchlady doris writes: "With videogames becoming a huge business and magazines having large lead times, something has got to give if they want to compete with web sites. Planet GameCube has a story where it seems that some magazines have decided that eschewing actual journalism is the way to go, with both Extreme Gamer and Request Magazine having reviews for Nintendo's Eternal Darkness, a game that is currently incomplete and is only expected to arrive in stores at the end of June."

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  1. Magazines Faking Game Reviews? by StaticEngine · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why not? Publishers have been faking good games for years now...

  2. Review vs Preview by Performer+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's obvious that Eternal Darkness skated much better than Half Life2 and that tripple Lutz was obviously a mess. I blame the judges they made their mind up way before the competition. Blame the French.

  3. When Romero met Sally by Ukab+the+Great · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Oh god. Oh god. Daikatana is great. The game is incredible. Please keep it coming. Oh yes, yes, yes, yes, keep on fragging. Boring medival Japanese plotline, oh god. More, more, more!!!

    Good Salad."

    See, it's quite easy to fake a good game review.

  4. could be worse by discogravy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could be worse, I guess. They could post duplicates of the same articles and reviews over and over without even checking for copies....

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