A binary aggregate is significantly more useful than a scale, though, for a number of reasons, one of which I explained in a comment above this one. Another reason: Numbers like “7” and “8” mean different things to different people and even different outlets, so averaging them or treating them like they have…

I’d like to see a review round-up site that uses words instead of numbers. There are all sorts of ways it could be done. The front page could separate games based on whether they’re trending positive, trending negative, or polarizing reviewers — information that, believe it or not, can be assessed from words and not…

Good point! Would also let you keep track of writers who may do reviews for multiple publications.

Which is why the actual review is the 10 paragraphs surrounding the yes/no. ;)

I’d prefer to filter by author rather than publication. As many have pointed out, reviews are a pretty subjective thing and I know how much I agree with individuals more than websites.

There are many, many reasons that the YES/NO system is preferable to review scores. Consider this, for example: This month we saw the release of both Super Mario Maker and Metal Gear Solid V. Both are great, flawed games, and each got a YES from Kotaku.

That is what I am getting out of it after looking into it more. One small step towards changing the working environment of devs then. Bonus-critic hasn’t changed, but maybe one day.

Numerical, objective scores for subjective, personal experiences is the stupidest idea people still desperatly cling to. Add a dash of Nerd Rage when something doesn’t get what it “deserves” along wirh a pinch of developer bonuses being withheld and you’ve got a recipe for some steaming bullshit.

Metacritic has other issues, too — for example, they have an averaging formula that gives extra weight to some outlets over others, and they insist upon keeping that formula secret.

I believe they’re calculating an average based on the numbered scores, and our YES is included on the page but not in the average.

You can’t exactly aggregate words. And people love their arbitrary number scales.

Well damn. This is no fun at all :< Really good shows came from them. And more people unemployed :/ Ergo Proxy, Sacred Blacksmith, The World God Only Knows, Deadman Wonderland, Zettai Karen Children: Unlimited, Michiko to Hathin, House of Five Leaves, Samurai Flamenco, Gangsta and Samurai Champloo all I enjoyed some I…

That’s for not putting Levi in the movie.

A new meme has emerged! I’ve been waiting for this day!

I’m fairly sure this game is single-handedly why Steam made changes in how it shows you DLC and moved to Popular New Releases instead of just New Releases. About two years ago, I think, it was just completely ridiculous, with all the Train Simulator DLC occasionally completely consuming the releases section.