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Over at Gabe makes an observation that is near to what's been touched on here before but I like his description and find it provocative. The summary: game reviewers have to play games at a frenetic no-side-alleys pace to meet practical deadlines (in the ballpark of release dates) while covering the flood of games in the pre-Christmas rush. Games are not always designed to be played this way and this isn't always the way players play them. (jvm once queried: isn't anyone who'd review a "casual game" necessarily the wrong person for the job?)I think the problem is unique to the medium. Movies food and wine don't require the same time commitment to review and books don't change character particularly much when you read to a deadline (although I do enjoy them less that way.) Perhaps the closest thing is reviewing certain conventional games but the world of "real-world" game reviews is tiny and undeveloped. For me this highlights the "real" purpose of reviews (to push new product on consumers) and contrasts with my actual use of the medium. Movie reviews have to be timely because people want to invest in the social experience of going out to see a good movie and they need guidance as to which ones are "good" while they're still in theaters. But even mediocre videogames are generally available for years and (except for games that depend on an online community to play with) the social experience will be the same: either I play alone or with friends I invite over. I'm disregarding some significant factors justifying the time pressure on reviews: a whole lot of games _do_ depend on an online community and pre-Christmas reviews are important for nongamers buying gifts for us. Nevertheless the criticism remains: the average review is trying to assess how fun a game is by playing it in the way that sucks the most fun out of it. And I should heed this recommendation why again? Also some of this is why I have tried from time to time to record my progress on my game journal blog. (I'll hopefully be doing that with Uncharted: Drake's Fortune next week.) You can see me get through each part of the game with immediate comments about how I felt. Then the review here on CG is meant to be a reflection of those posts. I think only two worked out completely so far: Tomb Raider Anniversary and Shadow of the Colossus. Previously. I did do a sequence of posts from beginning to end right here on CG starting with first impressions (fimps) and finishing with either a review (finished the game) or final thoughts (didn't finish and explain why). While we're talking about reviews. I try to catch David Edelstein on Fresh Air each Friday to hear a movie review. When someone starts reviewing games like he reviews movies (however that might work) we'll be getting somewhere. Between him and The New Yorker cinema reviewers it's difficult for me to read the stuff in the newspaper anymore. Late night ramble.. off... I think the game reviews are increasingly unreliable for the reasons given plus others. One from a practical point of view regarding the play experience it's almost impossible to review MMOs and large games like Oblivion so their is clearly a large extrapolation going on. Two more and more I see the application of expectations rather than what's in the product. For my money for example you can't dock Ratchet & Clank for having NO multiplayer.. you review what's there a single player only game. Not every game should have or needs multiplayer and I'm particularly losing patience with this comment appearing more and more. Lastly there is clearly what I call the 'blockbuster effect' which sees certain games get inflated scores based on status and community expectations - Halo 3 and Bioshock I'm looking at you two great games but not that perfect by any means. This is happening more and more. the average review is trying to assess how fun a game is by playing it in the way that sucks the most fun out of itThat *is* the job of the reviewer. I doubt Matt's Edelstein is no make that I know he *isn't* watching movies the same way that the conventional viewers are. It's not as likely to be relaxing and certainly isn't a break from the proverbial grind. Bart Farkas told me once while I writing a guide to playing Pokemon Stadium that there comes a point where you simply can't play twitch games with the dedication needed to create an exhaustive guide. He hadn't quite gotten there yet but playing the games had gone from fun to grind at times iirc books don't change character particularly much when you read to a deadlineThis is a particularly important point/distinction imo. They most certainly do change character if your goals aren't simply to enjoy the book -- to consume it. How could a 19th century reviewer understand the importance and intricacies of The Con Man (Meville; admittedly I don't know how it was received)?Reviewers do have a manageable job. Tell us if we'll enjoy consuming the game enough to be worth our cash. That's something you can do if you're a pro by playing like mad before Xmas. How many people play games to completion? How many WoW folk have finished end game content? Even !That reviewing games at Xmas is a manageable task only makes the incestuous relationship between gaming publishers and reviews that much more vile. Enjoyed the post. Get that Bob guy to post more. I think Gabe is right and I think he's right because we all know this time of year is a waterfall of games. I would not be shocked if half the reviews you see coming out are done on games the reviewer did not even complete. The funny thing is having been on 1UP (Ziff) forusms for years the question of how many hours and how much the reviewer achieved has come up again and again. The editors at Ziff say they will never tell how many hours of actual gameplay go into their reviews and have said such a metric would be meaningless. To me that sounds like they know the answer will look bad and they know the metric is meaningful. I think the time for transparency has come. Game reviews should occur only on games played to the end or if not finished they should say. "This game was ass. so we only played 60% therefore we won't give a score just an impression." But I think that means we will see more reviews cooing out in magazines a month after the game hits the shelf but that is the price we should pay for actual reviews not glorified previews.

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Over at Gabe makes an observation that is near to what's been touched on here before but I like his description and find it provocative. The summary: game reviewers have to play games at a frenetic no-side-alleys pace to meet practical deadlines (in the ballpark of release dates) while covering the flood of games in the pre-Christmas rush. Games are not always designed to be played this way and this isn't always the way players play them. (jvm once queried: isn't anyone who'd review a "casual game" necessarily the wrong person for the job?)I think the problem is unique to the medium. Movies food and wine don't require the same time commitment to review and books don't change character particularly much when you read to a deadline (although I do enjoy them less that way.) Perhaps the closest thing is reviewing certain conventional games but the world of "real-world" game reviews is tiny and undeveloped. For me this highlights the "real" purpose of reviews (to push new product on consumers) and contrasts with my actual use of the medium. Movie reviews have to be timely because people want to invest in the social experience of going out to see a good movie and they need guidance as to which ones are "good" while they're still in theaters. But even mediocre videogames are generally available for years and (except for games that depend on an online community to play with) the social experience will be the same: either I play alone or with friends I invite over. I'm disregarding some significant factors justifying the time pressure on reviews: a whole lot of games _do_ depend on an online community and pre-Christmas reviews are important for nongamers buying gifts for us. Nevertheless the criticism remains: the average review is trying to assess how fun a game is by playing it in the way that sucks the most fun out of it. And I should heed this recommendation why again? Also some of this is why I have tried from time to time to record my progress on my game journal blog. (I'll hopefully be doing that with Uncharted: Drake's Fortune next week.) You can see me get through each part of the game with immediate comments about how I felt. Then the review here on CG is meant to be a reflection of those posts. I think only two worked out completely so far: Tomb Raider Anniversary and Shadow of the Colossus. Previously. I did do a sequence of posts from beginning to end right here on CG starting with first impressions (fimps) and finishing with either a review (finished the game) or final thoughts (didn't finish and explain why). While we're talking about reviews. I try to catch David Edelstein on Fresh Air each Friday to hear a movie review. When someone starts reviewing games like he reviews movies (however that might work) we'll be getting somewhere. Between him and The New Yorker cinema reviewers it's difficult for me to read the stuff in the newspaper anymore. Late night ramble.. off... I think the game reviews are increasingly unreliable for the reasons given plus others. One from a practical point of view regarding the play experience it's almost impossible to review MMOs and large games like Oblivion so their is clearly a large extrapolation going on. Two more and more I see the application of expectations rather than what's in the product. For my money for example you can't dock Ratchet & Clank for having NO multiplayer.. you review what's there a single player only game. Not every game should have or needs multiplayer and I'm particularly losing patience with this comment appearing more and more. Lastly there is clearly what I call the 'blockbuster effect' which sees certain games get inflated scores based on status and community expectations - Halo 3 and Bioshock I'm looking at you two great games but not that perfect by any means. This is happening more and more. the average review is trying to assess how fun a game is by playing it in the way that sucks the most fun out of itThat *is* the job of the reviewer. I doubt Matt's Edelstein is no make that I know he *isn't* watching movies the same way that the conventional viewers are. It's not as likely to be relaxing and certainly isn't a break from the proverbial grind. Bart Farkas told me once while I writing a guide to playing Pokemon Stadium that there comes a point where you simply can't play twitch games with the dedication needed to create an exhaustive guide. He hadn't quite gotten there yet but playing the games had gone from fun to grind at times iirc books don't change character particularly much when you read to a deadlineThis is a particularly important point/distinction imo. They most certainly do change character if your goals aren't simply to enjoy the book -- to consume it. How could a 19th century reviewer understand the importance and intricacies of The Con Man (Meville; admittedly I don't know how it was received)?Reviewers do have a manageable job. Tell us if we'll enjoy consuming the game enough to be worth our cash. That's something you can do if you're a pro by playing like mad before Xmas. How many people play games to completion? How many WoW folk have finished end game content? Even !That reviewing games at Xmas is a manageable task only makes the incestuous relationship between gaming publishers and reviews that much more vile. Enjoyed the post. Get that Bob guy to post more. I think Gabe is right and I think he's right because we all know this time of year is a waterfall of games. I would not be shocked if half the reviews you see coming out are done on games the reviewer did not even complete. The funny thing is having been on 1UP (Ziff) forusms for years the question of how many hours and how much the reviewer achieved has come up again and again. The editors at Ziff say they will never tell how many hours of actual gameplay go into their reviews and have said such a metric would be meaningless. To me that sounds like they know the answer will look bad and they know the metric is meaningful. I think the time for transparency has come. Game reviews should occur only on games played to the end or if not finished they should say. "This game was ass. so we only played 60% therefore we won't give a score just an impression." But I think that means we will see more reviews cooing out in magazines a month after the game hits the shelf but that is the price we should pay for actual reviews not glorified previews.

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Over at Gabe makes an observation that is near to what's been touched on here before but I like his description and find it provocative. The summary: game reviewers have to play games at a frenetic no-side-alleys pace to meet practical deadlines (in the ballpark of release dates) while covering the flood of games in the pre-Christmas rush. Games are not always designed to be played this way and this isn't always the way players play them. (jvm once queried: isn't anyone who'd review a "casual game" necessarily the wrong person for the job?)I think the problem is unique to the medium. Movies food and wine don't require the same time commitment to review and books don't change character particularly much when you read to a deadline (although I do enjoy them less that way.) Perhaps the closest thing is reviewing certain conventional games but the world of "real-world" game reviews is tiny and undeveloped. For me this highlights the "real" purpose of reviews (to push new product on consumers) and contrasts with my actual use of the medium. Movie reviews have to be timely because people want to invest in the social experience of going out to see a good movie and they need guidance as to which ones are "good" while they're still in theaters. But even mediocre videogames are generally available for years and (except for games that depend on an online community to play with) the social experience will be the same: either I play alone or with friends I invite over. I'm disregarding some significant factors justifying the time pressure on reviews: a whole lot of games _do_ depend on an online community and pre-Christmas reviews are important for nongamers buying gifts for us. Nevertheless the criticism remains: the average review is trying to assess how fun a game is by playing it in the way that sucks the most fun out of it. And I should heed this recommendation why again? Also some of this is why I have tried from time to time to record my progress on my game journal blog. (I'll hopefully be doing that with Uncharted: Drake's Fortune next week.) You can see me get through each part of the game with immediate comments about how I felt. Then the review here on CG is meant to be a reflection of those posts. I think only two worked out completely so far: Tomb Raider Anniversary and Shadow of the Colossus. Previously. I did do a sequence of posts from beginning to end right here on CG starting with first impressions (fimps) and finishing with either a review (finished the game) or final thoughts (didn't finish and explain why). While we're talking about reviews. I try to catch David Edelstein on Fresh Air each Friday to hear a movie review. When someone starts reviewing games like he reviews movies (however that might work) we'll be getting somewhere. Between him and The New Yorker cinema reviewers it's difficult for me to read the stuff in the newspaper anymore. Late night ramble.. off... I think the game reviews are increasingly unreliable for the reasons given plus others. One from a practical point of view regarding the play experience it's almost impossible to review MMOs and large games like Oblivion so their is clearly a large extrapolation going on. Two more and more I see the application of expectations rather than what's in the product. For my money for example you can't dock Ratchet & Clank for having NO multiplayer.. you review what's there a single player only game. Not every game should have or needs multiplayer and I'm particularly losing patience with this comment appearing more and more. Lastly there is clearly what I call the 'blockbuster effect' which sees certain games get inflated scores based on status and community expectations - Halo 3 and Bioshock I'm looking at you two great games but not that perfect by any means. This is happening more and more. the average review is trying to assess how fun a game is by playing it in the way that sucks the most fun out of itThat *is* the job of the reviewer. I doubt Matt's Edelstein is no make that I know he *isn't* watching movies the same way that the conventional viewers are. It's not as likely to be relaxing and certainly isn't a break from the proverbial grind. Bart Farkas told me once while I writing a guide to playing Pokemon Stadium that there comes a point where you simply can't play twitch games with the dedication needed to create an exhaustive guide. He hadn't quite gotten there yet but playing the games had gone from fun to grind at times iirc books don't change character particularly much when you read to a deadlineThis is a particularly important point/distinction imo. They most certainly do change character if your goals aren't simply to enjoy the book -- to consume it. How could a 19th century reviewer understand the importance and intricacies of The Con Man (Meville; admittedly I don't know how it was received)?Reviewers do have a manageable job. Tell us if we'll enjoy consuming the game enough to be worth our cash. That's something you can do if you're a pro by playing like mad before Xmas. How many people play games to completion? How many WoW folk have finished end game content? Even !That reviewing games at Xmas is a manageable task only makes the incestuous relationship between gaming publishers and reviews that much more vile. Enjoyed the post. Get that Bob guy to post more. I think Gabe is right and I think he's right because we all know this time of year is a waterfall of games. I would not be shocked if half the reviews you see coming out are done on games the reviewer did not even complete. The funny thing is having been on 1UP (Ziff) forusms for years the question of how many hours and how much the reviewer achieved has come up again and again. The editors at Ziff say they will never tell how many hours of actual gameplay go into their reviews and have said such a metric would be meaningless. To me that sounds like they know the answer will look bad and they know the metric is meaningful. I think the time for transparency has come. Game reviews should occur only on games played to the end or if not finished they should say. "This game was ass. so we only played 60% therefore we won't give a score just an impression." But I think that means we will see more reviews cooing out in magazines a month after the game hits the shelf but that is the price we should pay for actual reviews not glorified previews.

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It has been five years since I saw a tailback dominate a football bet the way Hazleton's Nate Eachus did tonight at BASD Stadium. populate evaluate of very different things when they think of Austin Scott these days but he was the most dominant performer in local football I had seen in 25-plus years of coverage. It didn't matter if the Cougars were penned up at their own 5. Eachus was a threat to go all the way on virtually every play. His 387 yards rushing were amazing absolutely amazing. And what was even more amazing was that he was quite possibly the best defensive player on the field as well. This was not a fluke. Liberty was outplayed the entire first half and fortunate to have leads of 7-0 and 14-0. Then once they seemed to undergo control two fumbles and lots of Eachus changed everything. I don't know if he can do it against Parkland next week which has been the area's best defense by far all toughen but I wouldn't reject another solid night by Eachus who has already had superb performances against two traditional LVC powers -- Easton and Liberty. Eachus said he was motivated by stories in The Morning Call on Friday morning that basically said Parkland-Liberty was a done deal. He put the forbid on that matchup and another sterling Hurricanes toughen with his one-man show. He credited his line as all smart tailbacks do and Hazleton did fire off the ball. But let's be alter here if Eachus isn't in a Hazleton uniform this one wasn't going to be close. Head instruct Tim Moncman will be criticized for going for two points with six seconds left in regulation. I agreed with him that the way Eachus was running. I'm not sure if the 'Canes ever would have stopped him on four straight plays and kept him out of the end govern during the overtime change Maybe you can anticipate the play call on the two-point conversion which Moncman did himself. Needing a yard for the two points it probably would have been better to let the tall slender Anthony Gonzalez use a QB keeper and cut behind the center and into the end zone. Moncman saw a tremendous three-year run by his program come to a sudden end but at night's end he had it all in perspective as he held his 2-year-old son. A. J. who has spent his young life battling Congenital Amaurosis a rare disease that has caused blindness. "People are asking me how bad it hurts," Moncman said. "It's a football game and we lost but there are a lot more imporrtant things in life desire the guy in my arms who puts things in perspective for me. I told our kids that the sun ordain come up tomorrow and most of those guys ordain go on to great college careers. And our young kids coming approve will learn from it. I don't think our aggroup was picked to win as many games as they did. We're still very proud of them.'' -->Keith Groller. The Morning Call’s Local Sports Editor has been covering the Lehigh Valley sports scene for the past 25 years and has had a front-row lay for lots of big moments on the field and court. Groller has written more than 10,000 sports stories in his go hosts The Morning Call’s sports shows on TV and radio and change surface dabbles in country music reviews. His motto: “Have hot dog stand? Will travel.�

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It has been five years since I saw a tailback act upon a football game the way Hazleton's Nate Eachus did tonight at BASD Stadium. People think of very different things when they think of Austin Scott these days but he was the most dominant performer in local football I had seen in 25-plus years of coverage. It didn't be if the Cougars were penned up at their own 5. Eachus was a threat to go all the way on virtually every compete. His 387 yards rushing were amazing absolutely amazing. And what was even more amazing was that he was quite possibly the beat defensive player on the handle as well. This was not a fluke. Liberty was outplayed the entire first half and fortunate to have leads of 7-0 and 14-0. Then once they seemed to undergo control two fumbles and lots of Eachus changed everything. I don't experience if he can do it against Parkland next week which has been the area's best defense by far all season but I wouldn't discount another solid night by Eachus who has already had superb performances against two traditional LVC powers -- Easton and Liberty. Eachus said he was motivated by stories in The Morning Call on Friday morning that basically said Parkland-Liberty was a done deal. He put the kibosh on that matchup and another sterling Hurricanes toughen with his one-man show. He credited his line as all cause to be perceived tailbacks do and Hazleton did fire off the ball. But let's be clear here if Eachus isn't in a Hazleton uniform this one wasn't going to be change state. Head Coach Tim Moncman ordain be criticized for going for two points with six seconds left in regulation. I agreed with him that the way Eachus was running. I'm not sure if the 'Canes ever would have stopped him on four straight plays and kept him out of the end zone during the overtime change Maybe you can second-guess the play label on the two-point conversion which Moncman did himself. Needing a yard for the two points it probably would undergo been exceed to let the tall slender Anthony Gonzalez use a QB keeper and slice behind the center and into the end zone. Moncman saw a tremendous three-year run by his program come to a sudden end but at night's end he had it all in perspective as he held his 2-year-old son. A. J. who has spent his young life battling Congenital Amaurosis a rare disease that has caused blindness. "populate are asking me how bad it hurts," Moncman said. "It's a football bet and we lost but there are a lot more imporrtant things in life like the guy in my arms who puts things in perspective for me. I told our kids that the sun will go up tomorrow and most of those guys will go on to great college careers. And our young kids coming back will learn from it. I don't think our team was picked to win as many games as they did. We're still very proud of them.'' -->Keith Groller. The Morning Call’s Local Sports Editor has been covering the Lehigh Valley sports scene for the past 25 years and has had a front-row seat for lots of big moments on the handle and court. Groller has written more than 10,000 sports stories in his career hosts The Morning label’s sports shows on TV and communicate and even dabbles in country music reviews. His motto: “Have hot dog stand? Will jaunt.�

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It has been five years since I saw a tailback dominate a football game the way Hazleton's Nate Eachus did tonight at BASD Stadium. People think of very different things when they think of Austin Scott these days but he was the most dominant performer in local football I had seen in 25-plus years of coverage. It didn't be if the Cougars were penned up at their own 5. Eachus was a threat to go all the way on virtually every play. His 387 yards rushing were amazing absolutely amazing. And what was change surface more amazing was that he was quite possibly the beat defensive player on the field as come up. This was not a fluke. Liberty was outplayed the entire first half and fortunate to have leads of 7-0 and 14-0. Then once they seemed to have control two fumbles and lots of Eachus changed everything. I don't know if he can do it against Parkland next week which has been the area's beat defense by far all season but I wouldn't reject another solid night by Eachus who has already had superb performances against two traditional LVC powers -- Easton and Liberty. Eachus said he was motivated by stories in The Morning label on Friday morning that basically said Parkland-Liberty was a done deal. He put the kibosh on that matchup and another sterling Hurricanes season with his one-man show. He credited his lie as all smart tailbacks do and Hazleton did fire off the ball. But let's be clear here if Eachus isn't in a Hazleton furnish this one wasn't going to be close. Head Coach Tim Moncman will be criticized for going for two points with six seconds left in regulation. I agreed with him that the way Eachus was running. I'm not sure if the 'Canes ever would have stopped him on four straight plays and kept him out of the end zone during the overtime change Maybe you can anticipate the play call on the two-point conversion which Moncman did himself. Needing a yard for the two points it probably would have been exceed to let the tall slender Anthony Gonzalez use a QB keeper and slice behind the bear on and into the end govern. Moncman saw a tremendous three-year run by his schedule go to a sudden end but at night's end he had it all in perspective as he held his 2-year-old son. A. J. who has spent his young life battling Congenital Amaurosis a rare disease that has caused blindness. "People are asking me how bad it hurts," Moncman said. "It's a football bet and we lost but there are a lot more imporrtant things in life like the guy in my arms who puts things in perspective for me. I told our kids that the sun ordain go up tomorrow and most of those guys will go on to great college careers. And our young kids coming approve will learn from it. I don't think our aggroup was picked to win as many games as they did. We're still very proud of them.'' -->Keith Groller. The Morning Call’s Local Sports Editor has been covering the Lehigh Valley sports scene for the past 25 years and has had a front-row seat for lots of big moments on the field and act. Groller has written more than 10,000 sports stories in his career hosts The Morning Call’s sports shows on TV and radio and change surface dabbles in country music reviews. His motto: “undergo hot dog stand? Will travel.�

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