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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Review versions of games are kinda like bribes.

If you're the only reviewer that doesn't get one then you won't have a review up for when people read them most, right on release day. So game companies can threaten to exclude you if you write something they don't like.

Imo they should be an everyone or no one deal, probably even by law.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We need a Micheal Ficher for game reviews.

Buys his own shit and tells the truth without nitpicking like a douche or fanboying like a simp