Fake Reviews
I'm sure that all of you have, at some point, seen a review which praises a game which you hate with a vengeance. It happens. Take the EarthBound reviews all over the web. And trust me: there are millions. Earthbound was an important turning point in many peoples lives. But the thing is, the reviewers have always been blinded by their love or hate of the game.
Let me explain. Say I were to write a review of Earthbound, I would score it maybe a 9 or 10. Someone who hates it might score it a 2 or 3. In all my time searching, I've never found anyone with an unbiased approach to reviewing. Every single EB review I've laid eyes on is biased in some way or another.
What could this mean? Well, maybe EarthBound isn't quite as good as so many people think it to be. And maybe through all of these reviews, a lot of people who probably wouldn't have played EB otherwise, decided that hey, "This game is supposed to be really good!" and decided to go out and buy it, because everyone else says so. Because of reviews which are probably incorrect and unfair.
So? Our fake reviews mean more fans to hang out with, right? More fans to hang out with means more content for us to peruse at our leisure. But the downside is all the people who must have gone to the trouble of getting this "great game" and hated its guts out. Because of misleading reviews, they may have wasted a lot of time and energy searching out a game which they aren't going to like because of a bunch of people wrote reviews which led them to believe it was going to be their best ever gaming experience.
In conclusion, I'm a little confused. All I've really said is that our love of EarthBound is unfair on the gaming newbies. Which I admit makes no sense. So maybe it's more the fault of the mere newbie, who doesn't do the full research on a game before getting it. Bah, I don't know. As long as we all love EarthBound (and we do, right?) I don't care what happens to the non-EB fans. And that includes everyone's best friend who hates EarthBound. Yeah, you know who you are.
I'm sure that all of you have, at some point, seen a review which praises a game which you hate with a vengeance. It happens. Take the EarthBound reviews all over the web. And trust me: there are millions. Earthbound was an important turning point in many peoples lives. But the thing is, the reviewers have always been blinded by their love or hate of the game.
Let me explain. Say I were to write a review of Earthbound, I would score it maybe a 9 or 10. Someone who hates it might score it a 2 or 3. In all my time searching, I've never found anyone with an unbiased approach to reviewing. Every single EB review I've laid eyes on is biased in some way or another.
What could this mean? Well, maybe EarthBound isn't quite as good as so many people think it to be. And maybe through all of these reviews, a lot of people who probably wouldn't have played EB otherwise, decided that hey, "This game is supposed to be really good!" and decided to go out and buy it, because everyone else says so. Because of reviews which are probably incorrect and unfair.
So? Our fake reviews mean more fans to hang out with, right? More fans to hang out with means more content for us to peruse at our leisure. But the downside is all the people who must have gone to the trouble of getting this "great game" and hated its guts out. Because of misleading reviews, they may have wasted a lot of time and energy searching out a game which they aren't going to like because of a bunch of people wrote reviews which led them to believe it was going to be their best ever gaming experience.
In conclusion, I'm a little confused. All I've really said is that our love of EarthBound is unfair on the gaming newbies. Which I admit makes no sense. So maybe it's more the fault of the mere newbie, who doesn't do the full research on a game before getting it. Bah, I don't know. As long as we all love EarthBound (and we do, right?) I don't care what happens to the non-EB fans. And that includes everyone's best friend who hates EarthBound. Yeah, you know who you are.
