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Game Critics

videogamedunkey · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Gaming culture & analysis

What it is

A videogamedunkey video essay on video game critics. It argues that a critic's taste and integrity matter as much as their score, and tries to explain why major outlets give such inflated ratings.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as an amusing but thoughtful take on review inflation and game journalism, in threads about reviews and ratings.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “his video about game critics[0], where he goes into some detail about the preferences and integrity of the critic”

    Argues critic taste and integrity matter as much as the rating

    ljm, 2018-05 · Recommendation · in “The Never-Ending War on Fake Reviews”

  2. “Dunkey presented a fairly well-argued idea why major publications tend to give 9+/10 reviews to games”

    Explains why major outlets give inflated review scores

    fyrabanks, 2019-08 · Recommendation · in “Devilution – A web port of the original Diablo game”

  3. “From time to time he makes a video-essay which are usually great, I would recommend a "Game Critics"[0] and part two”

    One of dunkey's good video essays, with a part two

    MaXtreeM, 2021-08 · Recommendation · in “Video Game Pricing [video]”

  4. “An amusing and yet thoughtful take on the problem comes from Videogamedunkey”

    Amusing yet thoughtful take on the problem with game journalism

    seanhunter, 2022-07 · Recommendation · in “The man who made the “worst” video game in history (2019)”

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Topics: game reviews, review scores, games journalism, critics, videogamedunkey

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