(emphasis added).If you didn't see the bolded characters, you may think I was going for the advertising statement. So we have made objectivity our top priority. The way we see it, if we weren't completely impartial, you wouldn't come back to the site. Our goal is to provide completely impartial information about all of the movies, albums, and games you find on our site, so that you may make an informed decision when deciding what to watch, hear, or play. We are not affiliated with any studio, record company, or game company nor do we directly sell any of the products reviewed on our site. and if you'd like to help, contact us about advertising on our site or licensing our content.) We do make a small amount of money if you click on one of the links to buy games or soundtracks or books or DVDs on our site and then actually make a purchase. It is answered with:Ī: First of all, if you've been reading the papers lately you'd realize that NOBODY is making money on the Internet. In fact you are welcome to peruse my bias which stands up like a petulant child in each and every post.)Ī question in Metacritic's FAQ section asks why the scores are trustworthy, and whether Metacritic is a scam to make money. (Please note, I am not suggesting I am without bias, in fact I am neither a journalist nor unbiased. I did write about a number of factors which could be biasing the scores, but I missed one little tiny one worth noting.

If the movie business worked this way, there would be no career for those involved in the Sex and the City film, which scored a 52, and Adam Sandler would never have made another film after the revenue spewing behemoth 'The Waterboy,' which scored a 41. Forget about how silly our reliance sounds, forget about revenue, forget about how biased the reviewers are and forget the reviewers play more games in a week than most people play in a console cycle, give Metacritic and its subjective mystery system more power. A developer's compensation and next job will be based on Metacritic scores.

I admit I am harping on Metacritic, but as Steven Totilo pointed out unfortunately, our industry has decided to be the first industry in the history of entertainment to focus on critical praise over dollars. A couple weeks ago I wrote about latent and patent factors influencing Metacritic scores, but there is more to say.

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