Every time we hear about a new game hitting the shelves, what is the first thing we do? Go online and check any websites we can for hints as to whether its worth our money or not. We check every last rating, read every last hit/miss list, and even check the wiki for a compilation of the scores to reassure us of our purchase. Some of us have lost faith in the review system, subscribing to ideas such as publications being paid off(becoming more evident when an employee was fired for giving a bad review of a game published by a major sponsor, and then that published review being "touched up" to be better). We are a people who rely on the honor system when it comes to things like reviews. Throwing our beliefs away to what we read or who we talk to. Recently, something has occurred to me.
( Gaming Soup )