Starhawk Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 Just curious, is this phrase just a generalization of the IGN mentality, or is it an actual direct quote from some fanboy? I've never really used it (thought it was funny ) and the phrase has obviously worked itself into video game lingo. :?: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 well the same could be said for IGN though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 Every site is biased... if I don't agree with their reviews... :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 The phrase was created by HTF and LCVG resident BrianB (dogbert) who coined it after the 5 million threads proclaiming Gamespot was biased against the Xbox for thier "lower than IGN" score. Its been a running joke since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark E Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 And the one time I used it over in the other forum, I was ravaged like sick jackals . I love Gamespot, so it amuses me greatly. I am not going to go into my big rant, because parts of IGN are ok, but a lot of IGN reads like it's being run and written by four-year-olds. The howlingly unfunny Q&A section of the PS2 site being case in point, though this may have been fixed since I gave up reading the whole thing in disgust some months back. A lot of slow people don't realize that reviews are actually opinion based. Just because somebody doesn't agree with you doesn't mean its wrong. Or that you are. We've all liked games that are reviled by others. It's the same thing, except these people are paid for it. I have never had an issue with GameSpot reviews, period. That's my Gamespot review of Gamespot reviews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 That's my Gamespot review of Gamespot reviews "MARK IS TEH BIAS!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark E Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 Don't start me Romier, I know you've been posting all that E3 news just to increase your post count :mrgreen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted May 16, 2003 Report Share Posted May 16, 2003 IGN can't ever look to be biased since they basically score on a 3 point model but disguise it as 10. What'd they give Matrix? I'll guess 7.8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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