80 Bit Podsmash Episode 069: Review Scores!

80-Bit Podsmash

English - January 14, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
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Penguin & Termite discuss the video game industry's review scoring system. Metacritic seems to be at the center of it all. Should this be the case? Metacritic drives developer bonuses, publisher deals, and all sorts of business relationships with retailers and influencers.

Notes:

https://kotaku.com/metacritic-matters-how-review-scores-hurt-video-games-472462218 https://kotaku.com/a-look-at-metacritics-many-problems-1684984944 https://www.metacritic.com/faq Music: http://ozzed.net Ozzed - Seductive Space http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/