Comments on The Clockwork Manual: A penny for my thoughts? No refunds.

I call LBP
what now fuckers

2008-11-08T23:50:00.000Z

I call LBP
what now fuckers

haha whatever dude, i thought you would call MGS5,...

2008-11-08T17:00:00.000Z

haha whatever dude, i thought you would call MGS5, now thats mine too mwaha!

I call the next Infinity Ward COD.

Consider...

2008-11-08T16:55:00.000Z

I call the next Infinity Ward COD.

Consider yourself bammed.

Haha its yours ^o)
I call next GTA!

2008-11-08T16:52:00.000Z

Haha its yours ^o)
I call next GTA!

Dibs on left 4 dead then.

2008-11-08T16:33:00.000Z

Dibs on left 4 dead then.

I hardly expect your views on the game to be exact...

2008-11-08T15:47:00.000Z

I hardly expect your views on the game to be exactly the same as ours, so I see no problems with us taking a subjective view on it informally. Its review should be completely different from what's already been said anyhow.

Go on, post a LBP review, I dare you *readies administrator privilages*.

First point ive hardly had a chance to play little...

2008-11-08T15:40:00.000Z

First point ive hardly had a chance to play littlebigplanet properly and when i finally can play my playstation i need to familiar myself with rock band. Seriously I'd stop when i see myself reaching a dead end with the songs.

Secondly please for fucckss sake stop talking about mirrors edge. Jon gets LBP and i get mirrors edge, does shotgunning/bagsying stuff not mean anything? Nige here talkin about innovation and jon talking about just about everything in the demo which covers probably half gameplay aspects, barring all environment. When my fucking review comes out all I'd be able to do is summarise what everyone has already fucking said. Don't make me put up a LBP review before everyone else..I'll do it! I'm crazy, and it'll be a shit one too cause I've hardly played it.

I want trophy support for rock band.

Speaking of podcasts...

2008-11-08T15:28:00.000Z

Speaking of podcasts...

Oh, I WILL say though that if you want to hear abo...

2008-11-08T14:11:00.000Z

Oh, I WILL say though that if you want to hear about a reviewers personal feelings then you should try listening to them informally talking about games, on podcasts for example.

So firstly, the gaming press won't get paid more f...

2008-11-08T14:09:00.000Z

So firstly, the gaming press won't get paid more for praising a game, they'll get paid exactly the same wage. Any respectable news outlet will work in this way, they have staff writers who have a salary, and the review scores they give don't affect that one bit.

Secondly, although in a perfect world it would be nice for reviewers to tell you what they felt whilst playing a game this is never going to be possible. Why? Feelings are entirely subjective, and everyone's experience is going to be different. The only way in which to give an objective view is to present you with these things that you don't care about, in the hopes that you can use them to decide whether you're interested in a game or not. It's completely impossible to tell readers what emotions they'll experience whilst playing a game, all they can do is tell them what the game does, and users need to decide for themselves whether this sounds fun or not. It's not a perfect system, but it's the best we've got.

Oh and your point about Gamespot is valid, it's a straight up bad site. 1up have tried in the past to remove review scores entirely, but the backlash from the community was so intense that it would have been financial suicide for them to continue with it.

The Mirror's Edge demo IS fun though, I'll give you that.

Comments on The Clockwork Manual: A penny for my thoughts? No refunds.

I call LBPwhat now fuckers

haha whatever dude, i thought you would call MGS5,...

I call the next Infinity Ward COD.Consider...

Haha its yours ^o)I call next GTA!

Dibs on left 4 dead then.

I hardly expect your views on the game to be exact...

First point ive hardly had a chance to play little...

Speaking of podcasts...

Oh, I WILL say though that if you want to hear abo...

So firstly, the gaming press won't get paid more f...

I call LBP
what now fuckers

I call the next Infinity Ward COD.

Consider...

Haha its yours ^o)
I call next GTA!