Posted on May 15, 2008 by Wow
[For a new feature here at Wow's Media Blog, I present to you the first video game review. Enjoy!]
Mario Kart Wii, the newest of the beloved go-kart racing series featuring Mario characters was released, somewhat bizarrely, two days before that of superstar Grand Theft Auto IV. Ultimately for Mario and friends, this poorly chosen [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by Wow
Grand Theft Auto IV’s (GTA IV) release was never in doubt to be a media sensation. The newest installment in the open-world-free-for-all-violent-shooter-with-hookers series has already been panned by lawyer Jack Thompson and others who think GTA will cause us to go pick up hookers and then kill them and spend their days shouting “think of [...]
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Posted on April 18, 2008 by Wow
Reviews of any form of media: television, film, music, books, video games, etc. are rarely a consensus. Look at Rotten Tomatoes’ best of 2007. Only 3 movies out of 100s received a 100% consensus that they were overall good movies, and even those 3 did not receive all “4-star,” “A+” or “10/10″ reviews, but a [...]
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