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That's how I was raised and as you can see, I turned out just fine! (Cheesy grin)

GTA is one of those franchises people will defend to the death,Chris. I can understand why. Rockstar's games are always vast in scope and they almost always push the envelope. Still, these people are having a stroke over a reviewer not giving GTA 5 a "perfect 10". I mean it still got 9 out of 10 and editor's choice. Aka, it will still be a nominee on gamespot for game of the year.

Heck, it would nice to see Dynasty warriors get a 9 or 10 once in awhile. I'm a big fan of the franchise and on average it gets 7's and 8's. (Which is actually pretty good considering western game journalism went through a long period of time totally hating on Koei. lol. At least now a warriors title is given a fair shot and people will actually play them before judging them.)

You're dead on about people being subjective though. Like it or not our viewpoint does color our perception of things. Thus a good reviewer to me is simply someone who can dial back their subjectivity a bit and still be fair. This is why Carolyn seems okay to me in her GTA 5 review. Yeah,certain things offended her but she didn't let that ruin the whole game for her. Giving someone hell for scoring a game "9 out of 10" is beyond juvenile. How can that even begin to be misconstrued as "hate"??

Pitfall is where it's at,especially the slick snes remake! I loved that game!

I admit I design characters to "look hawt" from a visual perspective. However, that's just biology. But when I write about those same characters I do give them layers and they're supposed to represent more than raw sex appeal.

I don't feel guilty of this on account most women writers and illustrators do the same thing. They crank out a lot of Fabio, Justin Bieber, and Edward Cullen types.

It's just kind of weird many feminists try to make men feel "guilty" for being heterosexual and expressing heterosexual fantasies. Isn't that arguing with nature itself? Condemning men for being men is kind of ridiculous!

Thanks,knight. Appreciate it!

At first I really didn't like Feedbackula. Aka, it seemed like a snarky way of trolling Gamespot's very own user base. But after being at gamespot for a bit I realized a lot of these same people deserved to be trolled back.

That happens a lot. Aka,people getting outraged by a game they haven't played yet. I imagine sometimes it's because they're buying it for the first time and want it confirmed in their minds "it's that good". Then again, I loved Nier and considered it one of my personal games of the year without needing the top game review outlets to back up my opinion. People rage over the silliest crap,James. lol.

Andrew's right I think. It's just "people" at large,Townz. You got good ones and bad ones. Sadly the stupid jerk-holes tend to be the most outspoken. lol.

The New Vegas incident pissed me off too. For all intents and purposes Obsidian's Fallout sequel still did extremely well. Denying their bonus over a 1 point difference on a meta-critic score was petty bullshit,Andrew.

 In Carolyn's case though she still gave GTA 5 an "editor's choice award" and a 9 out of 10. I doubt that's going to tank GTA 5's meta-rating.