There's an intersting article up at destructiod about revamping the review system. I've felt that the review system is problematic for a little while now but I've yet to figure out a course of action. Different people consume these reviews for different reasons so it seems best for the reviewers to differentiate themselves by catering to different tastes. Short of that, I think by and large the system in place now (mostly the 10 point scale) is fine so long as critics are being truthful, which by and large they seem to be.

300 episodes is quite an achievement. Even more amazing is how the series continues to be excellent thoughout the years.

300 was in a word: thoughtless. I usually like the story of a last stand, a romantic notion that ends in death, but this movie was too unfocused and the much trumped-up visual style was nothing we haven't seen before. C- I would not recommend.

Gamespot has that here. The whole thing is a good read, fascinating to get some insight on his way of thinking. Most notible to me was his goal to get his wife into games and how the Wii seemed to succeed in that. It reminded me of talks I've had with Pajamo, about how gaming needs to pull in the fair sex and how Pajamo's own wife had started to play games (though that was pre-Wii).