# Best game reviews EVER **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2007, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656 "2007-10-14T06:11:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/1 "2007-10-14T06:11:09Z")
If you like PC gaming follow my link below for a treat. If you do not like PC gaming follow my link below for a treat. This guy is not only humorous as hell he is generally spot on. The link is to his review of Halo 3 but by all means listen to the other reviews you see listed to the right of that. You’ll thank me (BTW the reviews are streaming video…not terribly work safe either for some language) [Zero Punctuation review of Halo 3](http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2304-Zero-Punctuation-Halo-3) ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/2 "2007-10-14T11:14:57Z")
Great stuff, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/3 "2007-10-14T12:10:27Z")
Awesome; I like this a lot. The one for [Fable](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYQLR7dE5k4) in particular was ace (this wasn’t one of the ones for Escapist magazine). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/4 "2007-10-14T13:24:00Z")
That is seriously entertaining. I enjoyed the Psychonauts review which featured a “James Randi Keep Out” sign in front of the psychic summer camp… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/5 "2007-10-14T15:48:16Z")
Cool review. By the way, that guy also makes some really good amateur adventure games. I suggest everyone try playing, “Five Days a Stranger” and it’s sequels. If you do play the “Days” series, make sure you play them in order. It goes: 1. Five Days a Stranger. 2. Seven Days a Skeptic 3. Trilby’s Notes 4. Six Days a Sacrifice. They are all free from his web site, which is here. [Stranger Games](http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/games.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/6 "2007-10-14T19:03:02Z")
Funny and dead-on accurate. 🙂 I’ll have to check out his games – thanks for the link to those. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/7 "2007-10-15T01:09:25Z")
Ouch. The one for Tabula Rasa is dead on target, even though I really like the game. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/8 "2007-10-15T01:13:31Z")
I haven’t played any of the games he reviewed, so the only one I’ve watched is his Wii vs. XBOX vs. PS3 video, which was quite amusing. The “blu-Ray” joke in particular was pretty clever. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/9 "2007-10-15T11:11:49Z")
Cute review. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/10 "2007-10-15T15:11:44Z")
It’s kind of strange that he’s never played a Halo game before this one. How do you review video games for a living, and happen to miss the ones that basically defined an entire major game hardware system? I wouldn’t call this review “dead on accurate” by any means, but it sure is funny as hell. Some parts of it are right on, though, like the “pants-on-head stupid” marines driving the warthog into the wall and sticking their fingers in their nose while they get blown up by a tank. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/11 "2007-10-15T17:19:42Z")
The Tomb Raider Anniversary review is great too, maybe better. ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/12 "2007-10-15T18:14:41Z")
Yeah I like this guy’s reviews a lot. Although he’s certainly negative, his bitches are fairly accurate, and overall (as in the case of Bioshock) he does say it’s a good game. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/13 "2007-10-15T18:35:40Z")
Bad reviews are the best: [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigrigsotrr/review.html](http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigrigsotrr/review.html) Also, anything on seanbaby’s old NES site was pure gold. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/14 "2007-10-16T07:43:47Z")
[QUOTE=Jayrot] Yeah I like this guy’s reviews a lot. Although he’s certainly negative, his bitches are fairly accurate, and overall (as in the case of Bioshock) he does say it’s a good game. [/QUOTE] Bah, he totally missed the mark on that one. Bioshock is the definition of overrated. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/15 "2007-10-16T07:45:20Z")
Anyone remember Morgan Webb doing a review about the “Cawk.” ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/16 "2007-10-16T14:02:12Z")
[QUOTE=Red Barchetta] Bah, he totally missed the mark on that one. Bioshock is the definition of overrated. [/QUOTE] He called it an overrated shallow kick in the balls…what more do you want? Fairly funny reviews too bad there’s no more of them…and more for games I’ve actually played. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/17 "2007-10-16T14:10:48Z")
**Pants on head retarded.** **Captain Bland’s Monotonos Adventure** **Earth: under new management.** GOLD! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/18 "2007-10-16T14:17:31Z")
I am not a gamer. I’ve never played any of these games. But I am listening and watching crying from laughter. Thanks, **whack a mole** ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/19 "2007-10-16T14:45:47Z")
[QUOTE=Cyberhwk] Anyone remember Morgan Webb doing a review about the “Cawk.” [/QUOTE] Subscribe! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656/20 "2007-10-16T18:37:47Z")
[QUOTE=Drain Bead] Bad reviews are the best: [/QUOTE] Yep. It’s been a long time now so I forget the game it was for or who wrote it but one reviewer noted how awful the manual was for a particular game. He opined that if he fed his dog a box of Scrabble chips it would likely shit a better manual. To this day I keep waiting to use that line. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-game-reviews-ever/422656.md?page=2)