My Favorite Reviews: Personal Stories
My favorite thing about this site is learning about my fellow gamers. The reviews that stick with me are the ones where the author shares some of their own life. This is hard! Internet culture favors hot takes and recoils at nuance. Taking the time and emotional risk to open up about yourself and how you were affected is a really lovely and commendable thing.
This is just a small selection of some of my favorite reviews on the site, where the reviewers are putting the "journal" into "games journalism."
This is in no meaningful order and of course far from comprehensive. I'd love to hear your suggestions, and if your work is on this list and you don't want the extra attention please let me know and I'll remove it and delete your comment. I would also encourage anyone who digs this list to make their own version; let's shine some spotlights baby. Thanks to all the authors for these great pieces!
This is just a small selection of some of my favorite reviews on the site, where the reviewers are putting the "journal" into "games journalism."
This is in no meaningful order and of course far from comprehensive. I'd love to hear your suggestions, and if your work is on this list and you don't want the extra attention please let me know and I'll remove it and delete your comment. I would also encourage anyone who digs this list to make their own version; let's shine some spotlights baby. Thanks to all the authors for these great pieces!
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This is amazing, I always think is super cool when people make lists about reviews they like, whether it's from other users or even their own, and this is such a nice group and topic, and I'm super happy to be a part of this. I will be reading the ones I haven't check out yet for sure, incredible list! :D
woah im on here 0: u made my day, this is such a cute idea <3
Fantastic list here!
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Love this idea, definitely met some pretty cool fellow gamers through this website and now its my own personal addiction.
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omg thank you!!!!!!
This is an amazing idea that I believe I will start a similar list! Thanks for this so I can check these out that I probably wouldn’t have seen most without it.
i should probably tell you to remove my review: it was removed for being "completely unrelated to the game", and I guess I can't exactly argue that, so it's probably done for.
@Squigglydot that's incredibly disappointing because it's the exact kind of review I like the most (well except for the "goodbye Backloggd" part).
@cowboyjosh I'm attempting to appeal it, but i don't really have a lot of hope lol
Hi! I was the one who wrote the Metal Gear Solid 2 review, but I deleted my account due to personal reasons. I'll reupload and refine it someday, but I wanted to let you know.
@Revacholian thanks for the heads up! I removed the dead link; let me know if you get around to reposting it.
@Squigglydot I held out hope for quite a while but I finally took off yours too; let me know if it comes back!
@Squigglydot I held out hope for quite a while but I finally took off yours too; let me know if it comes back!
Weatherby
6 months ago