https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2024/10/01/oneaday-day-116-should-you-finish-a-game-before-talking-about-it/ Memoirs of a nobody Sun, 06 Apr 2025 21:37:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2024/10/01/oneaday-day-116-should-you-finish-a-game-before-talking-about-it/#comment-4238 Thu, 10 Oct 2024 22:54:24 +0000 https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/?p=25052#comment-4238 I think you really hit the nail on the head with the distinction between 'review as buyer's guide' and 'review as critique/exploration/study'. And I think this distinction is why, as official publication reviews and short-form reviews tend to lean in the former direction, there has been a rise in demand for long-form "critique" videos.
As much as a buyer's guide can be useful for something I'm on the fence about, usually I know pretty well if I want to get a game or not and I'm actually more interested in hearing other peoples' considered takes after I've beaten a game myself.

]]> https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2024/10/01/oneaday-day-116-should-you-finish-a-game-before-talking-about-it/#comment-4237 Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:50:20 +0000 https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/?p=25052#comment-4237 […] haven't yet finished it, though, so I'm not going to write about it (likely on MoeGamer) until then. What I did want to comment on was a more general observation about […]

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