Steve West from Blend Games/Cinema Blend, writes about the conflict of reviewing video games. He explains the troubles game reviewers have of addressing the reviews to the general public, to gamers and for the sake of getting respect from within the media industry.

There are endless discussions on gaming forums, op-ed articles posted on blogs and websites, and a general discourse about how to properly review a game. These people never shut up about appropriate etiquette and what makes a good review. Recently Stephen Totillo, of MTV Multiplayer, posted up a portion of his participation in Shawn Elliot’s Game Reviews Symposium where he compares game reviews to book, TV, and movie reviews. He makes the very valid point that game reviewers and gamers are completely different people

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