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Subject: Metacritics founder speaks
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j.s.1983 12.07.11 - 10:08am
Says META scores are not balanced ''Marc Doyle, co-founder of Metacritic, was given an opportunity to actively defend his site's methodology and its role in the industry on the latest A Jumps B Shoots Podcast and he thinks he's got the answer to our review score woes.'' * +
j.s.1983 12.07.11 - 10:09am
''How do we achieve review score balance? Review all the . Doyle states that reviewers need to be more aware of the fact that every score serves a purpose. We all know the differences between an eight game and a nine, but who can really differentiate between a three and a four?'' * +
j.s.1983 12.07.11 - 10:09am
''Critics need to review everything (not just AAA titles) so that we can, as Doyle puts it, get that precision on the low end to reflect the precision on the high end. In order to truly understand how scores should work, we need to review every game and build a better concept of average.'' * +
j.s.1983 12.07.11 - 10:09am
''Head over to A Jumps B Shoots and give the full audio a listen for more of Doyle's insight on game scores, weighted metascores, and how exactly publications are picked for and dropped from Metacritic. It's really a great interview and a welcomed look at their side of these ongoing issues.'' * +
j.s.1983 12.07.11 - 10:09am
http://www.destructoid.com/metacritic-founder-agrees-game-ratings-are-imbalanced-205776.phtml * +
djtaktix 12.07.11 - 10:35am
metacritic s*cks a55 * +
rapiiid1 12.07.11 - 12:41pm
Meta wasn't unbalanced when he was banging on about Mario Meta or Zelda having the highest Meta of any game. * +
oetinger 12.07.11 - 12:44pm
I fully agree with Taktix. I read reviews on Gamedynamo. * +
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