I still think music critics have their place (speaking as a part-time one)   I'm not a huge fan of the "history of an album" paragraphs but like @HypoXenophobia: said it can be useful for reference when describing different sounds or directions that the artist may be taking, such as Trujillo's more personal bass playing. Or chinese democracy's insane amount of musicians. Or for technical details such as how the album sounds due to the ...

"have you ever been over your friends house to eat and the food just aint no good, i mean the macaronis soggy the peas are mushed and the chicken tastes like wood."  rappers delight, sugar hill gang.  more than a line I guess but still great.

naked zombie sean connery, from samurai zombie nation on the NES.   thanks spoony.

I was already going to, on launch, the reviews have now got me more hyped about it, but I have to wait until my xbox gets back from repair.

haven't tried wolfenstein yet, but with my experience with COJ: BIB Jeff seemed spot on.  I dont agree with everything though, majoras mask is still an awesome game.

my memory is a little hazy, but I thought jeff thought it would be interesting.  myself. not really.

any horror remake of the last 10 years.