Yes :(
As for suggestions to "fix them", all I can ask of the staff is:
-Play them for more than 15 minutes before hand if you are going to make blanket, matter-of-fact statements about the quality or intentions of the game. This is something that Patrick does alot, and it is DRIVING ME CRAZY.
-This year has seemed especially cynical. I think one of the reasons people like Vinny is that he is generally positive. I come to this website because, and this may surprise you seeing as I am writing a post on a message board, I am excited about games. I understand the job of reviewing games can put you off of them as a whole, but I would wager that not too many people would give a shit if you just abandoned literally reviewing games. Alot of people don't come to the site just to read reviews. I would be much more interested, and am, in nearly any other piece of content you could write on a game than an analysis of why it is good or whatever.
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