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If you buy it from the PopCap website it is $20, but if you get it through Steam it is only $10.

"Anyone who doesn't buy Don't Stop Believing should be shot and killed."

I was originally not a fan of a 5 star system, but over time I grew to love it.  A 10 point system does have its advantages, and it certainly works well in the context of sites like GameSpot and IGN, but Giant Bomb is a very different site.  When a review is given on a game, it's their opinion of the game and the experience they had with it.  With all 5 stars being used frequently, internet forums don't go into flames when a game gets a certain score.  A 10 point system seems to only encourage debate and hostility, because most people view 10 as being perfect, and if a game they had problems with gets a 10 they get infuriated. 

With me, for example, I liked Grand Theft Auto 4, but on a 10 point scale, I would not give it a 10.  Towards the end I felt like it got repetitive, and it made me wonder how it got such a rare score of 10 from both IGN and GameSpot.  However, was it a 5 star game?  Totally.  5 stars to me means that the game is awesome and worthy of purchase, and in the end, that's all I need to know.  Everyone has different tastes, and one person's opinion of the perfect game could vary drastically from mine.

So in conclusion, for those who don't want to read two paragraphs of me rambling, the biggest advantage of a 5 star system is that every star is used.  This gives a clear, concise opinion of the reviewer's experience with the game, and it helps prevent the internet breaking into hell over a score.

I'd tie my shoes.  They were the reason I tripped and fell into an endless hole.  After that I'd order pizza.

I think calling the gameplay competent is a bit of an understatement.  For me, at least, Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2 are the only games that can rival Super Mario World as my favorite 2D platformers.  Excellent art design, varied and extremely fun gameplay, and a great sense of humor really made the Donkey Kong Country series stand out.

Is review controversy going to become a November tradition?

From my experience, it largely depends on what you consider casually.  I play games in my spare time, and if I spend a night after school or work playing WoW, then I don't look it any differently than if I had spent that night playing 360.  However, I never disassociate myself from my friends to play the game, nor do I skip work or school to do it either.  For those reasons, I do not consider myself addicted.  It's definitely a hobby that I spend a lot of time with, but certainly not one that I am willing to sacrifice things in my life for.

His third eye gives him a cunning advantage in staring contests.  I call that functional.

Alliance, cause we keep our feet on the ground and do not forget the naaru.