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    Limbo

    Game » consists of 19 releases. Released Jul 21, 2010

    A young boy seeks to rescue his lost sister from the dreary, dangerous world of Limbo in this monochrome puzzle-platformer.

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    #1  Edited By Scribbly

    I was browsing Live Arcade and I came across this on the page for Limbo:
     
    "Uncertain of his Sister's Fate, a Boy enters LIMBO..."
    "Giant Bomb - 5/5" 
    "Destructoid - 10/10" etc etc.
     
    This is the first time I've ever seen a GB review quoted anywhere... is the site finally gaining kudos as a reviewer of games?

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    #2  Edited By FancySoapsMan

    I doubt too many websites gave it a perfect score. So in looking for scores to post, they probably chose the highest ones they could find, GB being one of them.
     
    That's my take on it.

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    #3  Edited By ShadowKnight508

    Perhaps...and if so, it is good for Microsoft to publish Giant Bomb's score of a game on Live Arcade. Looks like GB is getting respect among other reviewers.

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    #4  Edited By ImmortalSaiyan

    That's neat. If I recall corectly brad was quoted on the back of the retail of Trine. I could be making that up though.
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    #6  Edited By ez123

    Nuts and Bolts says "Best Xbox 360 Exclusive" - GiantBomb on the upper-left of the box art.  At least the version that has Nuts and Bolts and Viva Pinata bundled does.

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    said:

    " I doubt too many websites gave it a perfect score. So in looking for scores to post, they probably chose the highest ones they could find, GB being one of them.  That's my take on it. "

    It has 16 perfect scores on metacritic.
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    #7  Edited By Dylabaloo

    They were quoted on the Braid website before.

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    #8  Edited By AuthenticM

    Ryan was quoted in the New-York Fucking Times.

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    #9  Edited By Scribbly
    @AuthenticM said:
    " Ryan was quoted in the New-York Fucking Times. "
    Wasn't that the New Yorker? That was the one with the Uh-Uh-Uh-Uh quote and where they referred to the Bombcast as charmingly garrulous.
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    #10  Edited By JJWeatherman

    Didn't Brad have a quote on the back of a Banjo Nuts and Bolts box? Or am I just crazy?

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    #11  Edited By stinky

    Giantbomb – 5/5* 
     
    * but please don't ask Jeff about it.

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    #12  Edited By AuthenticM
    @Smiley26: Oh that's right. Well, I was close enough. :)
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    #13  Edited By zepp
    @Guyzea said:
    " Ryan was quoted on some bootleg chinese game once. "
    HAWT.
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    #14  Edited By LordAndrew

    While perusing Steam's storefront, I've noticed a GameFAQs review cited for one game, and a quote from Tycho Brahe for another. All the reviews on GameFAQs are written by users, and Tycho Brahe is a fictional character. Keep that in mind when considering whether this means the site is "gaining kudos as a reviewer of games".

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    #15  Edited By Video_Game_King
    @LordAndrew: 
     
    What game is that? I'm hoping it's bad just so I have one more reason to hate GameFAQs.
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    #16  Edited By Scribbly
    @LordAndrew said:
    " While perusing Steam's storefront, I've noticed a GameFAQs review cited for one game, and a quote from Tycho Brahe for another. All the reviews on GameFAQs are written by users, and Tycho Brahe is a fictional character. Keep that in mind when considering whether this means the site is "gaining kudos as a reviewer of games". "
    Fair point. Although by Tycho it could mean Jerry Holkins, because Tycho is his alias. But yeah, GameFAQs. No.
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    #17  Edited By Jeffsekai

    When I was doing some expert zone stuff for Microsoft I saw a quote from Brad about Fable 2. I PM'd Brad about it and he had no idea they used it.

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