Video Game Critics And Reviewers you follow.

Back in the old days i used to follow Zero Punctuation, But i eventually got sick of his eternal hate for Nintendo.

Nowadays as you can tell by my signature (in the event i change it in the future is "please support deafgamers.com) i follow this site http://www.deafgamers.com/ , it is pretty good, helps that their cause is very noble.

i must warn you though, they are not very hard-assed,they update extremely slowlly,and they do not evaluate the game`s soundtrack for obvious reasons.

what about you guys?

The only one I really go out of my way to follow is Zero Punctuation. Yeah, his Nintendo bias is annoying, but it's mostly a comedy show anyway. Five minutes of free entertainment is a good enough deal for me.

yeah, but in my opinion it has gotten old and tired.

edited 9th Mar '13 5:14:00 AM by SaintDeltora

Five minutes of free entertainment. I got far too much free time lately, so my standards have gotten a little low lately.

Zero Punctuation here too. I don't mind his Nintendo-bias that much, and he is far too entertaining to miss out on.

Aside from that, I don't really "follow" reviewers. STAR_ and Jerma aren't as much reviewers as they are gameplay commentators who sometimes do game reviews, and I sometimes watch a Total Halibut "WTF is...?", but they are usually too long for me to watch regularly. I like to read Rock Paper Shotgun-articles, which sometimes are reviews, but that's again because of the entertainment value.

Yup, Zero Punctuation here too. Also The Angry Joe Show and Jimquisiotion occasionally, but recently I haven't looked them up much, just a few videos. I mostly follow movie and animation reviewers anyway.

maybe i should expand this to "critics and reviewers you like"?

Zero Punctuation and Extra Credits for me. Some of Croshaw's hate is a bit tiring to listen to but even in the reviews where I violently disagree with him he is usually really rather funny.

Extra Credits goes into so much detail about the games industry in general that it is hard to ignore them. Their writer is erudite, witty, and usually pretty much on the mark.

I didn't like their episodes on religion and faith in games though.

Oh, yeah, I almost forgot about Extra Credits. Though they actually talk more about the video game industry and genres as a whole and how they can be improved. They rarely review a single title, though it's been known to happen.

Extra Credits really is awesome, hun?

i do not always agree with them (ex: their episode on "sex in games" and their opinion that kanji is gay.) but i can always see where they are coming from.

edited 9th Mar '13 5:56:30 AM by SaintDeltora

There's also Moviebob. He's not quite as spot-on as Extra Credits, but that makes him a bit more interesting to listen to and think about.

Jimquisition has a bit of a "low-hanging fruit" vibe, handling topics that pretty much anyone could have handled competently, but the way he occasionally goes the extra mile to prove a point makes it worth at least checking out what he's on about.

The Extra Credits team did a two-part review of Spec Ops: The Line that should be the industry standard in dealing with that title as far as this troper is concerned. They took a few well aimed and well delivered kicks at other reviewers in the process, kicks that needed to be sent in my view.

Oh and it was Ben Croshaw's top game of 2012 as well. And he hates all modern military shooters.

edited 9th Mar '13 6:26:25 AM by TamH70

Yes, I know, I watched both those reviews. I admit, I was impressed and I agree with what both Yahtzee and the Extra Credits team had to say about it.

I'd say the only specific reviewer I follow is Jim Sterling.

I find him funny.

I like Spill's video game reviews, though I don't recall them doing one in quite a while...

The RPS writers, Total Biscuit, Angry Joe, and Erik Kain, Paul Tassi, David Thier on Forbes...

Rock Paper Shotgun, because they're no bullshit and always insightful. Jim Sterling for the same reason, plus he's a funny dude. The Giant Bomb crew because their quick looks are invaluable and their Bombcasts are The Best.

edited 9th Mar '13 10:37:05 PM by Firestorm

GB all the way. I'm on Destructoid a lot but that's mostly for the quantity, I find most of the writers insufferable and the opinion pieces are terrible.

I don't care for Extra Credits though. A lot of their ideas are terrible. That whole "Every game is an arcade" idea was one of the absolute worst ideas I'd ever heard.

edited 9th Mar '13 9:38:56 PM by OdieEsty

Yahtzee, Angry Joe, Adam Sessler, etc.

Can't think of more off the top of my head. Oddly enough, each one has elements that I dislike about them. (Yahtzee is anti-JRPG, Joe is anti-Play Station, Sessler is a bit too harsh on games that don't innovate enough for his taste, etc.)

Tom Francis aka Pentadact of PC Gamer UK.

Besides Total Biscuit, I like LazyGameReviews.

This is a man with good taste. Lazy Game Reviews is awesome, and I really, really wish more video reviewers followed in his example.

I can't say I see the love for Jim Sterling, though. He always seemed like nothing but a huge troll who hated games everybody loved just so it'd bring him hits.

I generally use Rock Paper Shotgun for my PC game reviews. I don't really use consoles all that much, so I don't really follow other reviewers, I usually go by fan reactions for that.

I usually don't use reviewers to decide on whether to get a game or not these days, but I still like checking on Yahtzee because he's funny and often gives a perspective that I don't see in a lot a reviews.

Extra Credits is great but they're not really reviewers. They rarely focus on one particular game and when they do it's because it will lead to bigger ideas.

TB keeps emphasizing that he does mostly first impression videos rather than reviews.