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* EightPointEight: This tended to spring up a lot, especially since they had a section of the magazine (in their "old reviews" section, showing past scores) devoted entirely for fan comments about their scores. Most fans who didn't like a review insisted their favourite game should get a 100% -- Bill Donohue eventually complained that ''every'' fan says that.
** They gave a notorious review to ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (known to some as ''Mother 2''), giving it a score of 69% and pointing out flaws in the graphics, plot and standard uninnovative [=RPG=] battle engine. According to them, the game didn't compare to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' or most of its contemporaries. Fans of the game ''freaked'', and repeatedly wrote in over the following months to demand that the game should earn a 100% score.
** After the switch to Ultra Game Players, one reader noted that it was unfair that a game which was otherwise flawless could get a less-than-perfect score simply because it wasn't groundbreaking, thanks to the inclusion of the new "innovation" category.
** One of the editors of ''Diehard Gamefan'' was positively ''livid'' at the mediocre review the mag gave to ''Yoshi's Island'', declaring it a sign that some people just didn't appreciate good games because the graphics weren't state of the art. Reading the review, it's quite clear writer Chris Slate barely had time to actually play it (he refers to Baby Mario as "the baby", never mentioning it by name).
* CriticalDissonance: Infamously, they gave a ''77%'' rating to ''VideoGame/ShaqFu'' (mostly for its visuals and music), despite being considered one of the worst video games of all time by a ton of people. To be fair... Shaquille O'Neal was the guest reviewer that issue, and they even joked that the ''had'' to give it a good review because of that (though "confessed" that the game was actually pretty good, so it was unnecessary).
** Similarly, ''VideoGame/{{Ballz}}'' also scored in the [=70s=] range, and is also considered one of the worst fighting games ever made.
** They gave a notorious review to ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (known to some as ''Mother 2''), giving it a score of 69% and pointing out flaws in the graphics, plot and standard uninnovative [=RPG=] battle engine. According to them, the game didn't compare to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' or most of its contemporaries. Fans of the game ''freaked'', and repeatedly wrote in over the following months to demand that the game should earn a 100% score.
** After the switch to Ultra Game Players, one reader noted that it was unfair that a game which was otherwise flawless could get a less-than-perfect score simply because it wasn't groundbreaking, thanks to the inclusion of the new "innovation" category.
** One of the editors of ''Diehard Gamefan'' was positively ''livid'' at the mediocre review the mag gave to ''Yoshi's Island'', declaring it a sign that some people just didn't appreciate good games because the graphics weren't state of the art. Reading the review, it's quite clear writer Chris Slate barely had time to actually play it (he refers to Baby Mario as "the baby", never mentioning it by name).
* CriticalDissonance: Infamously, they gave a ''77%'' rating to ''VideoGame/ShaqFu'' (mostly for its visuals and music), despite being considered one of the worst video games of all time by a ton of people. To be fair... Shaquille O'Neal was the guest reviewer that issue, and they even joked that the ''had'' to give it a good review because of that (though "confessed" that the game was actually pretty good, so it was unnecessary).
** Similarly, ''VideoGame/{{Ballz}}'' also scored in the [=70s=] range, and is also considered one of the worst fighting games ever made.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: In some respects, PC Accelerator was this for Game Players/UGP, especially since it had a couple former GP staff like Mike Salmon and Dan Egger. It had similar wacky humor but aimed at a more adult reading audience, with HotterAndSexier being the key difference.
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** In some respects, PC Accelerator was this for Game Players/UGP, especially since it had a couple former GP staff like Mike Salmon and Dan Egger. It had similar wacky humor but aimed at a more adult reading audience, with HotterAndSexier being the key difference.
** In some respects, PC Accelerator was this for Game Players/UGP, especially since it had a couple former GP staff like Mike Salmon and Dan Egger. It had similar wacky humor but aimed at a more adult reading audience, with HotterAndSexier being the key difference.
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** Then, of course, there was the transition to ''Game Buyer''. It reverted to the humor-free format of the early ''Ultra Game Players'' issues, and while the rating system simplified to a 5-star system, the bar graphs for the five rating categories (graphics, sound, controls, gameplay, depth) were needlessly complex.
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** Then, of course, there was the transition to ''Game Buyer''. It reverted to the humor-free format of the early ''Ultra Game Players'' issues, and while the rating system simplified to a 5-star system, the bar graphs for the five rating categories (graphics, sound, controls, gameplay, depth) were needlessly complex.complex.
* SpiritualSuccessor: In some respects, PC Accelerator was this for Game Players/UGP, especially since it had a couple former GP staff like Mike Salmon and Dan Egger. It had similar wacky humor but aimed at a more adult reading audience, with HotterAndSexier being the key difference.
** PSM could also be considered as such, since Bill Donahue, Chris Slate, and Francesca Reyes were all part of the writing staff, and while it didn't have the same level of humor as ''GP'', some of it did carry over.
* SpiritualSuccessor: In some respects, PC Accelerator was this for Game Players/UGP, especially since it had a couple former GP staff like Mike Salmon and Dan Egger. It had similar wacky humor but aimed at a more adult reading audience, with HotterAndSexier being the key difference.
** PSM could also be considered as such, since Bill Donahue, Chris Slate, and Francesca Reyes were all part of the writing staff, and while it didn't have the same level of humor as ''GP'', some of it did carry over.
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** In the July 1994 issue, one reader thought they should make a game based on the Izzy Olympics mascot. Sure enough, two years later, such a game was actually made: ''Izzy's Quest For the Olympic Rings''.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A less-extreme example than others related to this trope, but editor Jeff Lundrigan (who often covered games in the RPG genre) also held the nickname of "Lucky" in the magazine. Although he would work at ''Next Generation Magazine'' for some time after leaving ''Game Players'', he would later become unemployed and fade into obscurity unlike ''Game Players'' alumni such as Slate (''Nintendo Power''), Donohue (''PSM'') and Roger Burchill (editor-in-chief of ''OPM'' before it closed down) who are still remembered. Pretty ''un''lucky.
** [[EightPointEight He ''was'' the one to review]] ''VideoGame/EarthBound''...[[NeverLiveItDown perhaps the wrath of the game's fans somehow played a part in killing his career?]]
** [[EightPointEight He ''was'' the one to review]] ''VideoGame/EarthBound''...[[NeverLiveItDown perhaps the wrath of the game's fans somehow played a part in killing his career?]]
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: HarsherInHindsight: A less-extreme example than others related to this trope, example, but editor Jeff Lundrigan (who often covered games in the RPG genre) also held the nickname of "Lucky" in the magazine. Although he would work at ''Next Generation Magazine'' for some time after leaving ''Game Players'', he would later become unemployed and fade into obscurity unlike ''Game Players'' alumni such as Slate (''Nintendo Power''), Donohue (''PSM'') and Roger Burchill (editor-in-chief of ''OPM'' before it closed down) who are still remembered. Pretty ''un''lucky.
** [[EightPointEight He ''was'' the one to review]] ''VideoGame/EarthBound''...[[NeverLiveItDown perhaps the wrath of the game's fans somehow played a part in killing his career?]]''un''lucky.
** [[EightPointEight He ''was'' the one to review]] ''VideoGame/EarthBound''...[[NeverLiveItDown perhaps the wrath of the game's fans somehow played a part in killing his career?]]
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** In their review of ''Road Rash [=3D=]'', they referred to Creator/KidRock as not well-known. [[SarcasmMode That has aged well.]]
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** In their review of ''Road Rash [=3D=]'', they referred to Creator/KidRock Music/KidRock as not well-known. [[SarcasmMode That has aged well.]]
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** In their review of ''Road Rash [=3D=]'', they referred to Creator/KidRock as not well-known. [[SarcasmMode That has aged well.]]
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** That thing about Parappa not getting in a drive-by shooting? [[WesternAnimation/RobotChicken Yeah, about that...]]
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** Similarly, ''VideoGame/{{Ballz}}'' also scored in the [=70s=] range, and is also considered one of the worst fighting games ever made.
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* CriticalDissonance: Infamously, they gave a ''77%'' rating to ''VideoGame/ShaqFu'' (mostly for its visuals and music), despite being considered one of the worst video games of all time by a ton of people. To be fair... Shaquille O'Neal was the guest review that issue, and they even joked that the ''had'' to give it a good review because of that (though "confessed" that the game was actually pretty good, so it was unnecessary).
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* CriticalDissonance: Infamously, they gave a ''77%'' rating to ''VideoGame/ShaqFu'' (mostly for its visuals and music), despite being considered one of the worst video games of all time by a ton of people. To be fair... Shaquille O'Neal was the guest review reviewer that issue, and they even joked that the ''had'' to give it a good review because of that (though "confessed" that the game was actually pretty good, so it was unnecessary).
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** One of the editors of ''Diehard Gamefan'' was positively ''livid'' at the mediocre review the mag gave to ''VideoGame/Yoshi'sIsland'', declaring it a sign that some people just didn't appreciate good games because the graphics weren't state of the art. Reading the review, it's quite clear writer Chris Slate barely had time to actually play it (he refers to Baby Mario as "the baby", never mentioning it by name).
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** One of the editors of ''Diehard Gamefan'' was positively ''livid'' at the mediocre review the mag gave to ''VideoGame/Yoshi'sIsland'', ''Yoshi's Island'', declaring it a sign that some people just didn't appreciate good games because the graphics weren't state of the art. Reading the review, it's quite clear writer Chris Slate barely had time to actually play it (he refers to Baby Mario as "the baby", never mentioning it by name).
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** One of the editors of ''Magazine/DieHardGameFan'' was positively ''livid'' at the mediocre review the mag gave to ''VideoGame/Yoshi'sIsland'', declaring it a sign that some people just didn't appreciate good games because the graphics weren't state of the art.
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** One of the editors of ''Magazine/DieHardGameFan'' ''Diehard Gamefan'' was positively ''livid'' at the mediocre review the mag gave to ''VideoGame/Yoshi'sIsland'', declaring it a sign that some people just didn't appreciate good games because the graphics weren't state of the art.art. Reading the review, it's quite clear writer Chris Slate barely had time to actually play it (he refers to Baby Mario as "the baby", never mentioning it by name).
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* CriticalDissonance: Infamously, they gave a ''77%'' rating to ''VideoGame/ShaqFu'' (mostly for its visuals and music), despite being considered one of the worst video games of all time by a ton of people.
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** One of the editors of ''Magazine/DieHardGameFan'' was positively ''livid'' at the mediocre review the mag gave to ''VideoGame/Yoshi'sIsland'', declaring it a sign that some people just didn't appreciate good games because the graphics weren't state of the art.
* CriticalDissonance: Infamously, they gave a ''77%'' rating to ''VideoGame/ShaqFu'' (mostly for its visuals and music), despite being considered one of the worst video games of all time by a ton of people. To be fair... Shaquille O'Neal was the guest review that issue, and they even joked that the ''had'' to give it a good review because of that (though "confessed" that the game was actually pretty good, so it was unnecessary).
* CriticalDissonance: Infamously, they gave a ''77%'' rating to ''VideoGame/ShaqFu'' (mostly for its visuals and music), despite being considered one of the worst video games of all time by a ton of people. To be fair... Shaquille O'Neal was the guest review that issue, and they even joked that the ''had'' to give it a good review because of that (though "confessed" that the game was actually pretty good, so it was unnecessary).
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* HilariousInHindsight: In their January 1998 issue, they did a feature on game predictions for the new year. One of them was that a remake of ''Pong'' would debut. While it missed the 1998 deadline, ''Pong: The Next Level'' was released in 1999.
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** Something else that didn't help their magazine: their old reviewing system had five simple categories (initially Graphics, Sound, Bells & Whistles, Control and Replay Value but later Graphics, Sound, Gameplay, Innovation & Replay Value). Each category was rated from one to ten; the categories would then be added up and averaged to make the review score. This was replaced by a convoluted ''18-point'' system.
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** Something else that didn't help their magazine: their old reviewing system had five simple categories (initially Graphics, Sound, Bells & Whistles, Control and Replay Value but later Graphics, Sound, Gameplay, Innovation & Replay Value). Each category was rated from one to ten; the categories would then be added up and averaged to make the review score. This was replaced by a convoluted ''18-point'' system.system.
** Then, of course, there was the transition to ''Game Buyer''. It reverted to the humor-free format of the early ''Ultra Game Players'' issues, and while the rating system simplified to a 5-star system, the bar graphs for the five rating categories (graphics, sound, controls, gameplay, depth) were needlessly complex.
** Then, of course, there was the transition to ''Game Buyer''. It reverted to the humor-free format of the early ''Ultra Game Players'' issues, and while the rating system simplified to a 5-star system, the bar graphs for the five rating categories (graphics, sound, controls, gameplay, depth) were needlessly complex.
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* CriticalDissonance: Infamously, they gave a ''77%'' rating to ''VideoGame/ShaqFu'' (mostly for its visuals and music), despite being considered one of the worst video games of all time by a ton of people.
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* EightPointEight: They gave a notorious review to ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (known to some as ''Mother 2''), giving it a score of 69% and pointing out flaws in the graphics, plot and standard uninnovative [=RPG=] battle engine. According to them, the game didn't compare to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' or most of its contemporaries. Fans of the game ''freaked'', and repeatedly wrote in over the following months to demand that the game should earn a 100% score.
** This tended to spring up a lot, especially since they had a section of the magazine (in their "old reviews" section, showing past scores) devoted entirely for fan comments about their scores. Most fans who didn't like a review insisted their favourite game should get a 100% -- Bill Donohue eventually complained that ''every'' fan says that.
** This tended to spring up a lot, especially since they had a section of the magazine (in their "old reviews" section, showing past scores) devoted entirely for fan comments about their scores. Most fans who didn't like a review insisted their favourite game should get a 100% -- Bill Donohue eventually complained that ''every'' fan says that.
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* EightPointEight: This tended to spring up a lot, especially since they had a section of the magazine (in their "old reviews" section, showing past scores) devoted entirely for fan comments about their scores. Most fans who didn't like a review insisted their favourite game should get a 100% -- Bill Donohue eventually complained that ''every'' fan says that.
** They gave a notorious review to ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (known to some as ''Mother 2''), giving it a score of 69% and pointing out flaws in the graphics, plot and standard uninnovative [=RPG=] battle engine. According to them, the game didn't compare to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' or most of its contemporaries. Fans of the game ''freaked'', and repeatedly wrote in over the following months to demand that the game should earn a 100% score.
**This tended After the switch to spring up Ultra Game Players, one reader noted that it was unfair that a lot, especially since they had game which was otherwise flawless could get a section less-than-perfect score simply because it wasn't groundbreaking, thanks to the inclusion of the magazine (in their "old reviews" section, showing past scores) devoted entirely for fan comments about their scores. Most fans who didn't like a review insisted their favourite game should get a 100% -- Bill Donohue eventually complained that ''every'' fan says that.new "innovation" category.
** They gave a notorious review to ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (known to some as ''Mother 2''), giving it a score of 69% and pointing out flaws in the graphics, plot and standard uninnovative [=RPG=] battle engine. According to them, the game didn't compare to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' or most of its contemporaries. Fans of the game ''freaked'', and repeatedly wrote in over the following months to demand that the game should earn a 100% score.
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* EightPointEight: They gave a notorious review to ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (known to some as ''Mother 2''), giving it a score of 69% and pointing out flaws in the graphics, plot and standard uninnovative [=RPG=] battle engine. According to them, the game didn't compare to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', ''FinalFantasy'' or most of its contemporaries. Fans of the game ''freaked'', and repeatedly wrote in over the following months to demand that the game should earn a 100% score.
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* EightPointEight: They gave a notorious review to ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (known to some as ''Mother 2''), giving it a score of 69% and pointing out flaws in the graphics, plot and standard uninnovative [=RPG=] battle engine. According to them, the game didn't compare to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', ''FinalFantasy'' ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' or most of its contemporaries. Fans of the game ''freaked'', and repeatedly wrote in over the following months to demand that the game should earn a 100% score.
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They really did give it a 69%. The biggest flaw on their list was the lack of innovation.
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* EightPointEight: They gave a notorious review to ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (known to some as ''Mother 2''), giving it a middling score and pointing out flaws in the graphics and plot. According to them, the game didn't compare to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', ''FinalFantasy'' or most of its contemporaries. Fans of the game ''freaked'', and repeatedly wrote in over the following months to demand that the game should earn a 100% score.
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* EightPointEight: They gave a notorious review to ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (known to some as ''Mother 2''), giving it a middling score of 69% and pointing out flaws in the graphics graphics, plot and plot.standard uninnovative [=RPG=] battle engine. According to them, the game didn't compare to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', ''FinalFantasy'' or most of its contemporaries. Fans of the game ''freaked'', and repeatedly wrote in over the following months to demand that the game should earn a 100% score.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A less-extreme example than others related to this trope, but editor Jeff Lundrigan (who often covered RPGs) also held the nickname of "Lucky" in the magazine. Although he would work at ''Next Generation Magazine'' for some time after leaving ''Game Players'', he would later become unemployed and fade into obscurity unlike ''Game Players'' alumni such as Slate (''Nintendo Power''), Donohue (''PSM'') and Roger Burchill (editor-in-chief of ''OPM'' before it closed down) who are still remembered. Pretty ''un''lucky.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A less-extreme example than others related to this trope, but editor Jeff Lundrigan (who often covered RPGs) games in the RPG genre) also held the nickname of "Lucky" in the magazine. Although he would work at ''Next Generation Magazine'' for some time after leaving ''Game Players'', he would later become unemployed and fade into obscurity unlike ''Game Players'' alumni such as Slate (''Nintendo Power''), Donohue (''PSM'') and Roger Burchill (editor-in-chief of ''OPM'' before it closed down) who are still remembered. Pretty ''un''lucky.
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** Something else that didn't help their magazine: their old reviewing system had five simple categories (Graphics, Sound, Bells & Whistles, Control and Replay Value). Each category was rated from one to ten; the categories would then be added up and averaged to make the review score. This was replaced by a convoluted ''18-point'' system.
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** Something else that didn't help their magazine: their old reviewing system had five simple categories (Graphics, (initially Graphics, Sound, Bells & Whistles, Control and Replay Value but later Graphics, Sound, Gameplay, Innovation & Replay Value). Each category was rated from one to ten; the categories would then be added up and averaged to make the review score. This was replaced by a convoluted ''18-point'' system.
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** [[EightPointEight He ''was'' the one to review]] ''VideoGame/Earthbound''...[[NeverLiveItDown perhaps the wrath of the game's fans somehow played a part in killing his career?]]
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** [[EightPointEight He ''was'' the one to review]] ''VideoGame/Earthbound''...''VideoGame/EarthBound''...[[NeverLiveItDown perhaps the wrath of the game's fans somehow played a part in killing his career?]]
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** [[EightPointEight He ''was'' the one to review ''Earthbound''...]][[NeverLiveItDown perhaps the wrath of ''Earthbound''/''Mother'' fans somehow played a part in killing his career?]]
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** [[EightPointEight He ''was'' the one to review ''Earthbound''...]][[NeverLiveItDown review]] ''VideoGame/Earthbound''...[[NeverLiveItDown perhaps the wrath of ''Earthbound''/''Mother'' the game's fans somehow played a part in killing his career?]]
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** [[EightPointEight He ''was'' the one to review Earthbound...]][[NeverLiveItDown perhaps the wrath of Earthbound/Mother fans somehow played a part in killing his career?]]
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** [[EightPointEight He ''was'' the one to review Earthbound...''Earthbound''...]][[NeverLiveItDown perhaps the wrath of Earthbound/Mother ''Earthbound''/''Mother'' fans somehow played a part in killing his career?]]
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More clarity stuff and some speculation...
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* EightPointEight: They gave a notorious review to ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (known to some as ''Mother 2''), giving it a middling score and pointing out flaws in the graphics and plot. It According to them, the game didn't compare to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', ''FinalFantasy'' or most of its contemporaries. Fans of the game ''freaked'', and repeatedly wrote in over the following months to demand that the game should earn a 100% score.
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* MagazineDecay: ''Game Players'' went from the wacky comedy-filled magazine with great info to basically a stodgy, boring book with only a couple snippets of humor. Bill Donohue specifically points out that removing the humor from the book killed it. Their old reviewing system used to be quite simple, and was replaced by an 18-point system.
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**[[EightPointEight He ''was'' the one to review Earthbound...]][[NeverLiveItDown perhaps the wrath of Earthbound/Mother fans somehow played a part in killing his career?]]
* MagazineDecay: ''Game Players'' went from the wacky comedy-filled magazine with great info to basically a stodgy, boring book with only a couple snippets of humor. Bill Donohue specifically points out that removing the humor from the book killed it. Their
**Something else that didn't help their magazine: their old reviewing systemused to be quite simple, had five simple categories (Graphics, Sound, Bells & Whistles, Control and Replay Value). Each category was rated from one to ten; the categories would then be added up and averaged to make the review score. This was replaced by an 18-point a convoluted ''18-point'' system.
* MagazineDecay: ''Game Players'' went from the wacky comedy-filled magazine with great info to basically a stodgy, boring book with only a couple snippets of humor. Bill Donohue specifically points out that removing the humor from the book killed it.
**Something else that didn't help their magazine: their old reviewing system
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I own a few Game Players, and Jeff was one of the more prominent GP editors, but he never really did that much after GP and Next Gen. Then I noticed that Lucky was his nickname. If a source is needed for the unemployment claim, I can provide it.
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* EightPointEight: They gave a notorious review to ''Earthbound'' ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (known to some as {{Mother}}), ''Mother 2''), giving it a middling score and pointing out flaws in the graphics and plot. It didn't compare to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', ''FinalFantasy'' or most of it's its contemporaries. Fans of the game ''freaked'', and repeatedly wrote in over the following months to demand that the game should earn a 100% score.
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* EightPointEight: They gave a notorious review to ''Earthbound'' (known to some as {{Mother}}), giving it a middling score and pointing out flaws in the graphics and plot. It didn't compare to ''ChronoTrigger'', ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', ''FinalFantasy'' or most of it's contemporaries. Fans of the game ''freaked'', and repeatedly wrote in over the following months to demand that the game should earn a 100% score.
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** This tended to spring up a lot, especially since they had a section of the magazine (in their "old reviews" section, showing past scores) devoted entirely for fan comments about their scores. Most fans who didn't like a review insisted their favourite game should get a 100% -- Bill Donohue eventually complained that ''every'' fan says that.
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** This tended to spring up a lot, especially since they had a section of the magazine (in their "old reviews" section, showing past scores) devoted entirely for fan comments about their scores. Most fans who didn't like a review insisted their favourite game should get a 100% -- Bill Donohue eventually complained that ''every'' fan says that.that.
* MagazineDecay: ''Game Players'' went from the wacky comedy-filled magazine with great info to basically a stodgy, boring book with only a couple snippets of humor. Bill Donohue specifically points out that removing the humor from the book killed it. Their old reviewing system used to be quite simple, and was replaced by an 18-point system.
* MagazineDecay: ''Game Players'' went from the wacky comedy-filled magazine with great info to basically a stodgy, boring book with only a couple snippets of humor. Bill Donohue specifically points out that removing the humor from the book killed it. Their old reviewing system used to be quite simple, and was replaced by an 18-point system.
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* EightPointEight: They gave a notorious review to ''Earthbound'' (known to some as {{Mother}}), giving it a middling score and pointing out flaws in the graphics and plot. It didn't compare to ''ChronoTrigger'', ''FinalFantasy'' or most of it's contemporaries. Fans of the game ''freaked'', and repeatedly wrote in over the following months to demand that the game should earn a 100% score.
** This tended to spring up a lot, especially since they had a section of the magazine (in their "old reviews" section, showing past scores) devoted entirely for fan comments about their scores. Most fans who didn't like a review insisted their favourite game should get a 100% -- Bill Donohue eventually complained that ''every'' fan says that.
** This tended to spring up a lot, especially since they had a section of the magazine (in their "old reviews" section, showing past scores) devoted entirely for fan comments about their scores. Most fans who didn't like a review insisted their favourite game should get a 100% -- Bill Donohue eventually complained that ''every'' fan says that.
