Kintaro said:What I mean is, Ebert, etc are not in the business of keeping up money by previews, interviews, etc. All they do is review the final product. They are not under the influence (ideally) of any party because they are reviewing the product when it comes out. They don't have to fight for exclusives, for ad dollars or whatever. They are not acting as the hype machines for movies as gaming sites/mags are for games.
That's why you really can't compare them because the circumstances are completely different. I don't about the games are art crap, had nothing to do with my point.
Because when Variety, EW or RS interviews an actor or director, has a making off featured article or writes about how awesome the X or Y movie looks like, they are not creating hype.
No, that´s just fucking reporting.
Please, give me a break. Games should fall under the same standards as any other media critic; this "you should be able to buy your review score via advertising" bullshit is just insane.