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[Tom Nook Sawyer]

“Your Washington post for Christ’s Sake , not a 12-year-old’s diary,” reads a recent internet petition about Uncharted 4. “Treat the game with professionalism and respect.”

This petition has over 4,000 supporters and has even been signed and tweeted by the popular voice actor Troy Baker, who co-stars in the newest Uncharted. Its goal is not to demand that The Washington Post take video games more seriously, nor is it to ask the storied newspaper to expand their gaming coverage more broadly. This is a petition to remove The Washington Post’s Uncharted 4 review score from Metacritic.

See, Washington Post reviewer Michael Thomsen did not like Uncharted 4, and he slammed the game accordingly. Thomsen, a veteran critic, usually takes a contrarian approach to his reviews, doling out harsh criticism to beloved games like Dark Souls and Red Dead Redemption. (He once wrote a regular IGN column called Contrarian Corner.) His review of Uncharted 4 does not have a score, but when The Washington Post sent it to Metacritic they gave it a 4/10, which as of right now is the only score below an 80. Hence: internet petitions.

Lots more at the link:
http://kotaku.com/reviewer-targeted-for-giving-uncharted-4-negative-revie-1776854933

 

[PhillipCostigan]

yeah we've had this one already.

 

[SgtCobra]

Why, just suck it up. The review was uhh..not really enjoyable to read but it's his opinion and the only MC counted reviewer which gave the game such a bad score.

 

[The Technomancer]

For a while there it looked like we were mostly going to dodge a repeat of the Uncharted 3 fiasco

For a while

 

[stufte]

last thread was locked...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1219957

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Just vice-versa...

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Uncharted fanboys now have a record, never forget the meltdowns for the uncharted 3 reviews.

 

[iMax]

"A review is not about what you think a game is , its about what a game is. Objective measures are applied."

 

[SSReborn]

smh

 

[Linkstrikesback]

4000 people have nothing better to campaign for. Hmm

 

[5taquitos]

Isn't Twitter just great?

 

[J3ffro]

If all the anger was coming from Naughty Dog IP addresses, I'd get it. It would still be really stupid, but I'd understand.

I'm sure literally none of them work for Naughty Dog, which makes the whole thing that much worse.

 

[zsynqx]

Most disappointing thing is Troy getting involved. He always seemed pretty level headed.