Sunday, Sept. 23. SW gathers 'round the stickied threads, awaiting the chaos that would arrive the second it was posted. After hours of waiting, hours of anticipation, it was unveiled....9.5.

A happy ending for lemmings, but for the rest of us, not so much. Gamespot showed us that they weren't just toughening up and becoming "the hard reviewers," they were going to review based on who they haven't yet disgusted and driven off the site. That would be the lemmings, and in the end, GS didn't have the grapes to be "the hard reviewers."

You can tell when a review is made for its fanbase. The controversial topics are not touched, the common series criticisms are either praised or dispelled, and the only negatives found are nitpicky details that are admittedly nitpicky, in a jokingly sort of "yeah that kind of sucks, but who cares?" kind of way. Unprofessional. More than enough for claims to be made. I still won't make any, instead I'll just say that this is yet another example of why Gamespot are some of the worst reviewers around.

People always praise Gamespot for not falling for the hype, when they did just that, and made it clear.

However, this review has surprisingly little effect on SW. Halo got what was expected, lemming have another AAA as expected, and aside from having to hear the stories of its awesomeness for the next few months, really, nothing will change.

And so, the apocalyptic explosion was really a minor boom, and SW is already practically back to normal - minus a few hundred lemmings who will be playing Halo for the next few months. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to join them.

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