Because those 3 (an Alex Navarro on a good day) had one thing that so many reviewers here at GS lack: consistency. Every review they did, you knew regardless of score, they were going to be able to back it up. No matter what the game it was, you knew they were going to come at it from the view of a critic, not a gamer. You knew that instead of glorifying what it had, they were going to attack what it lacked and be honest about it. Not like some reviewers who overrate decent (but not AAA or AAAA-worthy) games and underrate good games (for what, lack of Mii support!? Go to hell reviewer-who-shall-not-be-named-for-his-terrible-reviewing-ability!). I may have disagreed with some of their decisions, but at least they backed it up with undeniably valid points.

Also, Greg K is a Super Robot Taisen fan. ANYONE who can enjoy customizing giant robots and unleashing super attacks that last nearly a minute long is an alright guy to me.

Just finished the demo and absolutely loved it. The free-flowing gameplay, the artstyle, everything about it appealed to me. As an amateur freerunner (offshoot/variation of parkour), I've always wanted a game with this sort of flow and Mirror's Edge gets it perfectly. I also loved the animated cutscenes, great stuff, very unique and something that someone like me can appreciate in a game. I wasn't interested in it before, but after playing the demo, it'll probably be a week 1 purchase.

Now I just need to get around to beating Mirror's Edge's aesthetic opposite, Fallout 3. Man, there's such a contrast between my 2 most anticipated games of the fall season. :P

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i love the concept of a serious gaming machine

lol what is a gaming machine for anyway

its for entertainment nothing more nothing less..

you dont buy a 360 to do anything more serious then the wii

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Mass Effect is more serious then Wii Music.

Just curious, but do you honestly think that makes the console more serious? Both entertain, they just simply use different methods. Sorry, but your glorified electronic box is not a holy conduit for a great level of "serious" or "important" entertainment. The games might be more serious or deep depending on how you see things (funny how you used Wii Music instead of an actually good Wii game like TP, NMH, or SMG) but the console itself is not "more serious" because it has a stronger processor in it.