I finished up my review for Half-Life 2: Episode One earlier this evening, and it had me thinking about writing. I've always had a bit of a predisposition to be a rambler, so I was curious as to how badly my writing has suffered because of it, and also how my reviews stack up to their GameSpot counterparts. Here are some numbers...

Number of games reviewed: 10
Average word count: 699.2
Longest review: Jak and Daxter, 1138 words
Shortest review: Might and Magic (mobile), 473 words

Average score: 8.52
Average GameSpot score: 8.52, that's just crazy.
Highest score: No One Lives Forever 2, 9.4
Lowest score: Oni, 7.5

Not too bad actually... I'm hovering right around 700 words on average, which is a good length I think. I sometimes get eye-weary reading GameSpot reviews that are overly long, and often I'll even skip to the end when they start to drag. Gasp. Unless of course it's written by someone whose opinion I really regard, like GregK or Brad.

Well... I guess that's it for now. I should really get back to blogging more. For the last few weeks, I would think of something I had read or just wanted to write about and then forget about it, or just leave the draft sitting on my desktop.