@poopinpat "The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of hear" - Mahatma Gandhi.
A point system is useful and valid, the problem is that Gamespot needs consistency on it's use, not abolition of it. As it is now, each reviewer rates games without standards, it's like there's no editor and a editorial guide.
@binderdundat "Possible" does not means "feasible" or "economically viable". Yes, computers did make it *easier* (not easy, just easier) to produce and edit videos, but looks like you're underestimating how much more work is needed to "construct" a video review when compared to a text one. A video review takes more time to make (considerably more), that means it also takes more money to be produced. Also, you give any reviewer the task to write to make an written review and he'll be able to produce it alone. That usually isn't the case with a video review, as most writers aren't also video editors.
Gamespot is a company, as such they should choose how to apply it's budget, because, y'know, personal and money don't come from an endless pit.
And, in the end, you assumption that videos "are better" because they have sound and image is as flawed as saying that "movies are better than books" for the same reasons. While video and sound can show us thing that text alone can't, the text has it's own advantages, meaning it's not a case of "video reviews being better", they just have a different set of qualities.
@binderdundat OMG, that means that all those decades we've been writing about movies... we were doing it wrong?! All the centuries writing about theater were for nothing? And since music is all about listening, reading about it is useless?! O_O And those poor kids who survived before the Internet, reading gaming maganizes, oh, poor, poor souls! :(
I guess that we should take this moment of enlightenment to pass the knowledge to the people! We should make sure that no one will EVER buy a book about photography, movies, music of even game design ever gain!
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