Finding a good game reviewer is just as difficult as finding a good movie reviewer who is not pretentious (Ebert & Roeper) or idiotic (A. O. Scott from the New York Times ). I've been playing video games, religiously, since Atari 2700 and been a big fan ever since.
The problem is, most games these days are crap and can't hold my attention (ADD?) span long enough for me to crave it. The thing is that I'm not the only (28-33 year old gamer) who thinks this way. It just apparent to us, that most games these days are mind numbing boring.
I take home Halo 3 expecting to be a game that can hold my attention, only to find that I can beat it in one day. Mario Galaxy did a decent job, but after a week I got bored of jumping from planets to planet collecting stars and shit .
That last good game that I've played was World of Warcraft, but I forced myself to give that up since it was too addicting and was all that I can think about.
Now, some of you might think, "Awww, Willie is growing up and doesn't like games any more", HELL NO!!! this is not the case (Peter Pan Syndrome?). I just need a game like Counter-Strike (circa 2001), but more modern graphics to hold me off.
Anyway, I really like the game reviewer "Zero Punctuation! (AKA Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw)" at Escapist Magazine. His reviews, so far, are dead on and funny -- even with a British/Australian accent. I think his review of Assassin's Creed hit every nail on the head
