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Reviewing Reviewing Reviews

Nov 22, 2001 1:18pm CST tags: zGeneral News, Review
Thanksgiving question! So we've tentatively decided to somehow handle game reviews here at the page as many of you have guessed looking at this article. Right now Maarten is focusing on the reader interaction side of things and stuff to fill out. Looking for any suggestions on what you guys would like to see as forms to fill out when submitting a user review

- review body, describing your experience etc
- option to list similar games that you enjoyed (so other readers can tell if they have similar taste)
- poll to rate the game, leaning towards a "buy it / rent it / dont buy it" or a 1-10 scale.

Anything else you'd like to see? How do you feel about the accompanied poll? I think I like the whole yes/rent/no system as a 1-10 scale can be interpreted differently by different people.

Oh yeah, I am also leaning towards having official Shack reviews along side the user reviews by Maarten / Jason / myself. They will be brief and to the point.

        

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