Media Critic Breakdown

Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw

Makes his reviews in the form of flash videos with a sped up audio track in his delightful British accent. Typically reviews are on the harsh side doing a great job of pointing out flaws in games. I like how blunt he is. Its nice to read something that's not sugar coated every once in awhile.

Dan Ryckert

Does great reviews both online and in the magazine Game Informer.

There are no links to his reviews. but if you look through the reviews, you'll find them. He's very optimistic and knows his audience. He points out the most notable features good and bad and gives you a good enough idea of what the game is so that you can make an educated buying decision.

Bullseye2

An editor at IGN. Also the resident Nintendo first party reviewer at IGN. Check out his Legend of Zelda 3DS review. He definitely covers exactly what the expectant fans are wanting to hear. His review of Legend of Zelda 3d was a very much anticipated game review. Everyone loved the original and wanted to make sure the proper improvements were made, and they were.

A Blank Slate

From the articles, I suppose the only thing I got from it was a brief synopsis of the history of media critics. Pretty much it went from a critique of the show from an unbiased(preferably) source, to an educated fan talking about the show. To me this is like watching re-runs of a series with a friend who loves the show. It's gone from a more objective analysis to a subjective one. This is a key flaw in the system in my opinion as it doesn't give the outsider a perspective they couldn't get from a friend.

The links I clicked on were just examples of the mentioned critics blogs. I just got a better understanding of what the material was referring to. Which is what I wanted to get out of them.

Blog hymen BUSTED!

Well now, what do we have here? Why its my first blog post, pretty nifty eh?

So on behalf of my first assignment for MDIA 384, Here are my Media related likes and what say you!

1. My shows: Or, The best shows.

1. Red's Baseball Games

2. Futurama - new episodes begin this Thursday!

3. Archer

2. Peripheral Shows: Or, Why my Girlfriend should never have the remote!

1. Strange Addictions

2. Anderson Cooper 360

3. True Blood - This ones not so bad

3. Guilty No Goes: Or, Shit people won't shut up about but I refuse to watch, yet.

1. Game of Thrones - Am going to change this

2. How I met your mother - Its got NPH, can't be that bad.

3. Mad Men

4. Guilty Pleasures: Or, Does internet porn have an actual title?

1. Adventure Time

2. Regular Show

3. Squidbillies

5. All-Time Favorites: Or, What I would run on my own network 24/7/365.25

1. Star Trek - The Original Series - Because Hell Yes William Shatner!

2. Futurama - It's the show of the future, Now!

3. Archer - Booyakasha!

6. Shows I used to like: Or, Nifty I'm an adult now!

1. Family Guy

2. Just Shoot Me - David spade is less funny to me now

3. Family Guy - Twice for effect

7. Shows that have grown on me: Or, why didn't I like this sooner?!

1. King of the Hill - I was too dumb for it then

2. Adventure Time - Its a kids show right?

3. American Dad - Its Seth McFarlane's best work

8. Shit : Or, Shit

1. Teen Mom

2. Secret Life of an American Teenager

3. Sister Wives - TLC != "The Learning Channel" TLC = "The Lame Crap"

9. Recommendations: Or, Stuff you should watch!

1. Archer - Seriously it is HILARIOUS

2. Futurama - It never gets old and has been around since the 90's

3. Regular Show - It looks like a kid show but the target audience is obvious.

Hope you guys enjoy!