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Critical Error · September 17 · 1 hr 8 min

Did Reviews Make Us Dumb?

Videogame reviews have become overview trailers combined with thumbs-up-or-down referendums on personal taste. We talk about what happened to interpretation, and whether criticism has taught us to stop reading games deeply. -- 0:00 Cold Open 0:30 Did Reviews Make Us Dumb? 57:33 PATREON THANK YOU 1:00:05 Jake's Written Piece -- Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 -- Follow Jake on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q -- Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

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Videogame reviews have become overview trailers combined with thumbs-up-or-down referendums on personal taste. We talk about what happened to interpretation, and whether criticism has taught us to stop reading games deeply.
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0:00 Cold Open
0:30 Did Reviews Make Us Dumb?
57:33 PATREON THANK YOU
1:00:05 Jake's Written Piece
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Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership
Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4
Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969
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Follow Jake on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit
Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q 
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Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com  | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter"
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Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

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