EXP Podcast #582: Review Bombs Away

Action shot of a real review bomber

Duck and cover everybody: it's time to talk about video game reviews.  Reactionary hot takes have been around forever, but the concept of "review bombing" is a special, terrible twist on the all-too-common public vitriol towards a video game that dares do anything other than pander directly to the most vocal fanatics.  Metacritic (no stranger to controversy itself) recently introduced a short post-release moratorium on user reviews in an effort to blunt review bombing.  But will it work and what's truly at play here.  This week we put on our flak jackets and try to find out.

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 Show Notes:

- "Metacritic delays user reviews to ensure players "have time to play" before submitting their opinions," by Vikki Blake, via Eurogamer

- "Metacritic has a review bombing problem. Here are 6 ways to fix it," by Jen Glennon, via Inverse

- Runtime: 42 min 11 sec
- Music by Brad Sucks