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[Borodin]

The magazine has gone steadily downhill. I know some people who used to work for PC Gamer and left, and they claim that they were being critcized for turning in less than extremely positive reviews of bigname titles. The bulk of people now on staff are new to the industry, with little understanding of its past--and that works well if you want to get "gee wiz, what a great game!" reviews out of folks with no gaming history to offer comparisons.

I honestly don't think most gamer websites that I've seen are any better. Remember, many are profit-based just like the printed publications. And most gamers in any case again lack the knowledge of past games that makes some critical apparatus possible in reviews.

My opinion, for what it's worth: find a critic whose work you think makes good common sense in the longterm, and stick with them. Give no loyalty to a site or printed magazine.