For my money, one of the best features on GGE is the game review. Like many avid gamers I find a helpful and in depth review of a game very important, if not necessary. A bunch of excellent reviews will get me interested in a game, while several poor reviews will have an adverse effect. Even on the negative side, though, I am more likely to try a game out if it has any well thought out reviews than if it has none, or several reviews with little or no information. If a game is highly rated, but carries no intelligent reasoning behind its rating, I don’t know what to do. I, like many others, appreciate the time and effort put into game reviews. Reviews create a dialog within the community, let people voice there opinions, and help others try games they may not otherwise have been interested in.

With that said, I would like to start featuring reviews that are especially informative. I will feature one here at random and from then on feature reviews that you find especially helpful/insightful/interesting, etc. Feel free to send us reviews that either you have written or come across whilst exploring the site. I hope this will spur people to start reviewing all games they play. Remember, we are talking opinion here but there is a line between constructive criticism and simply bashing someone’s work. So keep in mind negative reviews are necessary at times, but can always be done tastefully and thoughtfully (Don’t think for a minute I won’t feature a well thought out negative review). Send your submissions to jamesw@garagegames.com with the subject line “review submission.”

I’d also like to take a moment and highlight the thumbsup/down feature of reviews. This allows you to support a review’s quality, or downgrade its effectiveness as a review. Use these tools. They help others to find the truly awe-inspiring reflections of a games worth. So, here is a featured review that I think is worth checking out:

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