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1) A small, dedicated, and involved staff. You could also throw in hard working, helpful, and intelligent but I don’t want to sound like I’m kissing up.

2) No stupid top ten lists. I’m looking right at you IGN. “Comedy is subjective. Some people don't like him, but there are plenty who do.” xxmrcyanidexx speaking of Stephen Colbert. Comedy is not the only thing that is subjective, opinions are like assh*les everybody has one and some smell worse than others. Top ten lists and top one hundred lists are purely subjective opinion pieces dressed up as authoritative definitive objective journalism. I like that GR doesn’t resort to this kind of crap as filler.

3) Simple straight forward web design.

4) Intelligent community members. Yes, I know every website has a moron or two floating around in its community, but most members in GR’s community seem to be of average or above average intelligence. They appear to be capable of more than prepubescent discourses on female body parts, monosyllabic bashings of one another, and/or sex fantasies. Not that any of this doesn’t happen here in GR’s community, yet it doesn’t run roughshod over intelligent conversation, insightful commentary, thoughtful blogging, or playful banter. In fact GR encourages this with The People Speak: “Every weekend, GR will highlight the best comments, forum posts, user blogs and user reviews. All you have to do is participate in GameRevolution's lively and vibrant community. Yeah, lively and vibrant are good words to use…. Don't like to participate but still want a shot at some swag? Nominating comments, posts, reviews and blogs also gets you an entry into our quarterly The People Speak drawing.” Daniel Bischoff about The People Speak.

5) Humor, wit, and reason applied generously to game reviews, and other articles. The quality of writing, the level of thought, and the professionalism may not be of the same caliber as the literary greats, but who would want to read game reviews by Shakespeare, Tolstoy, or Hemingway? Real gamers giving us their honest opinion of the game in question, while doing so in a entertaining way that always fails to take itself too seriously, is what you get in a GR review.

6)Haiku Fridays.

7) They haven’t filed for a restraining order against me, yet.

*reads sign aloud* “Welcome to Lake Game Revolution”

“Okay, let’s see your fishing license.”

“Oh, you gave me a start, didn‘t see you there.” *hands over license* “Is there a problem officer?”

“No. Just not checkin’ licenses.” *hands back license* “You do know fanboys are out of season during the summer game release lull.”

“No. I did not know that. What about n00bz?”

“There’s always an open season on n00bz, but there‘s a 5 n00b limit and if they’re too young you gota throw’em back.”

*smiles nervously* “I mostly practice catch and release. Although I might like to get one mounted someday. Put‘em over my fire place.”

“That ‘PC’s Rule! Consoles Drool!’ lure looks like it’s pretty old and chewed up, might need to be replaced.”

*picks up lure* “No, I could never replace her she’s my lucky lure. Caught my first fanboy with her.”

“Well, good luck.” *turns and walks away*

“I wonder why he had that red line around him? Oh, well time to fish.” *splashing sound* “Bite little fishies… bite.”

I once spent 5 days in hell, but my pain and suffering was nothing compared to what I heard. For 5 days I was in the Harborview Medical Center’s Burn Center in Seattle, Washington. The kids, some with burns over half their bodies, would scream and cry until they pass out, real tear your heart out sh*t, and trust me they well medicated with the strongest of painkillers too. Only two things would set them off: 1) When their bandages were changed. 2) When their mom had to leave. You can try to imagine what hell is like, but I think I got a very small taste in those 5 days. I talked to several nurses and aids who told me the that toys and video games took the kids’ minds off their suffering for awhile, and they had a Nintendo 64, a TV, and several games all rigged on a cart so they could wheel it into different rooms. Donate something to your locale Children’s Hospital or go online to childsplaycharity.org and make a donation. You might just make a kids hell a little easier to bear.

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Oh, Boy! My new lure came today. Let’s see. How do you open this stupid package? Oh forget this! Where’s my fillet knife. Whoa, I almost cut my ear off. Oh. Wow. Ain’t she a beauty. “Wii U, don’t you mean PU!&rdquo...   read more...

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*preacher steps up to the pulpit* I say unto YOU, my Brothers and Sisters *pauses dramatically looks out over the congregation* the gaming gods must be CRAZY! *congregation sways hands held in the air* For WHY… would they name their prog...   read more...

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I’m bored! Maybe I’ll do a little fishing. Ok, let’s break out the old tackle box. Whoa! What’s that smell? I think some of this bait has gone bad. It stinks worse than old cheese in here. Let’s see. “Nintend...   read more...

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