Good Enough for EGM
Reviews for Dead Space and Fallout 3...and Little Big Planet...and Gears of Wars 2...
As I sat admist the flurries of snow gazing at the "Day After Tomorrow"-esque landscape of the Seattle Airport tarmac, I afforded myself a simple pleasure I have become used to on long plane flights: the reading of the endangered species known as "Video Game Periodicals." Electronic Gaming Monthly, being one of two selections left on the vast rack of magazines at the airport Border's, was my choice and as I flipped through its pages, I felt a twinge of guilt at the lack-luster state of my own entry into the world of video game criticism. But as I arrived upon the review section of December's issue, I noted that EGM felt it perfectly ok to publish their reviews of Fallout 3, Mirror's Edge, Far Cry 2, Little Big Planet, Gears of War 2, Dead Space, and every other game of interest that has come out this fall all in the same issue. Relieved that I was apparently not the only critic slacking off their critiquing, I now present to you my own version of review dumping that you might equally enjoy the concept of "too much too late" as any other reader of video game print media...which would be just me and the scary looking goth dude at the airport.
Dustin Anglin