perpetua: seaninsound: Review scale. Now vs 80s/90s. via See also: P4K statistical analysis Two things: This is often more the interpretation of the audience than the intent of the reviewer. A score in the 6-7 range at Pitchfork does not mean “shit sux,” not even a little bit. These are generally positive scores with some reservations. Not everything is a classic, and not everything is a mess. A lot of worthwhile albums fall in this range. If a reader is going to interpret anything other than breathless praise as a pan, that’s on them. They simply are not very intelligent and clearly have no interest in, you know, reading a thoughtful review. Second, the amount of music that comes out has skyrocketed in the past decade, and so yeah — a lot of it totally sucks. They can’t be all geniuses. You don’t get a round of applause just for showing up. Actually, you want to talk about loss of context — the usage of the abbreviation “GOTY” in this infographic (for “Game of the Year”) is evidence that this chart actually originated as a jab at the weighted scale of video game review sites like GameSpot and IGN, which hand out 8s like they were weekend bar fliers and typically reserve 6-and-lower scores for mediocre shovelware. We’re talking about an industry where people lost their shit because The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess got an 8.8/10 from GameSpot — fans thought it was too low.

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seaninsound: Review scale. Now vs 80s/90s. via See also: P4K statistical analysis

Two things: This is often more the interpretation of the audience than the intent of the reviewer. A score in the 6-7 range at Pitchfork does not mean “shit sux,” not even a little bit. These are generally positive scores with some reservations. Not everything is a classic, and not everything is a mess. A lot of worthwhile albums fall in this range. If a reader is going to interpret anything other than breathless praise as a pan, that’s on them. They simply are not very intelligent and clearly have no interest in, you know, reading a thoughtful review. Second, the amount of music that comes out has skyrocketed in the past decade, and so yeah — a lot of it totally sucks. They can’t be all geniuses. You don’t get a round of applause just for showing up.

Actually, you want to talk about loss of context — the usage of the abbreviation “GOTY” in this infographic (for “Game of the Year”) is evidence that this chart actually originated as a jab at the weighted scale of video game review sites like GameSpot and IGN, which hand out 8s like they were weekend bar fliers and typically reserve 6-and-lower scores for mediocre shovelware. We’re talking about an industry where people lost their shit because The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess got an 8.8/10 from GameSpot — fans thought it was too low.