Great show as always, looking forward to #4.

Oh..and the sound quality was great this time. Glad those donations went to good use.

was it “gravity bone”?

Technically-
A Perfect
B Great
C Acceptable
D Flawed
E Broken

Comparatively-
A Takes the genre to new levels
B Perfect example of what this type of game shoud be
C Acceptable imitation of last year’s no. 1
D Poor imitation of last tear’s no. 1
E A definite backward step

I could go on, slanting lists towards what different people count as important, or what the hell, roll everying together thus:

A Must buy!
unless you don’t like this genre, in which case it’s a B or C

B Excellent!
but if you:
– don’t like this genre, then it’s a C or D
– love this genre or franchise, then it’s an A

C Worth a look!
but if you:
– don’t like this genre, then don’t buy it
– love this genre, it’s a B
– love this genre, and it’s a robust complex tactical sim, and it only got the C because the graphics weren’t in shimmering translucent 3D, and you remember when 4-colour 2-D sprites were all you needed to have fun, it’s an A
– love this franchise, it’s an B
– love this franchise and have the posters on your wall to prove it, it’s an A

D Substandard
but if you:
– love this genre, it’s a C
– love this franchise, it’s a C
– love this franchise and have the soundtracks, it’s a B
– love this genre, and it only got this score because the game sucked but the grahics were amazing, dude, I mean, this is more ART than GAME, you get me, it’s a B

E Do not buy!
but if
– you love this franchise, and have the posters, soundtrack CDs, tattoos and home-made costume to prove it, it’s an A
– the game has caused controversy for it’s gratuitous violence, and you’re under the age of 18, and you want to impress your friends, it’s an A
– the game features gratuitous sexual imagery (and little else), and you lack the courage to buy real porn, and you have no access to the Internet, and no-one understands you, and you live in your mom’s basement, and you’re surrounded by rotting pizza boxes, and even your closest friends never make contact any more, and the chances of any kind of actual social interation (apart from yelling at your mom) are zero, then it’s an A

Also…What I do for most of my reviews for Zentendo is I use my Gamefly account to rent games for review.
Negatives: I don’t get games early, and sometimes I get them kind of late compared to release date.
Positives: I don’t have to stress one iota about what the publishers think of my reviews because I had to pay to rent them and actually buy the games I like the most, thus (hopefully) giving my reviews some credence in that I am actually like a consumer.

I know that would cost you money you may or may not have, though. So it’s a bit of a sticky wicket, eh, ol’ chap?

Anyways, keep up the good work fellas.

About your reviews section, I would personally like a no score system. With scores,you might as well not waste your time writing about the game, just post the score, and be done with it. Without the scores, the reader is left to actually read your review, leaving the door open for them to interpret it themselves. Besides, you guys are great writers, and that’s what I want to read, great writing.