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What People Said About The Piece Of Crap Video Game The NRA Made Six Years Ago

Welcome back to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of measured, thoughtful criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic and elsewhere on the Internet.


Backhanded Box Quotes: ‘Very Very Videogame’

Welcome back to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of measured, thoughtful criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic.


Backhanded Box Quotes: ‘I Wish They Would Do A HD Remake Of Blood Money’

Welcome back to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of measured, thoughtful criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic.


Backhanded Box Quotes: When ‘Best Call Of Duty Ever!’ Isn’t A Compliment

Welcome back to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of measured, thoughtful criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic. This week we examine games from two series that frequently are accused of impersonating each other: Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Halo 4.


Backhanded Box Quotes: No Need For Creed

Welcome back to “Backhanded Box Quotes”, a collection of measured, thoughtful criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic and elsewhere.


Minor Console Aggravation: Those Darn PS3 Installations

Download a game on the Xbox 360 or the Wii and you’re good to go. You can play it. Download a game on the PS3 and you just might have to then tell the PS3 to install it.


It Only Took Seven Months For Apple To Make Me Feel Like A Chump

On March 7, Apple announced the iPad 3. “Look how shiny it is!” Apple’s executives preached to a crowd full of cheering fans and press. “Retina display! Brand new graphics! You want one!”


Backhanded Box Quotes: We Found Someone Who Doesn’t Like Dishonored!

Welcome back to “Backhanded Box Quotes”, a collection of measured, thoughtful criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic and elsewhere.


Backhanded Box Quotes: ‘A Flushed Turd Down A Toilet Drain’

Welcome back to “Backhanded Box Quotes”, a collection of measured, thoughtful, sometimes plagiarized criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic and elsewhere.


The Week In Anger

Or outrage, or scorn. Video games are just one pushcart in the vast marketplace of ideas, where everyone shouts down the quality of the goods. Then again, sometimes the merchants deserve the berating. So let’s recap the week’s most noteworthy reactionary topics, scoring them for the outrage they summon and the scepticism they invite. Or otherwise.


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