Bryy_Miller wrote...
Maria Caliban wrote...
Only when it comes to games, do people act like 7/10 must mean something is crap.
I've seen reviews where someone will give it a 9, but say something less than flattering about one single portion of the Object, and people go apeshoot.
I suspect part of the problem is that the medium is new, so there are no established upper boundaries, and the demographic skews younger male. Or, at least, the marketing of the games skew younger male and the games themselves seem to cater to that perception.
When I was a sophomore in high school, I read
The Sound and the Fury. When I was sophomore in college, I took a Milton class and spent five weeks reading and talking about
Paradise Lost.
When I go to the new release section in a bookstore, the chances of my finding a book that rivals either of those two when it comes to literary quality is so miniscule as to be irreverent. Alternatively, when I go to the computer game section of my local electronic store, I expect to see games that are superior to those I've picked up previously. I will likely expect this for decades to come.
Film seems to have found a nice middle ground. There are both recognized classics that are almost as enjoyable as when it came out but there's always room for an exceptional film that can become a new classic.
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