There was some kerfluffle in the gaming press like this; a lot of magazines used to score games out of 10, with a 7/10 being effectively the lowest possible score. “When I booted the game up, my C64 caught fire, as did my Spectrum, which was turned off at the time and not relevant to this review. Then the developer kicked in the door, gave everyone in the building AIDS, then went on a worldwide tour kicking every single puppy. 7/10.”
There was a magazine that was in the habit of actually using the entire scale with a “meh, s’alright” being a 5/10, and some developers outright blacklisted them for it.
It’s like how grades of meat are all positive sounding. Which is the worst grade of meat: Prime, Select or Choice?
I once saw a documentary with the engineer who worked on the toilet equipment such as it was on the Apollo spacecraft. Urine was collected essentially by a condom with a hose at the end, which came in three sizes. Of course none of the astronauts would be caught dead ordering anything but a large so they were labeled “large, gigantic and humongous.”
There was some kerfluffle in the gaming press like this; a lot of magazines used to score games out of 10, with a 7/10 being effectively the lowest possible score. “When I booted the game up, my C64 caught fire, as did my Spectrum, which was turned off at the time and not relevant to this review. Then the developer kicked in the door, gave everyone in the building AIDS, then went on a worldwide tour kicking every single puppy. 7/10.”
There was a magazine that was in the habit of actually using the entire scale with a “meh, s’alright” being a 5/10, and some developers outright blacklisted them for it.
It’s like how grades of meat are all positive sounding. Which is the worst grade of meat: Prime, Select or Choice?
I once saw a documentary with the engineer who worked on the toilet equipment such as it was on the Apollo spacecraft. Urine was collected essentially by a condom with a hose at the end, which came in three sizes. Of course none of the astronauts would be caught dead ordering anything but a large so they were labeled “large, gigantic and humongous.”