I’m not sure the reason, but there doesn’t seem to be the same kind of nitpicky “everything wrong with X” type criticism out there for games (or at least it’s not as popular, because I haven’t seen it). There are lots of ‘this game sucks’ reviews, but they don’t tend to be a giant laundry list of tiny inconsistencies, design choices etc. I think games are held to a much much lower standard on things like plot, acting etc, and maybe the fact that everyone’s experience of a game is unique makes this style of criticism less viable?
Zero Punctuation is a good contrasting example, but from a different medium. Perhaps Jenny Nicholson is a good example for film criticism?
I’m not sure why the medium matters. Do you think video games and movies are structurally different on a relevant axis?
I’m not sure the reason, but there doesn’t seem to be the same kind of nitpicky “everything wrong with X” type criticism out there for games (or at least it’s not as popular, because I haven’t seen it). There are lots of ‘this game sucks’ reviews, but they don’t tend to be a giant laundry list of tiny inconsistencies, design choices etc. I think games are held to a much much lower standard on things like plot, acting etc, and maybe the fact that everyone’s experience of a game is unique makes this style of criticism less viable?