Squid of Man

The Squid of Man is not a fan of Gamerankings. The Squid....is not alone.

Enter Metafuture. Once a run-of-the-mill gaming blog, it has woven itself an elaborately cynical cocoon, nestled gently within it's silky confines and is preparing to emerge as...a raw collection of statistic and graphs.

Stats and graphs do not normally get this Squid all moist and sticky. My aquatic habitat performs that downright necessary function for me. But when their sole purpose is to lay bare the farcical review scores of major gaming websites and magazines? That's when it gets interesting.

We all know a 9.0 from IGN is as valuable as a shit sandwich in an ice cream store. But up until now, their lies and incompetence have yet to be laid bare by cold, hard science. This Metafuture project is going to change that. They're going to map every score given to every console and PC game aross a variety of sites/magazines, then rank that source according to the average scores they dish out.

For example, if your reviews normally fall within the 75-95% range, you'll be given less credibility than a source whose averages run between 30-90%. So a 7 in Edge may well end up being worth "more" than a 9 from IGN, as they will most likely be proven to bullshit their readers on a far less regular basis than the lie-mongers at IGN.

It's still a work in progress at the moment, but is still worth checking out.

[thanks GameLife]