Not getting into the whole debate or commenting on the review here. Anyway, I hope you're not implying sentence fragments should be avoided at all costs, Serpan. ;)

I write both non-fiction and fiction, so sentence fragments are fine as long as they're used right.

(Anyways, have only skim-read the thread and I have no idea what you're referring to. So, don't really take this as though it's aimed at you. Just at people in general really.)

One thing I do agree on though is that there is a tendancy to correct people's grammar etc. on a forum. I like correct spelling but I'm not too bothered about the grammar being perfect on forum posts and such as long as I can read what's said. Articles are a different matter though.

(One thing I would note however is that a few words feel like they're missing in the second paragraph of the review. But it's easy to understand what's meant. So, no biggie really. If you ask me, people are making a mountain out of a molehill. I did dislike the spoiler though in the review about the first game's ending. I'm on chapter 9 of the first game at the moment.)

PS: Absolutely jealous of people who have Dead Space 2. ;) I'm going to have to wait due to writing not going so well and being skint due to that. I did try the demo of the game on the PS3 though and while I felt it was an improvement on the first game, I didn't like having to stomp enemies for credits and ammo. I can see that getting a bit old after a while.

Nah I'm not , fragments have their place but they shouldn't be overly relied on as too many can make a piece look unprofessional and in a post on their own, they stick out like a sore thumb. I try to restrict my sentence fragments to character speech or add them in as weak interruptions. (I've been doing literacy and creative writing for the last 3 years.)

Ugh. I remember when IGN used to have pretty good reviews and the site as a whole was pretty nifty. I think I was maybe a freshmen or sophmore in high school when that changed and it's been a steady decline since then. Basically now when I see "IGN GIVES THIS A 9.2 OUT OF 10" I go "Ehh... That's nice..."

Oh no, we do not need anyone like Ebert reviewing games. Have you read his review of Kick Ass (do NOT read it if you haven't seen the movie yet, unless you enjoy major spoilers)?

I'll stick with Yahtzee, thank you very much!

No, I haven't even heard of the movie, my point isn't about agreeing with them though it's about the quality of the criticism/praise.

You're really missing out if you haven't seen it.

But back to the topic, did you notice my note about the major spoilers? Now tell me what kind of "quality criticism" involves spoiling (or is that spoilering) the hell out of a movie you hate just to make it less likely for people to still want to see it?

Not to mention that 95% of the review (outside of the spoilers) was nothing more than a moral outrage rant against the plot - nothing about the quality of acting, directing, choreography, or whatnot. (Edit: Ok I just reread the review, and there are in fact 2 short sentences, at the very end, dealing with the acting. So maybe change 95% to 99%.)

But hey, if you have no plans of ever seeing Kick-Ass, judge the review for yourself.

I'll read it, but I'll concede before doing so that Ebert surely isn't perfect anyway.