Once in a while some game blog will link to an “article” over at the AOL owned game website GameDaily.com. These guys are basically another dime a dozen site that sits there and tries to be above the rest of the pack by making all sorts of snarky wise cracks and weekly Top 10 lists… just like all the other game websites out there. Case in point, the latest article I’ve found over there is titled “10 out of 10: What were we thinking?” in which the writer goes over a handful of games that their site awarded with a perfect 10, that in reality, don’t deserve a perfect 10. The games run the gamut of the likes of Halo 2, Call of Duty 3 and 4, Mass Effect, Nintendogs, Prince of Persia and even Viewtiful Joe. While I do agree that most of those games probably didn’t deserve the coveted perfect 10 score, what does this do for their reputation? For one, it tells me I should never trust what GameDaily has to say about anything (not that I ever did), since they obviously admit to giving into the hype. Second, it also proves to me that these guys are once again another set of game enthusiasts that let their excitement get in the way of their actual judgment.

I’m going to say that at least once a week I click a link that leads me to GameDaily for one of their shitty write ups, and I always say to myself “Why did I come here?” Most of the time I don’t even make it through half their articles since you need to click “Next Page” after each and every paragraph. This is a poor and shoddy attempt to generate click throughs, keeping people at their site, and driving up their daily hit totals. For example, their “Top 25 Worst Nintendo Published Games” literally forces a user to click through 25 different pages. Do people really click through this many pages? They really want to know want to know what Robert Workman’s most hated list is? Surprise, Wii Music is on the list, which as of the writing was a week old. Guess his hatred inspired this hard hitting list. Nice to know this guy is getting paid to be a glorified message board troll.

In the end, I’m sure I’ll keep going to their horrible site, reading their horrible features, and continuing to be angry at nearly everything they do because in my mind I need to “keep up with this stuff” even though I shouldn’t really care one way or another. As far as I’m concerned, these guys are the bottom of the barrel when it comes to game journalism. Don’t trust their opinion for a second.