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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 2h

thanks for listening.

hope you have my back.

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 2h

got a lot of feedback (mostly private) about a piece I read at the end of this podcast and the degree to which my central claim has been proven correct is staggering in the face of some unquestioned PR masquerading as journalism today.

as always, hope it's worth it.

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 3d

The CRITICAL ERROR podcast takes aim at the phrase "not for me," this week!

An extended discussion on the point of criticism, your imagined audience member, and how meaning is sussed out from any text.

watch/listen: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

Video Game Reviews Are Not For Me

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 7h

been dying to play this ever since learning about it from you!

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 19h

Telling my children this is Hades 2

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TAHK0 @tahk0.bsky.social · 20h

there’s a beauty to AI “art” in that the people who can’t understand art has meaning are building a future for themselves where they mostly inhale endless “art” devoid of meaning

can’t think of a more fitting self inflicted punishment

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 22h

I don't care about objectivity and have never once advocated for reviewers being "objective" lol

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 22h

yeah
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Video Game Reviews Are Not For Me

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 22h

new episodes every thursday
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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

best in the biz
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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

"it is impossible to have more than one.."

"It is possible to have no more than one..."

Going with the second just seems insane to me lol

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

there's no way this is what they meant to write, right? "It is possible to have [only one]" what are we doing?

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

Critical Error will not have a review of Pokemon Legends Z-A today as we have been blacklisted from the pre-release media list ever since The Charizard Incident

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

I might like your joke better lol

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 2d

REQUIRED viewing when you are done!!!!

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Perhaps, This Is Hell

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 2d

cancel my appointments

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 2d

It's interesting to me that your main points of criticism are

1. I am arguing that criticism is exacting rather than open to whatever anyone wants it to be and

2. something about my tone.

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 3d

The CRITICAL ERROR podcast takes aim at the phrase "not for me," this week!

An extended discussion on the point of criticism, your imagined audience member, and how meaning is sussed out from any text.

watch/listen: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

Video Game Reviews Are Not For Me

YouTube video by Critical Error

youtu.be

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 3d

i kinda dig this. 12 characters, no fuss. No huge expectations.

If they can launch at a competitive price point that would be huge

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 3d

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 3d

The CRITICAL ERROR podcast takes aim at the phrase "not for me," this week!

An extended discussion on the point of criticism, your imagined audience member, and how meaning is sussed out from any text.

watch/listen: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

Video Game Reviews Are Not For Me

YouTube video by Critical Error

youtu.be

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 3d

brother, it's insane how good the sequel looks on Switch 2.

pulling up 1 on the same machine is *brutal*

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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · 4d

Been really loving this show lately, and this episode speaks to a lot of thoughts I have on the current critical landscape, people feeling like they need to appease their audiences, etc. Big ol' recommendation. It's... For Me

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 5d

the latest CRITICAL ERROR podcast is about what video game reviews are/aren't

but tbh this week's episode is not for me: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

Critical Error Is Not For Me

YouTube video by Critical Error

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 4d

thank you 🙏🙏

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 4d

Jake has a written piece at the end of the show that ruined me. The sad, inexorable tethering we’ve made of loneliness and principles in games media is, well, sad.

It’s exhausting to care. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t.

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 5d

the latest CRITICAL ERROR podcast is about what video game reviews are/aren't

but tbh this week's episode is not for me: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

Critical Error Is Not For Me

YouTube video by Critical Error

youtu.be

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 4d

🤍

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