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For the last few years at Eurogamer Expo, we've run a session called Ask Eurogamer, where we've given you guys a chance to quiz a star-studded line-up of EG editorial heroes (and our boss because we can't really say no) about the site.Alongside questions about how to break into games journalism, by far the most common topic at these chats has been reviews. So this year, we've decided to do something a little bit different and grab that particular bull by the horns in a panel discussion entitled 'Settling the Score: The Truth About Game Reviews' (because Ellie told me you have to have a colon in these things). The panel takes place at 2.30pm on Saturday afternoon.
As custodian of Eurogamer's reviews for the past two and a bit years, it's often occurred to me that there's not enough frank discussion about how reviews are done and the issues surrounding them. Myths, rumours and conspiracy theories abound, with readers often imagining that a review is two days late because of sinister back-alley dealings involving paper bags full of non-sequential bills - and not because the reviewer caught a cold or his PC broke.
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