Ratings Game: Treating videogames like fine wine

In reading through the February 2008 issue of Wine Spectator magazine (what, you think gamers only drink Bawls and cheap brews?), I noticed that basic rating scale for wines looks pretty damn similar to videogames. That basic scale is essentially the same as the gradeschool system, where anything below a failing grade is pretty much not even worth putting to paper. A failure is a failure and it’s really not worth even looking at the actual score.

Now I’m not saying this is how all game ranking work but, really, how most people treat game reviews…