Network Wars

These three networks of websites flood the internet with information, rumours, video and a lot more on gaming.

Gamespot has a stricter review method, IGN has a more numbers based review method, and 1up is more fair with games that have big flaws that are still fun.

Whether it's top ten tuesdays, the 1up Show or On the spot, these game sites have a lot of control on gamers.

The big questions for some are,

-are they reliable information sources?

-will they over hype a game and score it low?

-are their reviews fair?

-Will they rumour just for site traffic?

Well the answers are not all easy but I'll try to answer a few. The best source of real game content is probably 1up, they know when to say that even though there is a lag in a game or bad sound or graphics, that it was an amazing experience. they know when to say that a game has potential, and they say when it hasn't met it, and so on.

IGN.com is known to over-hype games and give them 7.9s or 7.8s on the review, but they do fairly score games and they know how to put the numbers together and rank them well. They are better with numbers and math to solve how much they enjoy a game. They maybe over do a bit of the hyping on the more popular games that tend to flop.

Rumours are made by all, but their motives are unknown. I do know they try a lot to keep their wishes away from their solid information about upcoming games. 1up is quite good at saying when a game could be one kind of gameplay that would help the series, although they make sure everyone knows its not fact or rumour, but their own creativity. Gamespot tends to keep things as facts to make sure gamers trust their direct respectable site. IGN seems to try to get gamers more excited about games which works and a lot of the time their info is true but a lot of the time not.

IGN is a good site if you want specific reviews, the forums on gamespot are the best, the 1up show is the best video network including Gamevideos.com.

Gamespot gives .5 or .0 scores ex.(9.0, 6.5) IGN gives .1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9 or .0 scores ex. (8.3, 4.6,7.0) 1UP gives .5 or .0 scores like Gamespot.