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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nakia" data-source="post: 2694730" data-attributes="member: 25747">This, I think, is a false dichotomy, because it neglects the purpose of the assessment.  Assessments are done for certain reasons, according to certain criteria dictated by those reasons.  Those criteria, in turn, are selected for certain reasons as well.  Being clear about the purpose of the assessment stops the infinite regress of providing reasons for reasons.  Some purposes of assessment demand a higher degree of impartiality and publicity of reasons than others.  A review of a product on ENWorld has a different purpose than a review of a product one gives to one's friends, which necessitates a higher degree of impartiality and publicity of reasons and results, I think, in a differing degree of objectivity.Umbran’s post was spot on, precisely because it ties obsolescence with purpose.  Can the game still do what it was designed to do and what its users/players want it to do?  Since one of the purposes of games is to allow its players to have fun, then as long as there are people playing the game and having fun then it's hard to say that game is obsolete, at least for that purpose.  Given that there are other purposes/functions of games (simulation, expanding the hobby, sparking imagination), it would seem that games could become obsolete when they no longer serve those purposes.</blockquote>