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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 795715" data-attributes="member: 5868">Just in case you're wondering what goes into reviews, <a href="http://www.d20zines.com/" target="_blank">d20 Magazine Rack</a> has posted its guidelines for its staff reviewers, so you know exactly what they're expected to do and what their ratings mean.That's a pretty fair thing for them to do, IMO.As to bias in reviews, I as a reviewer know I have biases.  I, personally, detest psionics or anything to do with psionics, for example.  But I feel my job as a review is to consider the product based on (1) what the publisher intended, (2) what someone who is specifically looking for the product might expect, and (3) what the casual gamer picking up the product might expect -- my own biases have nothing to do with the product.Personally, I try to swallow my personal feelings about any product and give it a good objective look.  There's probably a reason it got published -- I try to find that and point out where the publisher succeeded.  If there's an expectation that a gamer might come to the product with, I try to answer that expectation.  If I succeed, someone considering buying the product should be able to pick up the review (or hopefully, read several reviews for a good picture) and have it help decide whether or not to buy the product.I hope I hit the target more often than not.  I may not like psionics -- but I reviewed Quintessential Psion and thought it was quite a good product, and I'd hope the review reflects that.</blockquote>

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