{"id":41480,"date":"2018-01-14T07:51:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T12:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=41480"},"modified":"2018-01-14T07:52:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T12:52:39","slug":"super-mario-odyssey-is-no-masterpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=41480","title":{"rendered":"Super Mario Odyssey Is “No Masterpiece”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like I’ve said in the past, Joseph Anderson<\/a> is one of my favorite game reviewers. His content usually isn’t directly useful to me because our tastes are so hopelessly divergent that we have very few games in common. Even when we do both play the same game, we come away with very different opinions and seem to want different things out of the games themselves. But while I can’t use his reviews as a guide as to whether I’ll like a game or not, they’re immensely informative in helping me understand what makes these other fandoms tick. If I ever find myself thinking, “How can anyone enjoy X?” then all I need to do is find a Joseph Anderson review of X and I’ll be able to turn the question around and ask, “Dangit, why can’t *I*<\/em> enjoy X?”<\/p>\n

Anyway, here is his two hour<\/strong>(!!) review of Super Mario Odyssey<\/a>:<\/p>\n