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When you boil a critique down to its very core, you really end up with only three parts to it. Practically any critique can be broken down into something like this:
In my experience, the usefulness of a critique is inversely proportional to the ambigui…

Humans tend to project our own wants, desires, feelings, etc. onto others — that is, we tend to assume other people believe what we believe, like what we like, dislike what we dislike, etc. This tendency has many far-reaching side effects such as confl…

Just because feedback is detailed and well-written doesn’t mean it is representative of the overall population’s concerns. This is because the things that hardcore players care about aren’t necessarily the same things everybody else cares about. Fans, …

Not in the way the review bombers hope. We already know that there’s a vocal and passionate fanbase for our game out there — that’s a major reason why we employ community managers. And we know when they’re upset. But it’s like throwing a tantrum — it m…

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The answer, of course, is everyone. So today, in a special Labor Day weekend edition of AAGD, we can examine how developers get and parse feedback. Keep reading

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If you work on games, you too will probably see them at some point. Hopefully you won’t have to deal with them directly — that’s what community management is for. But it always helps to understand your player base, because it helps to tr…