Anybody but paid reviewers, they all bought off by the big publishers.

I don't really go anywhere for reviews. Usually, interest I have in games is garnered by obscurity and a cool premise (no reviews out there, really) or consistent praise from the average player on forums.

For me I go with Yahtzee's stuff for an overly negative critique to set a baseline for how bad it could be knowing if I expect it to be as bad as that I likely won't be disappointed by the game as it'll likely turn out to be better.

TotalBiscuit is nice for first impressions, but considering it's first impressions it also means there's a lot not seen which could turn the game either way.

Angry Joe is fun enough to look at but I've stopped taking his reviews at face value. Too many skipped things which turned out to be something I didn't like even if it's not a turn off to everyone. Let's call it difference of opinion on what makes a good game.

For written reviews I usually hit up Metacritic and read through some of the high ranked and low ranked reviews, don't bother with the score except to pick out the ones to read.
I still hold Gamespot's Half-life 2 review as a good example why I don't just take a score as an indication. Summarized (by memory) it was: Okay graphics, seen better. Fairly good sound, should've been able to do better. Storyline is okay nothing out of the ordinary. Fairly good gameplay mechanics but nothing special: 9/10...so average average average so so = almost perfect....riiight

For the most part though I usually end up looking on youtube for random reviews, or a let's play hopping to video 2 to skip the tutorial and then some further videos in to see if anything's changed and it looks like a game for me. And unless it looks totally awesome I rarely plop down the €40-50 asked for a new game, so usually it's old enough to have some youtube videos.

I know that feeling. The only game I paid the full $60 for this year was Assassin's Creed III as a Christmas present for my girlfriend since I knew she loved other games in the series.

I will listen to "WTF"s of his which I'm absolutely not interested in because of his voice. The texture of his voice is gorgeous and I'm a complete voicewhore, so... More on topic I like that he does lesser known stuff too, things I otherwise would have no clue existed.

I usually go for user opinions, whether that's browsing forums or Metacritic. I don't really
put much stock in professional reviews (although Let's Play-esque things like TB's WTF Is...
are good).

...And yes I realize the hypocrisy since I'm a reviewer. Leave me and my cognitive dissonance alone. :P

dude they removed avgn from youtube :O what the hell

a belgian gaming magizine

For a very loose sense of the word review... Chris "Campster" Franklin, Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, John "TotalBiscuit" Bain.

I regularly tune in to Extra Credits and Idle Thumbs as well.

I also liked Sequelitis, but it was a very short series.

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I think youtube videos are the worst way to get an informed opinion on games. I want to play a game, not watch somebody play it. (Extra Credits or other videos that don't use ingame footage are OK though).

Usually i will consult myself, after watching first few minutes or hours of gameplay footage from Youtube. If there's any demo available, i'll make sure to try that first. No longer put my trust on other people opinion 100%, even user's review can be misleading depending on the circumstances. Everything else is just for reference.

I go all over. Typically I'll start on metacritic and look through a few of the highest reviews and then a couple of the lowest ones to see if they all have common points. Then I'll check out youtube to see what kind of reviews I can find there for gameplay and again to see if there are common points. Finally, if I'm uncertain about my tastes in a new genre I'll ask on a forum if the people think game x or y is good because of specific elements that I know I like/dislike.

I'm pretty good about knowing what I like and dislike in a game so after I go through that process (takes 20-25ish minutes usually) its usually obvious if the game is good or bad. Been burned like 3-4 times in the last 2 years out of a ridiculous amount of purchases.

Since 2003 my main source for game reviews has been Polish magazine CD-Action. There's been very few cases where I wouldn't agree with their reviews and most of them occurred ages ago (for example one of their reviewers was apparently drunk when he reviewed Master of Orion 3 and gave it a 9/10!).

But to be honest I also often consult Metacritic. Sure, the metascore alone isn't worth shit but thanks to the excerpts from various reviews I can usually get a decent idea of the quality of a certain game.

Also more recently I've started watching the Angry Joe Show, rather for entertainment's sake but to be honest, he does usually successfully raise my interest in good games and keep me away from utter crap. Can't say that Total Biscuit would ever help me decide whether to buy a game or not, though. To be honest, watching him play makes every game seem shitty. :P

Trust noone.

I will read anything but I tend to look for key words that if they show up can help me overlook oher HUGE flaws. I like to go over GameSpot stuff and look for "replayability". If it's there I usually add the game to my list. I use to stick totally with GameSpot, then one day I cought it their old review of AOE1. They said it looked terrible and the pathfinding was horrid, and they gave it a 6. Well, they are, but I LOVE THAT GAME! and they can jam their 6 where the sun don't shine. :)