A Thought On Reviews, And The Reading Thereof

A brief memo to readers of reviews:

First:
Just because a reviewer's take on a game, book, CD or movie disagrees with yours, it does not mean that the reviewer is automatically A)dishonest B)stupid C)lame D)old E)unqualified or F)all of the above. Any and all of these are of course possible - I've read more than a few reviews of my own work that contained howling factual errors, incontrovertible proof that the reviewer had not read the book/played the game, or a double fistful of "I like X and th