I find their rating system to be highly suspect!
From the Conan O’Brien Show

[VIDEO] Conan O’Brien Reviews Minecraft

Posted by Shawn Handyside on July 25, 2012 · 3:28 AM

(121 votes, average: 3.72 out of 5)

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Doc_ock_rokc 92p · 659 weeks ago

Its a sssssssssssshame he didn't bump into a creeper. That would have been a monumental reaction.

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Vabolo 118p · 659 weeks ago

Y U NO USE PC VERSION

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deleted801691 109p · 659 weeks ago

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Icesickle97 79p · 659 weeks ago

QUIT RUBBING IN THE FACT THAT MY COPMY IS CRAPPY!
I tried, dammit, but it's just too old to do anything with games! I'll stick to the old-fashioned way...for once.

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Deep Thought 105p · 659 weeks ago

That's about right.

And now it becomes even funnier to say poor and Irish when you realize that the XBOX version doesn't have hats. Also, since Conan is Irish.

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TheTaurenRogue 109p · 659 weeks ago

God, you remember that bastion of youth and naivety where games were for a small bundle of people and it was like your badge of nerd-dom...

Well mine just broke.

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MasqueNoMercy 96p · 659 weeks ago

should have broken when jimmy fallon started showcasing games on his show. technically conan should help your nerd-dom because he is making fun of you for liking a game which is what used to happen back in those good old days

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SuperPinkiePie 92p · 659 weeks ago

Conan seemed really excited to chop down some trees. I wonder why he wanted to get wood so bad.

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deleted801691 109p · 659 weeks ago

And then he reviews Sonic 06 and gives it a -0.

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chipznsallza 95p · 659 weeks ago

not low enough

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DesmaX 102p · 659 weeks ago

Come on guys, at least it has good soundtrack...

Right?

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deleted801691 109p · 659 weeks ago

It's probably the only thing in the game that doesn't make the universe implode, were it not in there.

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Kn0w1d3a 94p · 659 weeks ago

On the 88 Star System that might actually be too high

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chipznsallza 95p · 659 weeks ago

well I think the lowest you can go on the 88 Star System is the absolute value of 17.π, so maybe we could give it that

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Spencer 119p · 659 weeks ago

Hey don't insult Phoenix's favorite game!

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tstriker1 78p · 659 weeks ago

Wait, so Conan used to be poor and Irish?

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Deep Thought 105p · 659 weeks ago

Can't you tell? The red hair should be a dead giveaway.

That wonderful, wonderful celtic red hair.

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deleted801691 109p · 659 weeks ago

And the skin so white that it'll blind you if you stare at it too long.

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GameboyPATH 106p · 659 weeks ago

Holy shit, this is what I've been looking for! A guy on the internet playing a video game and telling me what he thinks of it!

Thank you, Conan, for fulfilling a need that the internet has never before been able to provide!

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GameboyPATH 106p · 659 weeks ago

At the risk of receiving -1s, I want to stress that this really does just annoy the hell out of me because he's not even trying at all. Not one bit of effort. He even stresses how little he knows about what he's doing. His reviews and critiques come off as whining, the only emotion we get from him is annoyance, and can't even be arsed to summarize how he felt about it. There's doing things for the sake of comedy, and then there's doing things half-assed. I wouldn't mind it so much if there weren't already literally thousands of videos like this on YouTube.

So why did he do it? Because he knows it's popular with us. Minecraft's popular on the internet. Video game reviews and LPs are popular on the internet. And sure enough, the review is here on Halolz.

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NotTheSpy 108p · 659 weeks ago

In Conan's defense, he was probably trolling. Though I must agree with him, those shorts really are awful. ;-;

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GameboyPATH 106p · 659 weeks ago

I personally thought it was a kilt. *shrug*

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TransPM 97p · 659 weeks ago

Umm... don't know how you didn't pick up on this, but it wasn't a serious review. He stresses that he doesn't know what he's doing to get across the point that you shouldn't be taking his review seriously. Really you shouldn't take ANYTHING he says seriously because HE'S A COMEDIAN, not a game journalist. I'm pretty sure his review will affect the decisions of exactly 0 people because that wasn't the point. Lighten up.

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GameboyPATH 106p · 659 weeks ago

But even when you look at it as a comedic sketch, it wasn't really that funny. I mean, he did try making some jokes, but they're the jokes you'd expect from someone making them up while playing a game.

It's possible to not take a review seriously at all and still make it funny and original, but you still have to put some freaking effort into it.

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Twilightdusk 76p · 659 weeks ago

>They're the jokes you'd expect from someone making them up while playing a game.

......yea, that's exactly what was happening.

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smashter 90p · 659 weeks ago

How to put this delicately.... I know there is something out there that would pull together all these mixed emotions on how to react to this...

OH I KNOW

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Geary 58p · 659 weeks ago

His rating system should have given away that the entire joke was that he had no idea what was going on.

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VyseRogueKing 103p · 659 weeks ago

To be fair a lot of the internet sucks at reviewing as well. Some places and writers are even infamous for they're reviews. *cough* ign *cough*

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straYDoubter 91p · 659 weeks ago

What about that guy from Gametrailers? He sounds like he knows what he's talking about.

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GameboyPATH 106p · 659 weeks ago

That's very true, but it doesn't really defend Conan's review much by comparing it to videos like this (chose a recent game review at random).

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BraveSirJimOfLawl 91p · 659 weeks ago

Punch, eat a Snickers. You get a little bitchy when you're hungry.

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GameboyPATH 106p · 659 weeks ago

BITCH I'M BETTY WHITE. YOU DON'T TELL ME WHEN TO E-oh hey, a Snickers bar.

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Armetron 98p · 659 weeks ago

aw no creeper, well let me give some help to educate him in the way of the creeper

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PortalMan 86p · 659 weeks ago

And i'm guessing TF2 will get.............a hat.

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manofpwn 0p · 659 weeks ago

Dammit, where was the obligatory creeper!

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Doc_ock_rokc on July 25th, 2012 3:39 am

Its a sssssssssssshame he didn't bump into a creeper. That would have been a monumental reaction.
SuperPinkiePie on July 25th, 2012 4:28 am

Conan seemed really excited to chop down some trees. I wonder why he wanted to get wood so bad.
Pupsrus13 on July 25th, 2012 4:33 am

Seal of Disapproval?
Skrist on July 25th, 2012 4:39 am

And then he reviews Sonic 06 and gives it a -0.
TheTaurenRogue on July 25th, 2012 4:40 am

God, you remember that bastion of youth and naivety where games were for a small bundle of people and it was like your badge of nerd-dom…

Well mine just broke.
Punch SideIron on July 25th, 2012 5:40 am

Holy shit, this is what I've been looking for! A guy on the internet playing a video game and telling me what he thinks of it!

Thank you, Conan, for fulfilling a need that the internet has never before been able to provide!
Nick Soapdish on July 25th, 2012 5:49 am

Fighting… need… to click on linked image despite downvotes….
Looks at avatar….. realizes furry….. picture may be yiffing…..
Need to click disappearing….. need to click gone.
manofpwn on July 25th, 2012 7:18 am

Dammit, where was the obligatory creeper!
Vabolo on July 25th, 2012 11:59 am

Y U NO USE PC VERSION
Armetron on July 25th, 2012 1:45 pm

aw no creeper, well let me give some help to educate him in the way of the creeper

<img src="http://pics.blameitonthevoices.com/092010/minecraft_creeper.jpg">
tstriker1 on July 25th, 2012 2:57 pm

Wait, so Conan used to be poor and Irish?
<img src="http://tf2wiki.net/w/images/thumb/b/b5/GentleManne.png/200px-GentleManne.png" alt="Oh Conan" />
PortalMan on July 25th, 2012 7:07 pm

And i'm guessing TF2 will get………….a hat.