A reviewer for GameSpy posted an item on his blog saying that the site had reworked his review of Donkey Konga 2, pumping up the puny 1.5 stars to a fairly moderate 3 stars. Site editors also apparently added several positive phrases to the review.

I ve never done this before, and I probably shouldn t be doing it now, but I want to take the opportunity to completely disown the GameSpy Donkey Konga 2 review in its published form. It grew an extra star and a half (or another 30% on the gamerankings scale) from its submitted version, along with several laudatory phrases that I didn t write and certainly don t mean. I hated the game. It s not a 3/5.

After writing this ballsy statement on his site, and getting a ton of attention, the review was pulled and the reviewer posted a weak-sister update.

As you ll discover if you try to follow the link above now, the review has been pulled. Thanks to GameSpy editorial for being gracious and understanding about the whole thing; it was resolved pretty quickly after my initial complaint.

Maybe reviews can be wrong after all?

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