For years, games criticism has been lambasted as a wasteland with no structure or discipline, little more than a PR arm of the studios. No more--the Sickos debut a scientifically indisputable new 11-point system that will objectively determine any game's quality with no margin of error. Follow the Sickos on Twitter @AnimeSickos Follow Joe @ShariaUncle Follow Tom @TomHarrison19
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