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It must be noted that there were some unforgivably vile comments posted in response to IGN's review, as well, mostly surrounding the fact that Naughty Dog's latest was reviewed by – shock, horror – a woman. O'Brien was accused of "using her platform to push feminist remarks and views" by one person I spoke to. Some saw her higher scoring of Rise of the Tomb Raider as a sign of a feminist agenda, rather than her simply liking one game a little more than the other one. There's no doubt that some of the backlash to her review boiled down exclusively to her gender, but thankfully most criticism went past the name of the author and focused instead on that temporary rating. That interim mark that burned a hole in the minds of so many, because they'd spent their formative years with the Nolan North-voiced Nathan, a man who, need I remind anyone, isn't real.On May the 11th, a day after Uncharted 4's release, IGN slapped a permanent 9.0 at the end of its review. The hubbub seemed to settle, and the world moved on. But if you are one of those people who got in a tizzy because your next favourite game, one that you hadn't even put into your console yet, received a score you deemed to be "too low", maybe you need to rethink things. Passion is wonderful and, in the world of sport for example, we'd be lost without it. But consider, for a moment before you submit your next angry post or tweet, if yours might be a mite misguided.@colm_ahernMore from VICE Gaming:Exploring the Strange World of 'Shenmue' Fandom'Postal' Is Back, But Why Now, and Should You Care?Things That Make You Go Boom: Video Gaming's Greatest GunsNew on Motherboard: We Talked to the Scholar Who Just Got $2.3 Million to Study Games