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It's something we've heard a lot in reviews and critical assessments over the years, that "bad" is better than "boring", but do we agree with that? Or did it just sound good and we took to saying it over time?
 
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro and setting up the topic
05:45 Using Shamu to quantify enjoyment ratios
08:18 How boring could be better
12:17 Lost potential with bad games
23:26 Using Days Gone as an example (sorry DG fans)
27:20 How a critic views bad vs. boring versus the audience
33:40 Behind the scenes pressure on the critical lens
39:11 Communicating "bad vs. boring" to different audiences of people