Our videogame Christmas cards, rated
We mercilessly judge the papery gifts kindly sent to us by the gaming industry, like big rotten children
Best wishes from... Codemasters
This is cute - a present, carefully wrapped, in the shape of Codemaster's nice little logo. A real classy bit of cardage.
Visuals |8 |Clean and straightforward, and very nice atop the fireplace thankyouverymuch
Festiveness |9 |It's a Christmas present, with Santa-hat wearing frogs on it! Brill
Composition |8 | Doesn't try too hard, just lets the central image create the atmosphere
Effort |8 | It might not have taken a lot of work, but it's a very nice idea all the same
Score: 8
Above: Codemasters (right) and Dolby (left)
Best wishes from... Dolby
Ah, of course. Dolby have clearly... Well, we mean Dolby is obviously... It's trying to... It's... Hell, we have absolutely no idea why this card has a sillouetted woman walking down a red carpet wearing an intricate necklace and hounded by paperazzi. But, hey, we also got a choc-filled advent calendar! Chompmononomonnommghhh!
Visuals | 2 | Is Dolby having a laugh? Nevermind, more chocolate *Scoff*
Festiveness | 1 | Is Seasons Greetings the name of a film or something? *Chomp*
Composition | 2 | It's hard to work out what any of it means *Chew*
Effort | 1 | "Just slap some artwork together and stick snowflakes on it, son" *Omnomnom*
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Score: 2
Above: Codemasters (right) and Dolby (left)
Best wishes from... Dolby
Ah, of course. Dolby have clearly... Well, we mean Dolby is obviously... It's trying to... It's... Hell, we have absolutely no idea why this card has a sillouetted woman walking down a red carpet wearing an intricate necklace and hounded by paperazzi. But, hey, we also got a choc-filled advent calendar! Chompmononomonnommghhh!
Visuals |2 |Is Dolby having a laugh? Nevermind, more chocolate *Scoff*
Festiveness |1 |Is Seasons Greetings the name of a film or something? *Chomp*
Composition |2 | It's hard to work out what any of it means *Chew*
Effort |1 | "Just slap some artwork together and stick snowflakes on it, son" *Omnomnom*
Score: 2
Ben Richardson is a former Staff Writer for Official PlayStation 2 magazine and a former Content Editor of GamesRadar+. In the years since Ben left GR, he has worked as a columnist, communications officer, charity coach, and podcast host – but we still look back to his news stories from time to time, they are a window into a different era of video games.
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