What was the keyboard you bought ? <| sep |> Confirmed , had to go incognito for it to work . Didn ' t realize it was adblock preventing it . <| sep |> I don ' t always play games critically . But , when I do , I typically break out a notebook and pen and start to write down everything I notice in game . This could be anything , from what I ' m feeling at the time , to what the game reminds me of , to what the scenery looks like , to errant thoughts that i might have , to predictions I make regarding where the narrative is headed . Then , later , when I write a review of the game , I go back over my game notes and look at my first impressions . Sometimes I ' ll find patterns in the notes that I wouldn ' t have found had I not been keeping notes . Like for instance , I might find that I keep noticing the background art is pretty , or I may notice that I had trouble figuring out exactly where to go , or I might note that the GUI is counter intuitive and difficult for me to use . Sometimes I ' ll notice mechanics in the game that didn ' t make sense the first time I encountered them , but made a lot of sense in hindsight . As for what games I play , I ' m trying to improve myself . This involves playing games that are out of my comfort zone . For instance , I never played any Western RPGs until very recently . So , I picked up Skyrim I played it noncritically probably should of kept notes , since it was my first western RPG . I was nervous going into playing that game , but once I was playing it I had an absolute blast playing it . As for what I rate games I rate them as I subjectively feel they should be rated . That means that whatever I feel about them is what I write down . I try to give solid evidence for all my claims , even if sometimes I can ' t find substance in the game to support my opinions .