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So here is a popular catchphrase to mock the reviews of IGN. Probably been deratived from would/would not bang. It also can be referred with "11/10", "it's okay" and "game of the year" cliches.
I dunno how did this became so popular. But i see it on some youtube or 4chan comments out there. It is also pretty popular on MLG montage parodies.
But what is the trigger? Which review did actually cause this gag?

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I believe this whole thing really just spawns from the whole argument against gaming media, plenty of games journalists and sites have been accused of being paid off in the past, it's just IGN especially (and even Gamespot at times) are the most notable.

That and "can't spell Ignorance without IGN."

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But I would change the title to "10/10 It's Ok -IGN" or something similar.

This just reminds me of Gertsmanngate.
It's the #1 on the list "Gamespot Offers Good Reviews To Companies That Pay Them"

I think "IGN Scoring" would cover this better than either of the names suggested – usually "it's okay" is paired up with a 9/10 or something. Also, because of the way they're inconsistent with rating games on similar merits. Like this.

How about an IGN subculture entry which focuses on both "10/10 it's ok" and "can't spell ignorant without IGN." Would be great to cover everything we make fun of IGN in one entry.

" IGN is sucking XXX's dick " or " XXX is paying IGN money ".

I often hear this in conjunction with "like Skyrim with guns" or something similar.

I don't think the IGNorance thing doesn't nearly have as much spread, though.

It comes from the fact that IGN tends to give very high scores. For example, on the "IGN scale" a 7.0 means the game is bad.

It also comes from the fact that they nearly always give AAA games, such as Call of Duty, 9's or 10's. Allegations that Activision pays them to get good reviews have existed since forever.

Really, because I thought can't spell ignorance without IGN was the common catchphrase for the anti-IGN crowd. Also, I'm an idiot for saying that IGN should have a subculture entry. It should be site entry.

It's a commonly used phrase, but it doesn't have a whole lot of image-based spread. Media's the top dog on this site.