I suspect most people posting comments on this site have never read the print version of Edge, and hence have no idea just how their reviewing system works. They basically put front and centre all those nagging doubts that most other reviewers conveniently ignore in favour of being obsequious. I love that Edge can challenge accepted views of games, and I'm disappointed too that Mirror's Edge doesn't realise its enormous potential. Still, it's perhaps not surprising that a game focussed on running around ended up being pedestrian.

Most politicians have an extremely basic understanding of what a video game actually is. Advertising and promotional materials from many companies over the years has unfortunately reinforced this view that games are for kids, and so the concept that video games should cover the same spectrum of age groups as other forms of entertainment probably seems unreasonable to many. In some ways the industry has painted itself into a corner over this, but as the gaming population is getting older perhaps attitudes will change with time.

EDGE needs to start putting a blank box out of 10 for the score, so that people who are only happy when the game receives the score they're looking for can fill it in with a 9 or a 10 themselves.

Nobody ever said that people who value their dogs more than their kids would be smart.