James Allen takes a bunch of new games every month, and after reviewing them he scores them out of eight (outofeight.info, get it?)

And, well, that's it. But he's been doing it for years now, and is respected and followed by the gaming community for his independence. And possibly for his very simple, text-only approach, which means that even with a slower or older system you can get through the whole 5 years' worth of reviews pretty quickly should you want to.

This is a great alternative to the bulky review machines such as Gamespot, if you don't need the videos or the screenshots or the PR interviews with the publishers and just want to get the bottom line on how a few of the month's top games actually play.