corban said:
It would taint the review.
First of all, the reviewer would be unnaturally tired from having to walk all the way down to Gamestop and back. Stopping for a Big Mac and fries and a four-pint coke on the way back. This would lead to lethargic gameplay which would, in turn, lead to a poorer-than-actual perception of the game.
Secondly, every time the reviewer gets TKed, instead of thinking "
oh well, wait for next round, man I love my job sitting around playing video games someone was stupid enough to send me for free" and sipping a little Scotch, said reviewer would instantly hurl the controller at the nearest person's forehead screaming "
Fecking fourty dollars for this piece of shit, what the fucking fuck! Fuck. Shit. Fucking stupid fucking mother cunt hog game. Fucking kid is obviously wallhacking. Look. Fucking LOOK! RIGHT THERE. HE'S FUCKING WIGGLING WEIRD. NO WAY HE COULD HAVE KNOWN I WAS THERE, I WAS BEHIND THIS MASSIVE BOX". This would lead to poor recollection of the game's actual playability and overall fun factor.
Thirdly, when grading, the reviewer would still be seething from finding out he's not getting reimbursed by the company for the money he shelled out for the game as an "internal training and re-orientation exercise"; and highly scientific studies have shown that this can decrease a grade by as much as 17%, enough to drop a game from an A- to a B.
Thus endeth the lesson.