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Sometimes. The constraint is not interest, it is two people finding thirty or forty hours each within the same fortnight. Suggestions that explain why a game would divide a pair are far more likely to make the queue than a title on its own, because they give us a specific thing to test.

Tell us which entry, which sentence, and what the correct position is. If we can verify it, a dated correction goes at the foot of the entry and the original sentence stays visible. We do not silently edit published text, and we do not remove a column because a studio asked.

Occasionally we bring in a fifth person for a pair when a game sits outside all four of our comfort zones. Nobody at the desk is paid, so we say that plainly up front rather than wasting anyone’s time. If that arrangement still appeals, send a sample of something you have written about a game you disliked.

Yes, on the condition that it is disclosed at the foot of the entry and comes with no expectations about timing or tone. We need two copies, or one copy plus a second key, because a single-player write-up will never be published here. Embargo requests are usually irrelevant to us given how far behind we run.