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Joe Parlock

Current outlet: TheGamer

Previously at: Destructoid

Reviews

16

16 games · 16 scored

Avg score

63

16 scored reviews

Score style

Harsh

-7 vs peer avg · 16 compared

Outlets

2

Destructoid · TheGamer

Latest

2025

Most recent saved review

Reviewer scoring style

This reviewer currently scores about -7 points below the peer average on games where Critic Atlas has comparable scored reviews.

How to use this

A lower-than-peer score from this reviewer may be part of their normal baseline. Their positive reviews may be especially worth noticing.

Based on 16 compared reviews against other scored reviews for the same games.

Review history

How this reviewer maps across games

Review history follows the reviewer as a person, even if they have moved between outlets. Each review keeps the outlet where it was originally published.

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Tron: Catalyst

TheGamer

I'm A Big Tron Fan, And Though Tron: Catalyst Is A Big Step Up From BIthell Games' Last Game, I Was Still Disappointed

Published 6/17/2025

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Score

50

-16 vs game avg

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Grounded

TheGamer

Grounded Review

Published 5/12/2024

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Score

90

+9 vs game avg

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Rise of the Ronin

TheGamer

Rise Of The Ronin Review — As Wonky As A Walmart Katana

Published 3/21/2024

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Score

70

-2 vs game avg

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Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

TheGamer

Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden Review – 'Till Death Do Us Part

Published 2/12/2024

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Reviewer assigned from OpenCritic API author data during automated unresolved-reviewer resolver.

Score

60

-20 vs game avg

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Assassin's Creed Mirage

TheGamer

Assassin's Creed Mirage Review – One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, And A Leap Of Faith In The Wrong Direction Entirely

Published 10/4/2023

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Reviewer assigned from OpenCritic API author data during automated unresolved-reviewer resolver.

Score

60

-18 vs game avg

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Sunshine Shuffle

TheGamer

Sunshine Shuffle Review – No Donkeys Here

Published 5/24/2023

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Score

60

+4 vs game avg

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Foretales

TheGamer

Foretales Review – An Adventure Is On The Cards

Published 9/23/2022

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Score

70

-7 vs game avg

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

TheGamer

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Review - An Incredible Adaptation Without A Yugi-Boy In Sight

Published 2/11/2022

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Score

90

+14 vs game avg

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Shadwen

Destructoid

Review: Shadwen

Published 5/17/2016

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Score

40

-13 vs game avg

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Soul Axiom

Destructoid

Review: Soul Axiom

Published 2/28/2016

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Score

25

-30 vs game avg

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