I recently wandered over to Kotaku Australia and saw something rather peculiar, they are now writing first hour reviews of video games! I think it's awesome that more review sites are taking an interest in this unique review style, especially the well-respected and popular Kotaku Australia.

Reading first hour reviews on other sites really helps legitimize the review style in my mind. I've been writing for the First Hour for over two years now, and over the years have received a lot of comments on the reviews and how helpful they are. With the First Hour, Games for Lunch, and now Kotaku Australia writing first hour video game reviews, I'm confident we can empower gamers to make knowledgeable and informed decisions when buying games (and also hopefully influence developers and publishers to create even better games in the process).

So in between our reviews, check out Kotaku Australia and read a few of their reviews, they're sporadically posted but cover some of the biggest games of the year. Their Dragon Age: Origin review is particularly interesting because my (upcoming) first hour review of the game was a completely different experience.