It appears that the creator of PixelJunk SideScroller, Dylan Cuthbert, wasn’t to happy with an IGN review and as a result he called out the reviewer, Daemon Hatfield. This is where Dylan made a startling discovering that Daemon didn’t even finish the game and had rushed through it on casual difficulty. He called the reviewer out when he explained to Dylan that he had beaten the game on normal difficulty. This of course was a lie, which Dylan caught right away.
Updated: Daemon has given his side of the story: http://www.ign.com/blogs/daemon-ign/2011/10/26/concerning-my-pixeljunk-sidescroller-review/
Updated Again: Dylan has responded to this claim saying that they are “backpedaling” and that he needs to defend his company for this. You can follow Dylan updates here
http://twitter.com/#!/dylancuthbert
Moments later after these tweet Daemon Hatfield went back and actually removed that section of the review.
Here’s the original piece that has now been taken out of the review:
Updated: Daemon has given his side of the story: http://www.ign.com/blogs/daemon-ign/2011/10/26/concerning-my-pixeljunk-sidescroller-review/
Wow! Busted!