The upcoming release of Cyberpunk 2077 is weighing heavily on my mind as it rapidly approaches. With it, I saw some speculation that games journalists were crunching (much like CDPR were, for months on end; a complete failure of project management) to get reviews done in time for the review embargo lifting. Criticism, done well, isn’t a small feat, and review embargos are often a nightmare. There are a handful of reasons for that, to put it mildly. Let’s dig in.