Editing MEANS (section)

=== Welcome to the MEANS System! (v0.1 initial) ===
The MEANS System is a method of identifying attributes and rating games based on their viability and enjoyability at LAN parties. MEANS testing is not intended to deeply assess or pass judgment on the overall quality, artistic merit, or other critically relevant attributes that may otherwise be important for game reviews. Rather, it simply asks: '''“Is this game a good time?”'''

Though this is an effort to be systematic (and, in some ways, taxonomic), MEANS is intrinsically subjective. While individual reviewers should seek to be as objective as they can, they will nevertheless refer to their own memories and experiences in using the system for their review. This is by design, and multiple MEANS tests of a given game from different perspectives are valuable and encouraged, as it increases the average usefulness of the resulting score.