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Read more about the article Steam game ratings don’t show recency effect

Steam game ratings don’t show recency effect

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:13. March 2026
  • Post category:Media studies

Due to a data error, some of these findings are not entirely true. See next post. Previously, I showed that IMDB movie ratings are inflated for recent movies. I speculated this…

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Read more about the article Recency bias in IMDB ratings

Recency bias in IMDB ratings

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:8. March 2026
  • Post category:Science

In 2024 I wrote a post showing this plot (well, a similar one): The pattern is that newer movies have been getting progressively lower rated. Now there can be some…

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Read more about the article What makes a good computer game? An analysis of Steam ratings

What makes a good computer game? An analysis of Steam ratings

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:8. May 2025
  • Post category:Math/Statistics

What makes a better computer game? While we can discuss game design (e.g. I studied skill vs. randomness before), we can also take an empirical approach. What we need is…

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