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When you write about games, your calendar will soon begin to look like a maze of embargoes. When you agree to play a game or see a presentation before a title is released, you are stuck agreeing to the publisher's schedule, which dictates exactly what you're allowed to talk about and when you can talk about it. This is par for the course, and when you see a rush of reviews all at the same time, you'll know an embargo has lifted. The problem is not that embargoes make everyone equal—it's that some websites are more equal than others.