Opinions are not time stamped, set-in-stone ideas. They're constantly changing as we're exposed to new concepts, or overexposed to what we already know. In the case of gaming, the medium changes as well, mechanics that one game introduced are re-developed and are refined in another. You might find that a game you really enjoyed the first time you played it doesn't hold up over repeat plays. Sometimes you might revisit a game you thought you didn't care for at first and find that you actually really enjoy it. All sorts of things are responsible for changes in opinion, and there really isn't anything in reviews that reflects that, regardless of subject. By and large, a review is written, the author submits it as their final opinion, and that opinion is all that stands as people read it over time.
The Infinite-Sided Die is about reviewing games a bit differently. It's not about in depth rules explanations followed by a nice, neat summary of how I feel. It's about chronicling how a game holds up long term, the ups and downs over time. I'm writing reviews, but every entry on a game is never meant to be my final opinion. It's also about the people I play games with. I love games, make no mistake about it, but they'd be nothing without great people to play them with.
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