A three-person independent studio has uncovered just how easy it is for a lone user to review bomb video games on Metacritic after its PC game, Kunai, dropped from 8.1 to 1.7 on the scale.
Earlier this week, developer TurtleBlaze published a blog post on Gamasutra revealing that it conducted a little bit of an investigation when Kunai got review bombed, and found a Reddit post by someone who had not only bombed Kunai but also Insurgency: Sandstorm. The bomber actually detailed how easy it was for him to make 200 accounts (yes, 200) to bomb the score.

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