What's your statute of limitations for game reviews?

With gamefly shipping me older games, I would be interested in reviews for any game on a current-gen console. Basically, as long as it's a PS3, Wii, or X360 game, I don't really care how old it its.

i say when ever you play it and you want to review it then do it.

Unless it's animated and sacrastic like Zero Punctuation, i dont' read reviews older than 30 days. hell i think even that is too old really. I'm most interested in reading reviews BEFORE the game comes out, but i also konw these reviews aren't 100% accurate since reviews can and are bought. So if it's a game i'm not sure about, i think am interested in hearing player reviews a week or two after the game's released. But by 3 weeks out, i'm not interested in reviews on that game anymore.

Depends on the game and like Tank said on the medium. If it's a blockbuster... a few weeks, but I am not one to buy stuff on the opening day. However if there is a significant MP component I don't mind waiting a while for a good review. Frankly I am suspect of reviews for things like CoD on the first day. You can't judge the MP until you get into the "real world". But for little arcade games? months. What I like to see in a review is a) criteria for a score. b) I want to know how much of the game you completed. I reviewed games before (and I am ashamed to admit) I didn't finish them. Why? My editor was on my case, wanted it out right away. It was supposed to be a part time thing, but would want a review of a game within a week or less (I just had a kid by that point, I don't get on the xbox until 7:30 at the best). So what happened? My editor wanted speed of review over a quality review. AND he wanted my score to be the second or third highest score on metacritic. yeah... not working there anymore.

we have people checking on reviews even a year later... but that could be because of Metacritic