Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using ReviewDisparity ("the Site"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the Site.

2. Description of Service

ReviewDisparity is a free, informational service that aggregates and analyzes publicly available video game review scores from critics and players. We compile data from public sources including OpenCritic, Steam, and Metacritic to calculate and display the disparity between professional critic scores and user scores.

3. Publicly Available Data

All review scores, journalist names, outlet names, game titles, and related information displayed on this Site are derived from publicly available sources. We do not claim ownership of this data. The disparity calculations, aggregations, and analyses are original work produced by ReviewDisparity.

4. No Warranty & Disclaimer of Liability

The Site and all content are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. ReviewDisparity makes no guarantees regarding the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or timeliness of any information displayed on the Site.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, ReviewDisparity and its operators shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of or inability to use the Site, including but not limited to reliance on any information obtained from the Site.

5. Fair Use & Editorial Purpose

ReviewDisparity uses publicly available review data for purposes of commentary, criticism, research, and education. Our service provides transformative analysis by calculating disparities and trends that are not available from the original sources. This use is consistent with fair use principles.

6. Age Requirement

You must be at least 13 years of age to use this Site. By using the Site, you represent and warrant that you are at least 13 years old. If you are under 13, you may not access or use the Site.

7. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Use the Site for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable laws
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site's systems or infrastructure
• Scrape, crawl, or use automated means to access the Site in a manner that exceeds reasonable use or places undue burden on our servers
• Misrepresent data obtained from the Site or present it in a misleading context

8. Intellectual Property

The site design, code, disparity calculations, and original analyses are the property of ReviewDisparity. Game titles, journalist names, outlet names, and review scores belong to their respective owners. All trademarks referenced on the Site are the property of their respective holders.

9. Third-Party Links & Data Sources

The Site may contain links to third-party websites (such as original review articles). We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of any third-party sites. Clicking external links is at your own risk.

10. Modifications to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Service at any time. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting to the Site. Your continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the modified terms.

11. Termination

We reserve the right to restrict or terminate access to the Site at any time, for any reason, without notice or liability.

12. Contact

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