I'm pretty sure I saw one of those comments in the NeoGAF thread when the Xplay review was out. Something about Xplay obviously resenting having to give a high score to that game. So yeah, it's nowhere near as surprising as it should be. Pretty good sample of message board attitude on all sides. On the other hand, who needs to be educated on that?
On a related note, is this what Adam Sessler is really like? On Xplay, he is this highly scripted clown, to the point where I sort of believed that he was really that smarmy. And is he by any chance related to French Stewart?