Some explain IGN's situation to me...

[A Black Falcon]

Eternal Darkness is one of my favorite games of 2002... VERY close behind Metroid Prime for GOTY on the GC... that game was really, really good! I didn't expect to like it as much as I did, but I do...
I also loved Blast Corps... its one of Rare's most underrated games... JFG was very good too (not overrated by IGN, though. They gave it a unfairly bad review due to nonexistant framerate issues).

As for IGN, I've never really trusted their reviews, so when they are bad (which is often) I'm not surprised... their reviews are really not accurate at all (PC and GC sections, anyway). Other sites, including Gamespot, are MUCH better overall for review quality...

Oh, and the banner ads aren't that bad. Well, except for the ones that play sounds. Those (like the Hegemonia one!) are REALLY annoying.