REVIEW SCORES

We don’t discuss review scores with publishers or developers prior to the review being published. Restenford may, at its discretion, regularly adjust its assessment of products over the life of those products. These changes will always be explained and transparent. This is done completely at the discretion of Restenford writers and editors.

CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

Unless specifically on a writer’s profile page, Restenford staffers do not cover companies (1) in which they have a financial investment, (2) that have employed them previously or (3) employ the writer’s spouse, partner or someone else with whom the writer has a close relationship. When a Restenford contributor has affiliations of prior employment experience that would represent a material conflict of interest with their reporting, that information will be disclosed in context or footnotes of that piece.

SOURCES

It is our policy not to pay sources. On rare occasions, we may contract with a source as a co-creator of content. Anonymous sources must prove their identity to Restenford to be cited in a story. We protect the identity of our sources.

CORRECTIONS

Restenford makes every effort for stories to be completely accurate upon publication. Inaccurate stories will be corrected but not removed.

ADVERTISING

We have advertisements on our site, and they are our main source of revenue. We do not accept money or other consideration from companies as a condition or incentive to write a review or story, whether favorable or unfavorable, on Restenford. All reviews and other editorial material on the Restenford site are based on our editorial discretion, and not based on the desire of any company, advertiser or PR firm. Advertisers don’t ask us to cover their products, and we don’t comment about their ads. Our policies do not permit placements of advertorial on Restenford. We will endeavor to clearly mark any advertisement or “infomercial” (videos, Flash animations, etc.) shown on Restenford as an advertisement. Our website may [also] contain affiliate marketing links, which means we may be paid commission on sales of those products or services we write about. Our editorial content is not influenced by advertisers or affiliate partnerships.

PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCES

Our editors and writers are often asked to appear in a professional capacity as experts on various television, news, radio, or other media. These appearances do not constitute endorsement of any products, companies, or services discussed; it is possible that we may accept reimbursement for our travel expenses associated with one of these professional appearances (as long as the media outlet is not affiliated with any game company or other company we cover).

PRODUCT SAMPLES FOR REVIEWS

Companies may send games or other products or samples to our editors in order for our staff to review such samples and determine whether we will provide a review of the product on Restenford. We do not accept any samples on any preconditions, such as, that we will agree to provide a review simply because the company sent us a sample. Please note that companies may provide these samples before the product is commercially available, in which case, we may agree to an embargo with the company or its PR firm. This means we agree not to publish the review or associated news until a given time. Occasionally, we decide to review something which has not been provided to us by a company. In this case, an editor will either purchase the product for themselves (we buy a lot of games), or Restenford will purchase the product for the team.

WIZARDS OF THE COAST

Restenford is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or specifically approved by Wizards of the Coast LLC. Restenford may use the trademarks and other intellectual property of Wizards of the Coast LLC, which is permitted under Wizards’ Fan Site Policy (http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/fan-site-kit). For example, Dungeons & Dragons® is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast. For more information about Wizards of the Coast or any of Wizards’ trademarks or other intellectual property, please visit their website at (www.wizards.com).