My response to the above post follows.
I’m a fan of written reviews personally, in part because I am hard of hearing (and don’t process audio data well), and in part because they are just easier to absorb. Like other commenters said, with a written review you can scan the page to find something you’re looking for (using visual clues to aid in your scanning). It’s impossible to do that with audio or video unless those mediums are exhaustively annotated with – you guessed it – writing.
I do enjoy video things from time to time; I love Playing Around Games on TikTok, for example. (double check that name? did i remember it right?) But even a personable and pleasant video host like that still falls prey to the fact that I can only really pay attention, and absorb the audio, if I am in the right headspace to sit down and really exercise my brain towards listening to people talk. (And even then I prefer videos with captions!)
Video, as a medium, really shines when it comes to things like tutorials for playing a game. My gaming group will often watch a how-to video together before we play, just to see all the pieces and how they move/fit together/whatever. But if I’m reading a review/hearing someone talk *about* the game? Written, with optional photos of the game board, please.
Thank you for reading this far!
Emilybook 