One selling point on this competition was the guest judges. And while I think it's awesome they are going to play the entries that make it past the preliminary review, I think it's sort of pointless for us as developers if we don't even get to hear their impressions of our games.
I had asked PixCube previously about getting them to stream their game-play, but she said for technical reasons it couldn't happen. However I think it's definitely doable for them to post their impressions of the games as a review in text. This could be on the contest submission pages for each game, or on the actual pages for the games. If they did this, they should state who they are so future visitors know the review is from a veteran of the games industry. It's sort of an endorsement for the games they really liked.
I honestly feel like if we don't get to know their impressions, it'd be as if we were watching American Idol and all of the footage with the judges and their reactions were cut from the episodes. As it is, the winners will get emailed later on and they can only think "Wow, Koji Igarashi played my game!" But, like, what exactly did he think of it? Surely even with the winning entries the judges will have constructive feedback or specifics about their praise that the developers should hear. This makes it all the more a learning experience for the devs.
With my entry, I took some big risks and did something unique with the controls. Some liked it, some didn't. Others couldn't even figure out how to play the game properly. I want to know if the judges understood things (like my game mechanics) the way I intended them to be, etc.
Could this be done?