Is it just thread views? Because with a lot of shit-posting that could be quite easy manipulated (or just get a heated NTR discussion going in a thread) Would it be possible to get the number and score of reviews taken into account? And then there is the time factor as well, at this time the Big Brother subsection is there more like a shrine, since it is abandoned (although the fanart thread is keeping it alive and somewhat interesting)
Who do we talk to about this?
If you sort games by the number of views or the number of replies you will find that the most popular games aren't in the "Popular Games" list. However, if you manually compare those numbers to the "Popular Games" list, the "Popular Games" are more viewed and more replied over time. I have no idea why that is.
A few examples:
Dreams of Desire (4.8m views, 14k replies)
Teachers Pets(3.6m views, 9k replies)
Big Brother (3.1m views, 16k replies)
Dual Family (2.0m views, 5k replies)
Depraved Awakening (0.6m views, 1543 replies)
Of course, being on the "Popular Games" list should increase the number of views, even if the game itself was abandoned/indefinitely onhold/rebooted as a pale imitation of itself using the same name/etc.