Let's Save Game Journalism!

[Mythmaker1]

Ka-pi96 said:

Mythmaker1 said:

Ka-pi96 said:

2. I very much agree. If they don't like the genre in the first place then they really have no place at all reviewing the games.

The problem I see here is it has the potential to create an echo chamber. It's easy for people who immerse themselves in a particular environment to develop blindspots.

It does have problems. But as it is now you get some reviewers who quite clearly don't like the genre of the game they are reviewing and then you get biased reviews. Let's say there is a reviewer who only really RPGs, they wouldn't be a very good choice to review other genres such as shooters.

I don't really see a problem with that. Yes, it's a biased perspective, but you're going to get that from fans of the genre as well. And as you said, it's pretty clear who knows what they're talking about and who doesn't with these reviews.