My favorite reviewers usually don't play the latest releases.
Matthewmatosis is probably my favorite.
Honorable mentions are Super Bunny Hop, The Gaming Brit, Hyper Bit Hero, Errant Signal, Cee Marshall, Mark Brown, Turbo Button, Cagey Videos*, Rated S Games, Sunder, Satchbag's Goods, Egoraptor (when he actually fucking makes shit), and The Rageaholic.
*The bolded are the standouts
Needless to say, I consume a lot of gaming critique.
Edit: I genuinely don't believe that 99% of game reviewers from big companies are qualified to write game reviews. They are hired because they are good writers, not because they have a deep understanding of game mechanics, systems, and narrative structure. And yes, I do think you need qualification to critique something. You need to know what your talking about and that needs to be apparent in your review.
