Gaming journalism is really just a fancy way of saying professional bloggers. They just blog about video games, rather than their favorite places to eat, or what that whore Cindy was wearing at the mall.

Well the issue here is the gaming journalist is not analogous to the general news sort of journalist. Typically, games press outlets like IGN and Gamespot are primarily review/score hubs when it comes to consumer interest; most people go to these sites to see how good the site says a specific game is. That's a completely different situation than a general journalism/news outlet like The New York Times or even HuffPo; people read these papers/websites specifically to read or watch videos pertaining to news or opinions on current events.

I'm not about to claim games journalism couldn't use a massive overhaul, but it shouldn't be judged based on the standards of mainstream journalism; they're completely different fields.

I thought Colin Mochrie was everyone's lightning rod of hate.