And I wish these kids would get off my lawn!
Funny, it seems to me that many gamers don't quite get that not everyone has to have fun exactly the same way they do.
I have learned to never listen to Dunkey when he says a game is "Boring" but his idea of "Fun" matches well with me.
Also I watch some of the Angry Joe reviews because despite his tired theme of being angry all the time, he does a good job extensively covering a game from a semi objective standpoint. And I know when he is hammering home the negative points he is just hamming it up for the views so I don't take them too seriously.
Meanwhile gaming press is just a random assortment of editors with different tastes and values making it harder to discern how well the game will be for me.
That's why I like giantbomb since they are only 5 ish reviewers and you get to learn their tastes pretty easily.
Gaming journos have very little influence inside the gaming community. Many of them do not quite get that "fun" is the most central reason for playing a game. Their articles often read like someone who is hoping for a regular media house to notice and hire them, rather than a gamer writing for other gamers.
Gaming's biggest personalities are on YouTube and Twitch. ACG, Angry Joe, TB (rip), Dunkey have a significantly better say on whether a game gets played or not. Brothers a tale of sons, is one such game whose success can be in part attributed to TB pushing it very hard, on his YT channel.
Among the younger generation, let's play and streamers are the bigger influencers. At least that is what I feel like looking at my younger cousins.
There are a few good gaming review websites, but the likes of IGN, Polygon and GameSpot feel like surrogate marketting agencies at this point.