Who are the experts of video games? The people being paid to begrudgingly trudge through one a week, or the people who clock 100+ hours a week in games, who all their social circles are in games, that mod their games, and are always both seeking the new best thing while respecting the old classics?

Video game journos as video game experts are like anorexics as buffet experts. They hate the thing they're reporting on, and would have nothing to do with it if at all possible.