Yay, someone who likes videogames and is good at writing and critique! I agree with all that this dude has got to say. I've said before that games and games journalism are WAY too close to each other and in that there lacks professionalism that can be found in film, music, etc. It's a community that needs to grow up in more ways than one, and this guy has a good idea of where it should be going. God damn. Thanks for the read, cov, this was awesome.Tough criticism is an act of belief. It is sincere in its hopes for the future but clear-eyed about the present. Most videogames are disappointing, and disappointing in dependable ways. But it is possible to love individual games, to be ignited by them, and see a future worth pursuing. We’re not at all sure what this medium is capable of, but it certainly deserves more than our regular pronouncements of excellence and the glib advice that we simply accept every familiar trope and gameism. As if criticism is just the sour grumbling of the ungrateful.