It has been said (by me) that a lot of games journalists are generalists in terms of what we play, especially if we’re talking about people who are staffers at an outlet, or have ever worked in guides. Though we all have stuff we prefer, or series that we serve as the go-to expert on for in-house needs (I think vid bud Liam might actually walk around wearing an ASK ME ABOUT RESIDENT EVIL badge in his day-to-day life), we – unlike the blue-haired neo-Gods of streaming – often can’t focus on one game all of the time. You have to know enough about enough to be able to write about enough.
There are, however, a bunch of big important games that I haven’t played. Sometimes it’s because a bunch of other people have, so that gap in the site’s knowledge is already plugged (and I do always make sure to be aware of their impact and basic facts). Other times, they might be games that I’m not really interested in playing, either because they’re not my genre or they seem too overwrought. Or, in some cases, it’s because everyone says they’re really good and I have to try them, though I’ve been burned before on this method (you people said the same about Ready Player One). But you know what would make me take in info about these games, even if it’s just by osmosis? If they all got PowerWash Sim DLCs.
