They also tend to go pretty in-depth on each week's downloadable games or at least have a vague awareness of what came out, which seems to be a big weak point for many podcasts/games writers.GhaleonQ said:2. Games. These men do the legwork; sometimes, they will go so far as to GO TO GAMESPOT'S OR GAMESTOP'S NEW RELEASES SECTION and find games that are Japanese and/or don't have massive marketing budgets. I capitalize that statement because it's obvious such a thing must be too difficult for 90% of professional video game writers.
I suppose that's more a point against them for you, though.