Kotaku used to regularly post gaming-related news, and their biggest flaw at that time was probably that most of the news they posted was pulled directly from NeoGAF.
At some point, they started shifting towards more hot takes and
clickbait articles. That eventually progressed into Kotaku pushing a political agenda into almost every article with less actual gaming news. They still have a rare article that's relevant, but ever since GamerGate they've been unbearable.
Schreier is well-regarded due to his status within Kotaku's organization, but he is petty and fragile. Much of the investigative journalism he does is only possible because of his position within a popular gaming website. I wouldn't shit on his work as quickly as others here, I appreciate many of his articles, however he dismisses anyone that offers any criticism and he has a huge superiority complex. He is a pretentious dick best illustrated by how he talks to YongYea in the following video:
He loves to shit on YouTubers all the time for stealing other people's work even though Kotaku built itself on that same premise.