They don't seem to have a whole lot of people working for them, so I can only conclude that those who do work really hard to quietly push a lot of very in-depth articles.
As expected of Jeremy Parish there are retro-stories by people who really know their retro stories (shout out to Parish spinoff gameboyworld.com), and when a piece of hardware like the New Nintendo 3DS is presented it's not just a rundown of specs but context and insight, like this comparison with the GameBoy Color (accompanied by a really thorough hands-on), nevermind the many comprehensive retrospectives on games and systems on the site...
but just as important, there's fresh coverage of the gaming world today. Take this fascinating look into obsessive competitive communities around fluffy Nintendo games, or state of the industry-type roundtables and opinion pieces. They also wisely play to their strengths and particular interests and may write more long pieces on a game like Fantasy Life than well-covered AAA or indie hypes.
Ultimately these are the kinds of things that make a site worth reading: Writers with specific knowledge reading the industry and its games in context and not writing the same stories about the same things as everyone else.
As expected of Jeremy Parish there are retro-stories by people who really know their retro stories (shout out to Parish spinoff gameboyworld.com), and when a piece of hardware like the New Nintendo 3DS is presented it's not just a rundown of specs but context and insight, like this comparison with the GameBoy Color (accompanied by a really thorough hands-on), nevermind the many comprehensive retrospectives on games and systems on the site...
but just as important, there's fresh coverage of the gaming world today. Take this fascinating look into obsessive competitive communities around fluffy Nintendo games, or state of the industry-type roundtables and opinion pieces. They also wisely play to their strengths and particular interests and may write more long pieces on a game like Fantasy Life than well-covered AAA or indie hypes.
Ultimately these are the kinds of things that make a site worth reading: Writers with specific knowledge reading the industry and its games in context and not writing the same stories about the same things as everyone else.