Game journalism and experience

In most professions it is better to get served by somebody experienced. A car mechanic with years of experience will find out what's wrong with your car faster than the guy who just started. But I was wondering whether game journalism, blogging included, is the exception to this rule. Somebody who has been reviewing games for years will probably fail to be enchanted by a new game, and fail to convey it's magic to a new player. Instead he'll endlessly compare features to previous games, or even f

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