Looks like Dave's evolved from writing blatant self-serving praise to writing passionate blatant self-serving appeals to the hardcore. Hey, if writing one-sided editorials that leave out crucial details yet overemphasize others sells magazines, more power to you.
To his credit, that rant -however inaccurate- was entertaing, which is more than can be said for some of the work found in his former magazine, Gamefan.
"Hey! Look at us! We included 3 2D sidescrollers on our top 10 of E3 list! Aren't we hardcore? We're totally becoming one of the last sanctuaries for truly hardcore gaming. While other magazines shun "dated" 2D graphics as "boring" and "stale" we celebrate them for what they are: amazing! And as such, we've selected Mars Matrix, an unadulterated gaming experience free of excess polygons in favour of pure, hardy hard hardcore gameplay, as game of the show! blah blah blah blah"
Wait, maybe not much has changed after all.