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Hey all, I'm doing research for a future GameSpot column and I'd like to get some opinions from the game journalism community before I really get going on it. To that end, I thought I'd pose my questions here. Note that any responses posted in this thread are considered fair game for publication in said column. If you do post here, please include your full name, title and primary publication so…