Every generation has it's crap, and plenty of old games both stand the test of time and get surpassed. For me Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64 are not nearly as good as Mario Kart Double Dash!!, but Super Mario World is much better than (single player) New Super Mario Bros. Wii. I think FFIV is still possibly the best Final Fantasy, yet find Mass Effect 2 and Fallout 3 better than most RPG's I've played (granted, my experience in CRPG's is limited at best). Overall I would put this generation up there as one of the bests though.

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But that can't be the only explanation, and reading these two articles I've found the other. Stephen Totilo, Michael McWhertor, and whoever else at Kotaku have a very valid and real reason for honestly believing in their hearts that Modern Warfare 2 is a top class game:

They simply didn't play any good games back in the day. And they, and many of these other clowns on top gaming sites shouldn't be game journalists for it.
Or they genuinely think that. Oh wait, no human being could do that, I forgot.

Also, most everyone people would consider a "game journalist" are "enthusiast press". Regardless, a lack of experience with the past of a medium =/= an inability to effectively talk about the current state of said medium, at least IMHO.