Except if they want press passes to industry events, conduct interviews, etc., of course. They call themselves journalists until they receive criticism/backlash/questions, and then they suddenly become bloggers.
There's a smattering of examples of these people waffling back and forth between calling themselves "journalists" and "bloggers." I don't have any on hand, but I'll be happy to post them as soon as I find them.
But if the link Hyro-sama made to http://www.usgamer.net/articles/lets-talk-about-gamergate-and-journalism is anything to go by then game journalism is at least partway comparable to what those doing reporting for Vice are enduring to report on the Isis stuff. I think we can give them some leeway in their definitions if that is the case.