That mirrors the collective expertise and lower noise ratio that exists here. Subreddits like /r/gamedev are mostly novice posts and people venting. gamedev.net mostly exists for posting questions. VFX/game art subreddits are really cool, though mostly exist to show off. It's good all of these places exist, and I'm not complaining about them. It's just that it splits the community into individual secs and there's little crossover (that I can tell).
There are many disciplines that coalesce together to create a video game, and there are around 300,000 people working in the field. Where is the central meeting point?