A writer doesn't necessarily need to slam another indie game presenting competition. He could end up promote a game being developed within her developer circles. That's sort of a the big problem when relationships between reporters and their subjects occurs. The grey area that already exists turns into a literal…

Agreed, she definitely doesn't deserve what's happening to her. She seems like a liar - most likely a pathological liar - and obviously cheating on her boyfriend wasn't a great move (although honestly it sounds like some of the things she's done have been driven by impulses she doesn't necessarily want) but nothing…

Even if specific favors weren't curried, the potential for professional bias in his other works still existed during and possibly even after their relationship ended. Who is to say that their relationship did not impact or bias other stories that he wrote about the indie scene?

Thus began The Great Apple/Commodore debate which lasted all throughout the 1980's.

Especially (but not exclusively) when there's no term limits, change rarely starts until the old guard finally starts dying.

The interesting thing about blaming the baby boomers for thinking games are for children is that to some extent, they were trained to think that and that's why the industry survived on some level. Considering that the industry was more-or-less dead before the NES which was able to get shelf space in stores due to…

I think you can also include the fact that America is massively into capitalism. That means it is very hard for people to imagine someone putting the emotional and physical well being of others over our own need to collect as many $ as possible.