Maybe they're upset that Kotaku has contributed to the recent poopooing of gamers. I know if I ran EA, I'd have strong words for any games press outlet that condescended to, preached at, and insulted their audience.

How so? (Honestly curious.)

I was also curious about this!

Might be an undisclosed roommate or something.

I appreciate how you are responding with logic and fact, with an overall respectful tone. Even in the face of what amount to flippant, unexamined responses and accusations, some of which smack of personal attacks (ie effectively saying you're a misogynist by association.) Keep it up! Raising the level of discourse…

There is no logical inconsistency. I can be in thrall to a game developer or publisher in various ways, and still intellectually support criticism of the media and it's cultural impact.

Succinctly and well put. :)

One thing I'd really like to see from Kotaku is more *thoughtful* posts that are less one-sided when it comes to controversial issues.

I'd love to see answers to these questions too.

Pretty good write-ups on why people are actually upset: http://gamesnosh.com/gamergate-sill…

Thank you for writing this up. More so than any of the dozens of professional articles I've read on these matters recently, you insightfully encapsulate the fundamental drivers behind the dynamics over the last couple weeks.

Geographic travel distance is what would matter, not geometric distance (unless you have a means of traveling in a straight line through the earth's interior... In which case, why are we screwing around on this kinja... I'd like to start a shipping company with you!). The earth's equatorial circumference is more like…