True, the whole "We wont rework combat mechanics in ME1" kinda makes it pointless.

Oh no, it's not the whole of GamerGate that does that. A lot of them just let the harassment happen, then jump in to make a token expression of sympathy and a spirited defense of the movement as a whole whenever one of them has done something really awful. And then continue doing nothing until another GamerGater does…

Dude. The whole "cherry-picking data" thing can sometimes be a legitimate complaint in science, because no one has access to absolutely all relevant data and the data are often opaque to begin with, so there's a definite risk that unscrupulous scientists will try to pass off an atypical result as a typical one (or…

My god, you have the patience of a saint. Salute!

Believe it or not, our society sees and treats violence against women differently than we treat violence against men. It's just not the same thing. For one thing, men fighting each other is generally viewed as a battle of equals, even though that often isn't the case. Whereas women are, on average, smaller and…

The thing is though, that's still valid as a criticism. Pointing out the use of a trope doesn't say anything about the rest of the game or media work, it just points out the use of a trope. She's not out to review entire games, she's just pointing out examples of a trope in a game.

How does the fact that you work for a woman in Far Cry 3 change anything? Also, if you think that there is only one scene in Far Cry 3 that has questionable content, you should probably play it again. I'm not saying the game is terrible. I loved that game. But there were certainly a few bad scenes in there.

So, as long as people make a bunch of accusations, they are automatically true? I've seen several YouTube videos people post on here that point out her "lies" and every one of them is nitpicking some tiny point that she may or may not have gotten wrong. I kid you not, the last one I saw called her a liar because she…

That ever talking about the representation of women (or men!) has to be described as a 'political' agenda is precisely what is so fucked up about GamerGate. I mean, that and the whole harassment of women thing, which ironically reinforces Sarkeesian's point.

Just because you don't view something as "sexy" does not mean it isn't sexualized. The visual cues for that kind of thing are pretty clear and well-understood. I mean, aside from the fact that the character we're talking about is an actual prostitute (which is her sole defining feature in the game), there's the…

Plenty of people weren't gamers in 2010 but are now. It's a rapidly expanding medium. And gamers really need to get over the whole true Scotsman thing, anyway.

You're clearly not biased. Not at all.

I have watched the videos, and I'm familiar with how academia works. She didn't "silence" critics; I mean, here you are, right now, talking about it. Turning off comments on her Youtube videos (which, for god's sake, even people like TotalBiscuit have done) is not "silencing critics" in any meaningful sense.

When you…

Giving examples isn't cherry picking.

It's funny how she's been "called out" so many times for alleged cherry picking and yet she still has enough credibility to get a New York Times op-ed and a spot on one of the highest-rated talk shows in North America, while her detractors scream and cry in obscurity on their little image boards.

I'm just gonna address this first:
Plenty of men in gaming are heavily designed to be sexual sex gods or extremely attractive.

Being critical of video games is not "treating the medium as a punching bag." It's called "treating the medium with the respect it deserves." Film, books, music, literally every other artistic medium receives, and should receive, the same critical treatment.

The "Is she a gamer or not?" thing is...pretty much a pointless discussion, as far as I'm concerned, and is something she has addressed multiple times. Regardless, either her criticism is valid or it isn't; trying to dismiss her because she's "not a gamer" (or even because you believe she lied about it) is a textbook…

If this is going to turn into an MRA thing, I'm afraid I'm not super interested. That said, I absolutely think there's a valuable discussion to be had about violence and men and the way that we often dismiss violence against men (particularly in domestic abuse situations).

The thing is, her video series isn't that…

thunderf00t is an "atheist"/anti-feminist critic on Youtube who has produced some of the most famous "rebuttals" to her work. That's why I bring him up.

Do you have any examples of her confusion between a "general" trope and a gender-specific one? Regardless, I don't think it actually really matters, particularly if…