Doesn’t that make it the publisher’s “fault...?”

Wait, she’s a consultant?

Oh yeah, for sure, comments on a Kotaku article where some are civilized discussion and some aren’t is totally a perfect example that Anita is forcing game developers to cater to her whims. 1-to-1 correlation, how could I not see it before.

There’s no way that people would disagree with you in the comments section of…

Mechanics are not “hard factual evidence.” Game feel, or how to construct a leveling system that is satisfying, or whether to include multiplayer and how to do it. All of these things are subjective, with multiple answers depending on who you ask. Is the leveling system in skyrim or dragon age better? That is a matter…

So what about someone who’s called in to consult on mechanics? i.e. how to fix balance issues in a new MMO or esports title. Are they “forcing their opinion on others”? No, they’re being asked and paid to lend their insight. If game studios didn’t want Anita, they wouldn’t hire her.

You’re fucking delusional, dude. No one has hired her as a consultant. She made a couple of youtube videos and was invited to give a bunch of talks.

Oh, shut the fuck up with this stupid, paranoid horseshit.

Strong disagree.

A consultant? What companies has Anita worked for? She is a critic, she never attacks developers. Movie critcs are always labelling movies as “mysoginist” (look at “The Longest Ride” or “Sin City 2” critcs on Metacritic) and they never recieve such hate. The problem with videogames are “entitled gamers” who think…

Stop copying and pasting something as if you’ve found the golden answer when you aren’t taking the information of it into account.

It’s up to developers to hire her or not. Nobody is forced to hire her. For example, I doubt Warhorse is going to hire her.

That’s the hang-up? That’s she’s a consultant? And it’s a big enough point to copy-paste to every single person who replied to you? She can be a critic and a consultant at the same time, they’re not mutually-exclusive.

The companies hired her, it’s not like she threw bricks at their building until they paid her money…

You are a moron. Reread the title of this article and come back to me about what this article was supposed to be about from the start.

The game we’ve written about multiple times over the past few years, right? That we’ve run videos of? That one?

The article is titled ‘My E3 Meeting With A Pro-GamerGate Developer’

I would hazard its likely impossible to go to any source on this topic that was not biased, in some sense, either way. Its a topic built on emotions and personal opinions/views.

Seriously? She can voice her opinion on gaming, and people can choose to accept it, argue it or ignore it. Critique is key to any process. Voicing these opinions should not result in threats to her, or her livelihood - that is not helpful to anyone.

Oh you mean like how certain “sections” of gamergate have bullied developers, groups and organizations to change what they do for their righteous cause? Yeah your opinion doesn’t sound hypocritical at all...Hmmmm.

So where should people get their GamerGate news? From pro-GamerGate blogs?

It just goes to show just how bad twitter and hashtag culture is for actual discussions about issues.