From the headline and header pic, I was hoping this was an article about how Blizzard—on top of all the usual anti-cheating and moderation stuff —had created a team of hand-picked badasses whose remit is to seek out hackers, cheaters, toxic community members, and other scumbugs, and just mercilessly pummel them…

He probably means that a lot of commenters just repeat the opinions of Kotaku writers and don't seem to care about (or are unaware of) the biased and one-sided reporting of events concerning GG. Just take a look at the comments of this article; it's the same arguments repeated over and over again.

The Gamergate folks are overwhelmingly whiny man-children who are afraid of women. I'm a fairly hardcore gamer myself. I know these mouth breathers and they are not fooling me one bit.

No, no I did not. First, anyone who uses SJW as an insult is by definition an idiot and an awful person. Second - you bet those of us who respect the dignity of all human beings get to set moral standards! Third - it's not bullying to point out that someone is an asshole, particularly if they are in fact an asshole.

I believe it has been stated by multiple parties that the Kotaku writer in question actually WASN'T a sexual partner. NOT THAT IT FUCKING MATTERS SINCE THAT'S NONE OF OUR FUCKING BUSINESS. (emphasis for effect, not to imply that I'm yelling at you, Otherhand)

I think the point he's trying to make isn't "the character should not mention their homosexuality," but rather "The character should be written in such a way that their sexuality is an organic trait to their personality." I haven't played the game in question, but the given example of "Go speak to my old boyfriend"…

what's that about Bayonetta?

I read this whole thing and all I can really surmise is that gamers are childish and confusing.

"#Gamergate is a lost fucking cause."

Gamergate was a lost cause to begin with. There was too much of a shitstorm of assholery around it to ever have been anything meaningful.

All it takes is one unhinged person to kill someone. That her home address was published makes it materially easier for that to happen, which was the intent of publishing it — to terrorize women into keeping silent through threats of violence towards them. "We know where you live," it says. Can you tell the…

"all Muslims are terrorists"

I've been saying this for a while now.

I grew up in a time when being a "gamer" was cause for ridicule. Shit, admitting to owning a Nintendo in the mid-80's was a good way to get your ass kicked at my school (not at all schools, I understand).

Now that gaming's finally mainstreamed, and the hobby has -finally- gained…