“Someone has a different opinion” is one way of putting it. Here’s another: A person in a position of power thinks that people with less power should stop acting like victims. This person, who helped create a game called AXE Body Spray Pogo Xtreme, argues that making games is not a job but an art. Therefore, he says,…

I think many people would agree that an occasional 16-hour work day can be tolerable and even exhilarating when you’re working on something you really care about. I’ve done that quite a few times for stories at Kotaku, always by choice, because I really wanted to finish up something that mattered to me.

Not only that, but they picked someone to blame for the toning down of sexualized content in localized releases of games who, after all the digging is done, turns out to be in favor of the sexual content people were complaining was being edited out. Regardless of her position having no impact or influence of the…

So....just to make sure I’m clear, there are real actual human beings who:

My sympathies, Patrick. This is obviously a tricky topic for a reporter to cover fully and accurately, and I’m sorry that deranged individuals have decided to attack you (and your family) because they disagree with your coverage decisions.

Meanwhile, Rapp has reported that harassment against her has intensified. This past weekend, Rapp tweeted about her family getting hassled, their phone numbers and home addresses magically appearing online, and one individual claiming they’ve filed a police report, hoping investigators would knock on her door.