Sarkeesian is absolutely right. The violence against women cliche is a trap lots of writers fall into when just starting out, usually in high school or college. Her call to action isn't about censorship. It's a challenge to create emotional experiences that don't rely on shock value and easy tropes. Game worlds…

You are correct. Most professional writers are in the business of alchemy.

Yes, you are correct. The story was plodding and dour—the gameplay tedious. I wanted to stick needles and hot sauce in my eyes after playing. Heavy Rain makes the cut, but not Bioshock?

Thank you. Barbara Gordon has become little more than a human extension of the Bat Computer. And she seems to have virtually no emotional wounds to echo her physical ones. Snoresville. It would be interesting to see a bunch of repressed anger bubble up in Barbara Gordon, motivating her to commit to a grueling physical…

The original PlayStation controller debuted in 1994. The more familiar DualShock was released in 1997. The PlayStation 3 controller you're using today, well into the 21st century, is almost identical to that 1997 design. Let's think about that for a second. It's now 2013, and if you've got a PS3, you're still using a…

Sounds like you're judging your own emotional experiences and projecting those judgements onto others.