Well, that explains why the blogger was anonymous. Because apparently authors are fucking nuts.

You do realize that you don't have to be an artist to critique art, nor a chef to critique food, right? You do not have to be an author to be a book critic. Or a filmmaker to be a film critic. I could go on and on and ON with examples, here. Those who make academic critiques of published works DO NOT HAVE TO BE - and…

I've watched almost all of her videos and fail to see any sort of poisonous or contemptuous speech. People who see/hear it in her videos are projecting. They don't *want* to hear it, so they shove their heads in the sand and comfort themselves by saying that it's not them, it's not the games, that are wrong, it's…

We don't need to replace her with anyone. This is the thing: people keep asking for her removal, which is very revealing about which group people believes "owns" (and should regulate) games. She should stay if she wants to, and she needs nobody permission or sanction for that.

So now you're Robin Hood pissed at how she stole money from others? Oh wait no, they gave her their own hard earned money out of free will. BUT WHO CARES? WE MUST AVENGE THEM!!!!

who force others to call them video game journalists

It never ceases to amaze me just how low and vile some people in the gaming community can be. Regardless of what anyone thinks of Anita and her videos, she is simply trying to open the eyes of gamers up to something they may not have thought about much before. NONE of that is a crime. She's allowed to say her opinion,…

I read the link. What's your point? That bloggers from different publications talk to each other and have opinions?

Way to completely miss the point of the article. This was a story about a bomb scare and death threats aimed at a woman for the crime of having opinions.

I'm not sure what you're trying to expose here. Bloggers from different publications talk to each other and have opinions?

Except she doesn't. She promotes a differing view from established, sexist norms in videogames and talks about them in an educated manner, never once being condescending to the viewer. The only people whining about "conflicting views" are the people who keep harassing her. You know, because you can have an "actual…

She's bringing the threats against her to light because it's a very real problem that's happening to way more people than just her. It's not attention seeking, it's reporting the facts.

No. This is a ridiculous comment. She's voicing her issue with these threats because she wants to make a difference. Extreme harassment on the internet will continue until someone is brave enough to make a scene about it. I want her to get attention for being harassed and threatened, because it makes people realize…

If she doesn't like the criticism then maybe she shouldn't have taken the step to be in the public light.

The issue is this: pools have been a staple of the Sims franchise since the very first base game in 2000. Toddlers have been an expected life stage since The Sims 2's launch. These are mainstays, staples of the series. They're not the first thing the studio would cut.

My god. Thank you for sharing your story. And thank you for being honest about the pressure to have a so-called thick skin when it comes to degrading, sexist, and sometimes violent behavior. We've been taught for so long to just take it. All of it.

Here's the thing, what colbert is pointing out (quite effectively due the outrage) is that as a general culture Americans don't get offended by certain racism or slurs over others even though they are JUST as offensive. People passively allow a team to be called the redskins. I mean HONESTLY-can you imagine a team…

If this were an article about Game of Thrones it would be appropriate to mention this. It isn't. This is an article about the rampant rape, abuse, and harassment of women. The fact that your first thought upon reading this was to get upset about the author getting a fictional character's name wrong is pretty screwed…

... Yeah... And it's not happening in America circa 2014.