LogFAQs > #913745968

The core issue was that people in the gaming industry were literally in bed with reviewers, a fact that wasn't disclosed to readers. And it tied into a number of other ethical issues. Of course, the conversation quickly devolved to ideologies especially because any criticism of a female ends with misogyny claims. So you had the original criticisms, criticisms impugning the motivation of those criticisms, a misdirection using the broader issue of the role of female characters and players, etc.

The core criticism started when the bf/ex-bf of the gaming dev outed the fact that she had been having an affair with a gaming "journalist". And, in all honesty, the gaming media has always struggled with legitimacy (because there's relatively little professionalism, many or most of the "journalists" have just a gaming background rather than a journalism background, and the industry has always been tight with advertisers (partly because the creators have no journalism background)) and this was a hilariously on-the-nose scandal.
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