Misogyny and sexism wrapped in a veneer of fighting for journalistic ethics, where 'ethics' in fact means 'try to kill any site whose opinions we disagree with, while also ignoring most of the content of articles on said sites anyway'. The Intel thing was especially scary, with that company pulling advertising from Gamasutra, in response to these idiots. Fortunately, advertisers on other sites have just done nothing, after the PR shitstorm Intel found itself in.
And, yeah, Wu is pretty outspoken and has been playing with the whole GG thing, so I'm not surprised she's now a major target. The people making such vile threats at the very least need a knock on the door from the local cops; really, though, this is fine/jail territory.
And, yeah, Wu is pretty outspoken and has been playing with the whole GG thing, so I'm not surprised she's now a major target. The people making such vile threats at the very least need a knock on the door from the local cops; really, though, this is fine/jail territory.