I don't give a fuck about Gamergate, myself. I give a fuck, however, about a supposedly respected critic (I say "supposedly"; I'd never come across him prior to this, and I sure won't be paying any attention to him after this) playing a game for less than an hour and feeling that he's in a position to pass any judgement on it whatsoever when he clearly has no understanding of its cultural context, its relevance to the series it's part of or its reason for existence.

Nah, GamerGate exists to silence women, men and minorities asking for representation in their videogames. And to issue threats to them when they insists with their demands.

GamerGate also exists to make sure "gamers" can continue to enjoy games that objectify women. As recently seen in MGSV.

Fact is, rarely does GamerGate exist to ensure that there is ethics in journalism. And pro-GGers usually come out in suppport articles that fit their misogynist, homophobic or xenophobic agenda.

The world doesn't need a GamerGate. Not when articles like this one can STILL be made.

Is Senran 2 suddenly gonna get worse because of that review¿ Is XSEED gonna take out a character or two because that man got offended by her¿ Of course not… Senran 2 will still be the same game that comes from a cool humble franchise that has only gotten better with every new entry. What I mean is, your enjoyment of the game should not be manipulated by what someone you didn't even know reviewed games said about it. Especially if it's a Senran game, which I repeat, will always get mixed reaction and that is something that we can't change.

When we, as potential players of the title find ourselves looking at articles like that, there are only two things you can answer with that will actually make a difference. 1) Buy the game, play it and enjoy it. As I mentioned, what that man thinks of Senran 2 should not change how YOU think about it. 2) Write your own review or find ones that actually speak the truth and share them in social media. Those two things are the only ones that will really counter the offended and triggered people.

Don't let that guy get into your nerves, he's not the first doing this and we definitely won't be the last. Just get the game, enjoy it and keep supporting the franchise as long as the games are good.

It's okay for me to say that, since I'm a feminist and I'm doing it for your benefit, women. It's okay to empower women, as long as you do it the way you are supposed to. And it's okay to be a man that likes women, but you must abide by Puritan ideals. Such is the age we are in. Much like the push and pull of liberal/conservative unfortunately while each side may be viewed as two sides of the same coin, when one side controls the lions share of discourse or shouts the loudest, you tend to find an unequal share of headlines.

The sexiness of women depicted in the English-speaking world empowers women (so long as it's within "reason" or "tasteful") and the creators are fine, upstanding people. The sexiness of women depicted by Japanese creators (perverts!) is always bad and only for men to "gaze" at.

It's disgraceful and two-faced.