The article seems to be under the impression that all of their hard hitting journalism is about women affected by sexism in the game industry, which simply isn't the case for them or most other video game websites. So far they've been content to snidely point out the content of games themselves, which is not the problem. "Look at how big and prevalent this Sorceress' boobs are!" doesn't help the working conditions of females in the game industry, and the working conditions of females in the game industry is no excuse to criticize a games content. Games are an artistic expression and acting like sexuality is an inherently sexist thing is pointless, the only thing this could possibly accomplish is the stifling of creativity.
If game journalists want to post about a twitter group and feel like their making a difference, that's fine. At least that piece of news was actually about trying to expose the problems of working in the industry as a female. Even if some of the girls used it as an excuse to vent about stuff that had nothing to do with sexism *cough*. But the next time the gaming media causes a stupid fuss over a collector's edition statue, that's only available in limited quantities, in one region, for a game that almost no one cares about, then act like this is an example of fighting for change in the industry by reporting the news that matters, I'm going to call them on their shit. That news isn't relevant to anyone, and it benefits no one.
By all means the media should be willing to open up a dialogue, but they need to stop jumping at every single opportunity to do so, they need to be smarter about the kind of thing that is actually relevant to their cause, and they need to be willing to make it a dialogue instead of a soap box where they ignore relevant points they don't agree with.
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