There's also proof of me saying I hate videogames. Right here - I hate videogames. And I'm actually kinda serious.
But honestly, so the hell what? She said she hated videogames, then later on she said she loved videogames. How is this a gotcha? You can feel both, or change your mind, or just say it cuz who gives a shit. They're just fucking games, they aren't holy, or actual people. Saying you hate them doesn't damn one to never speak of them again.
If she didn't give credit to the people whose gaming footage she used, then yeah, that's bad form. But considering the amount of work that goes into writing and editing a video, using already existing footage is an easy short cut. Heck, if she only watched footage and criticized the gender roles in games based on that it would still be valid criticism.
When people claim "Well no you got this wrong, and this wrong and don't seem to know what you're talking about in how you're framing this or seem to not know the wider context of stuff going on" and you reply is "I'm an expect on this subject" well it does kinda undermine the claim when there are videos of her claiming to not be an expert mere years before. It's an appeal to authority fallacy where Anita placed herself as the authority.
Context matters and there's quite a few times Anita doesn't show true context.
One of the things she claimed was sexist was Tekken Tag Tournament's swimwear DLC
I'd suggest watching the trailer for it
In Anita's video she cut it so there was 0 footage of any of the male characters swimwear.
Similarly in one of the women as Background decoration videos Anita says how in one of the Just Cause games the game having female strippers is sexist and problematic. The footage doesn't however show in the same club not far away is a male Stripper too..
Context matter and well Tekken wasn't sexist because it happily gave the male characters swimwear too some of it more revealing than the womens.
And with the amount of vitriol she got I'm not surprised she turned off the comments section. But then I'm sure a lot of detractors only saw this as more reason to get pissed at her.
Oh, I don't wonder, I know exactly why. And it depends on which community you're talking about, because if it's the gaming or pretty much any other fan community, they can fuck right off. Gamers and geeks have been riding that vindictive wave for decades now, acting like games and comic book related properties are still in the 'shame' corner, and therefor they're allowed to be overly protective and hateful toward anyone they deem not a true fan. Just as Sarkeesian was labeled 'not a real gamer', indicating that she should therefor shut up and not say anything negative about it.
No people are getting fed up of people stomping in claiming to be experts, making bold and often inaccurate or outright false claims about the space and the properties and then demanding changes to accommodate them now.
E.G. a recent example I ran into.
Some-one who was claiming how gaming needs to change and is so offensive and oppressive presenting themselves initially as an expert or big fan of gaming claiming The Witcher 3 has you earn points banging hookers. A claim no based in reality as there's not a points system. Now you might ask "well how do you know they're not actually a fan of video games really?"
Well
She admitted it, she doesn't play them and just glad they keep him busy.
meanwhile an actual female friend of mine who is into gaming has had a good 25% of her feed be about romancing Garrus in Mass Effect recently with comments from her Husband along the lines of "So any-one know any people who make very good alien costumes?"
The whole "Gatekeeping" argument falls apart when people realise Gatekeeping of old was to stop trouble getting in not stop regular people and yes gaming spaces could be a bit overzealous sometimes about it but you wouldn't let Mary Whitehouse attend some horror movie festival because she'd have blown her lid and wouldn't have been there for love of the thing but there more to cause trouble for it due to her own sensibilities and goals.
You don't give the person who wishes to see the thing destroyed or Twisted, pride of place and power or influence over it.