Kawalorn said:
But on the other hand we have now "graphics are shit because I PERSONALLY don't like the art-style". When people ask for "Objective reviews" they want reviewers to dismiss their own biases to see the bigger picture.
Sorry, what's the bigger picture? That the graphics were good?
You don't want reviewers to "keep their biases out of it". That's the whole point of anointing someone to review something. You want
their perspective. You want them to be honest about what
they think. Whether their opinions are relative to you and your interests as a gamer is for YOU to decide. It's why there is a multitude of critics and critical opinion out there. For you to think critically about and decide which ones speak to your preferences.
Internet Zen Master said:
Well, when the other side ('side' as general reference to those aggressively attacking the people using the GamerGate hashtag on twitter/the gaming media) repeatedly making the claim that "GamerGate users are all white cishet males, and anyone who says otherwise is a sock puppet account from 4chan (see: most of the negative reaction to the #notyourshield hashtag)", the fact these women even exist, let alone came on HuffPo Live, completely negates that particular aspect of the "GamerGate is just a harassment campaign by women-hating misogynist men" spouted by many gaming journos online.
I'm reminded of an episode of The Office (UK) when David makes a joke about a black man's cock during an orientation for new staff. A few of the staffers find it offensive, and relay this information to David's boss. David attempts to justify the joke by pointing out that the one black man present thought it was funny.
Generally speaking David Brent should not be the benchmark you're trying to clear when assessing the salience of arguments. Women are just as capable of being misogynists as men are.
That said, anyone arguing that all of GamerGate is any one thing should be viewed as teetering on the event horizon of idiocy. Clearly not everyone in GamerGate is a misogynist, just like not everyone in GamerGate gives two shits about journalistic integrity. That's why listening to people say "GamerGate isn't X, it's Y" gives me such a headache, whether they are defending it or opposing it. GamerGate is a diffuse coalition of people loosely united under a (slightly pathetic, I'm sorry...please no more "gate" suffixes) hashtag coined by a nutjob for a great variety of reasons. They should be addressed and debated as individuals, but there seems to be a sentiment that not identifying as a unified blob would somehow "weaken the movement" or rob it of some vital momentum. So you have a lot of loud voices shouting a lot of very different things, and everyone involved likes to think everyone shouting alongside them has their back and shares their agenda, and nothing could be further from the truth.