I haven't heard of this either and I basically live on the interwebs.
To be fair, the compete lack of coverage is kind of a key factor in this whole thing. If you don't visit 4chan, reddit or tumblr, it's understandable that you wouldn't have heard of it.
I think there's a good summary on this sitehttp://gamesnosh.com/gamergate-silly-sounding-sincere-call-fair-representation-gamers-within-media/There's a few links to articles showing the other side of the story herehttp://www.critical-distance.com/
If you are going to DebOOonK an expert then you have to at least provide a source with credentials of equal or greater relevance. Even then, it merely shows that some experts disagree with each other.
The funny thing is that I can't actually find any of these glowing reviews that she earned through sexing journalists. Again, it's almost as if she's just an obscure developer that nobody had ever heard of or cared about prior to this.
The logs validate Crudblud's story.
I don't know what you're implying, but you're probably wrong.
This DepressionQuest looks to be just a computerized choose your own adventure book. Books aren't games.
Quote from: EnigmaZV on September 04, 2014, 07:32:52 PMThis DepressionQuest looks to be just a computerized choose your own adventure book. Books aren't games.Anyone who can make their own AngelFire page is a game developer now.
Quote from: EnigmaZV on September 04, 2014, 07:32:52 PMThis DepressionQuest looks to be just a computerized choose your own adventure book. Books aren't games.I disagree.The old text based adventure games were basically that and they were awesome in many cases.
If we are not speculating then we must assume
She didn't exchange sex for good reviews. She exchanged sex for publicity. Her "game" was relatively unknown, normally would not have gotten anyone's attention, but now it's lauded as a "great narrative" and "top interactive game" unfairly because of her looseness. That's the accusation.
Quote from: Vauxhall on September 04, 2014, 07:23:19 PMShe didn't exchange sex for good reviews. She exchanged sex for publicity. Her "game" was relatively unknown, normally would not have gotten anyone's attention, but now it's lauded as a "great narrative" and "top interactive game" unfairly because of her looseness. That's the accusation.Okay. If there's any direct evidence to support that theory, I'd like to see it, but right now, it doesn't seem to jibe with the time frame of when she was developing the game and when she had the affair with the journalist. Not even her ex is standing by this accusation. And as to why the game got publicity in the first place, I think it's quite likely because of the huge wave of vitriol that she was slammed with when she first put her game onto Steam last year. Kind of like Anita Sarkeesian's rise to fame, actually.