Absolute cock.
Where were these angry masses back when Ben Paddon (of the now-defunct blog [Games Journalists are Incompetent Fuckwits][1]) was railing against bad games journalism? Other than reposting the original article, where was this groundswell of rage when Eurogamer got threatened with legal action over Rab Florence’s article about [games journalists & PR][2]*? And I’m pretty sure that when Jeff Gerstmann was fired from Gamespot for giving Kane & Lynch a bad review, the editors of that site weren’t doxxed or had their lives threatened.
Face it, games journalism is hobby press. We read blogs & websites about a facking hobby/art form (depending on whether we’re supporting boobs in games or defending the in-game violence from legislators). This is fundamentally unimportant, but people’s actual lives are getting messed up as a result of neckbeards hiding behind their keyboards.
So yes, demand better games journalism, but find another banner to rally behind, because Gamergate is (and always has been) a fairly transparent excuse to attack perceived outsiders in pretty vile ways.
*oh, that’s right - Lauren Wainwright was pursued by an angry mob, but oddly enough, none of the male journalists mentioned in the article were. What a surprise!
[1]: http://gamejournos.tumblr.com/
[2]: Lost Humanity 18: A Table of Doritos | Eurogamer.net
