This "article" is but a mere click/flamebait, the likes of Kotaku likes to post. Absolutely terrible. In fact, the whole Salon website is clickbaits and it's a

This "article" is but a mere click/flamebait, the likes of Kotaku likes to post. Absolutely terrible. In fact, the whole Salon website is clickbaits and it's a shame to see this kind of stuff on the front page of HN. There is a recent wave of so called "social justice warriors" (SJW) invading video game journalism and writing articles such as this one under the guise of "feminism" and other fringe movements because the feelings of transgender people are not respected, because it promotes "misogyny, transphobia and rape culture". Excuse me? I don't really know what kind of agenda they're trying to push other than trying to fabricate controversies where there were previously none (apart from the "video games make you violent" crowd, which everyone already dismissed). What kind of bizarro world does the author live in - and from reading the article I assume he's a pretty casual gamer otherwise he wouldn't write such an unsavory article and call PAX the Woodstock of video games (an event that appeared in 2004) - that people call themselves gamers? No one I know calls himself a gamer and I've been playing video games since the 80's. Your identity is not driven by your hobby. Protip: Just because your feelings were hurt, it doesn't mean you are right.