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 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Talizvar wrote:
Well looking at this article:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/224400/Gamers_dont_have_to_be_your_audience_Gamers_are_over.php

Yeah, as I said, feth that harpy.

Or, to be more polite about it:

APG: Let’s talk about the “Death of Gamers” prediction that has been going around as of late. Why is it happening and how should gamers react?

Dr. Christina Hoff Sommers:

Again, I am not quite sure why the opinion of someone who does not play games, is not interested about games and knows very few about game is more relevant than the opinion of someone who is playing game, is interested by games and is quite knowledgeable about them.

Indeed, it's like the laughable people who embraced Jack Thompson just because he criticized someone they disliked

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Again, I am not quite sure why the opinion of someone who does not play games, is not interested about games and knows very few about game is more relevant than the opinion of someone who is playing game, is interested by games and is quite knowledgeable about them.

Hey now, Anita Sarkeesian has just as much right to talk about video games as anyone else

Zing!