Comments | women_gamers: Favorite reviewers/players?

im_an_aaangel in women_gamers

Favorite reviewers/players?

Nov 13, 2013 13:07

I'd love to know who some of your most beloved and respected game reviewers or game channels are. I'm really looking for more players and reviewers who play a wide variety of games, including indie, and aren't sexist boneheads (or at the very least give a decent apology when called out for being one).

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mana_runigha November 13 2013, 19:13:15 UTC

Harshly Critical is a fairly respectful individual and he seems more honest than most LPers

storminmay November 13 2013, 20:39:49 UTC

I really like GhostRobo a lot. I've never heard him say anything sexist, and he plays a fair variety of games. I can't say about indie games, but I do enjoy his walkthroughs of big-name games because he seems to be the only one that isn't cursing up a storm or making sexist comments the entire time.

hintomint82 November 14 2013, 14:03:45 UTC

I like Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw of Zero Punctuation. More than a few people don't care for the way he seems to nitpick or dig at a game's faults, but I am not so sensitive. He's definitely had some harsh things to say about some games that I love but it still made me laugh out loud.

I will warn you that he is crass; however, he does point out sexist and racist moments in a lot of the games he's reviewed. It's probably easier to tell what a well-rounded individual he is from his articles, Extra Punctuation.

im_an_aaangel November 14 2013, 14:06:47 UTC

I actually really love Yahtzee, and trust his opinion way more than most reviewers.

hintomint82 November 14 2013, 14:39:15 UTC

Oh yes, me too. Especially since he doesn't blindly give out praise for the latest popular piece of gaming. It's also funny to watch him begrudgingly give praise when he normally doesn't like something but acknowledges that it has quality.

kittymink November 14 2013, 15:27:08 UTC

Mostly just Gamasutra tbh. It's an industry site tbh that filters out a lot of the kiddies and jerks. So it may be boring for a lot of gamers but I like it. They've done a fair job of including women and LGBT people in their coverage.

I still go to Kotaku. They try, bless their hearts* but the comments section is still full of neckbeards and mansplainers and Kotaku still turns around and posts "HURR DURR SEXY COSPLAY BOOBS" like that Metal Gear Solid one they did recently.

*I mean that in the Southern US way, which means Kotaku is stupid.

Not always videogame related - and its usually something old, knockoff and/or silly - but I really like Ashens on YouTube.

kittymink November 14 2013, 15:31:16 UTC

I used to go to the AV Club's game section a lot, it's pretty good.