Bit of a bump, but I thought this
note from Stephen Totilo (Kotaku EiC) today was worth bringing up:
I think the whole Zoe Quinn thing is a non-story that has been discussed to death, but I really wanted to highlight the bolded.
Critics funding dev Patreons is fucking
weird and I'm really glad that if anything positive has come out of this mess it is that outlets are concious of the more subtle ways readers think the critic/dev/pub relationship is messed up. I doubt any sane person here thinks publishers are distributing brown bags of cash, but there is a continued sentiment that these
technically separate industries aren't as clearly defined as they should be.
But, disappointingly, once again it's Kotaku leading the charge and thinking this warrants mentioning - even some of my favourites like Giant Bomb are silent on the issue.