Okay, right, reading her tweets and her back and forth with Patrick, I see where she's coming from and she does raise some good points.
However, it does have a bit of the "
Why can't you just do it?" whine a lot of people use when they feel their concerns aren't being actioned on. Elizabeth openly admits she's never even setup a podcast, yet she doesn't give any weight to the massive undertaking it is to book 50+ guests during the industry's most busy week.
It isn't just as simple as finding 50 random people who represent a wide demographic, it also involves getting to know them personally and their work. They also have to be relevant to Giant Bomb's interests - that sounds mean, but it's true. The vast majority of games they cover and play are mainstream AAA's and larger indies. Patrick can't fill the shows just with people like Zoe who represent personal and passion projects (not saying minorities are only doing stuff like that), so if Patrick can't find people who represent the games the viewers are interested in
and are from a wider demographic
and are willing/have permission to appear on camera, what is he to do?
I'm a minority myself, so I don't like this fact, but it's still a fact that the vast majority of the people who make the games we play are white men. While Patrick and Giant Bomb can absolutely help give a voice to those without one, they cannot change the industry single-handedly, nor pretend it's something it isn't, and we cannot ask them to turn their back on the people who make the games their viewers love in order to appear more fair.