people can love something so much that they can hate it." Criticism One of the biggest critics of NeoGAF was game designer and former Silicon Knights president Denis Dyack. In June 2008, he issued a challenge to forum users. He asked users to say whether they were for or against the then upcoming Silicon Knights game Too Human. Once the game was released, if the game received negative reception, Dyack would have "Owned by GAF" under his forum name. If positive reception, users who voted against the game would have had "Owned by Too Human." Dyack would later go on the 1UP Yours podcast, explaining his challenge was an experiment to expose the lack of accountability on online forums, adding that NeoGAF would crumble if it doesn't reform itself. He was later permanently banned from the site in August that same year after calling it the worst online forum. Circa 2017, NeoGAF was criticized for biased moderation and banning political dissidents. Tyler "Evilore" Malka made a post admitting biased moderation by at least one former member of the moderation staff. Malka stated that the ex-moderator banned hundreds of members without justification. Malka also made the declaration that discussion should be encouraged with different points of view, saying that people on the website have been "driven out, character assassinated, labeled traitor for not sounding angry enough, or for not being entirely on board with ostracizing someone else for the same reasons." In the media In 2007, the website partnered up with The Get-Well Gamers Foundation to launch a donation campaign to bring video games to children in hospitals. NeoGAF raised $5,600 in cash and inventory donations over the October to December period. An exchange on the forum inspired members to start the development of Dudebro II in 2010. The game is intended to be a satirical take on the machismo found in some modern titles and will feature Jon St. John, the voice of Duke Nukem, as the lead. The last update on the game's development was in 2015. During the Gamergate controversy of 2014, Slates David Auerbach claimed NeoGAF "hosts pedophilia discussions on non-age-restricted boards and has a sexist owner." In June 2015, a Reddit sub-community devoted towards mocking NeoGAF became one of five communities shut down by the site. Reddit argued the ban hit groups "that allow their communities to use the subreddit as a platform to harass individuals