amer gate ▁has ▁been ▁critic ized ▁for ▁foc using ▁on ▁women , ▁especially ▁female ▁developers , ▁while ▁ign oring ▁many ▁large - scale ▁journal istic ▁eth ics ▁issues . ▁Alex ▁Gold man ▁of ▁N PR ' s ▁On ▁the ▁Media ▁critic ized ▁G amer gate ▁for ▁target ing ▁female ▁independent ▁(" ind ie ") ▁developers ▁rather ▁than ▁A AA ▁games ▁publish ers , ▁and ▁said ▁claims ▁of ▁un eth ical ▁behavior ▁by ▁Qu inn ▁and ▁Sar ke esian ▁were ▁unf ounded . ▁In ▁W ired , ▁Laura ▁Hudson ▁found ▁it ▁telling ▁that ▁G amer gate ▁supp or ters ▁concentr ated ▁on ▁imp over ished ▁independent ▁cre ators ▁and ▁critics , ▁and ▁nearly ▁exclus ively ▁women , ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁large ▁game ▁companies ▁whose ▁work ▁they ▁enjoyed . ▁V ox ▁writer ▁Em ily ▁Van Der W er ff ▁highlight ed ▁an ▁ess ay ▁written ▁by ▁game ▁developer ▁David ▁Hill , ▁who ▁said ▁that ▁cor ruption , ▁ne pot ism , ▁and ▁excess ive ▁commercial ism ▁existed ▁in ▁the ▁g aming ▁industry , ▁but ▁that ▁G amer gate ▁was ▁not ▁address ing ▁those ▁issues . ▁Ad i ▁Robert son , ▁of ▁The ▁Ver ge , ▁commented ▁on ▁the ▁long - standing ▁eth ical ▁issues ▁g aming ▁journal ism ▁has ▁de alt ▁with , ▁but ▁that ▁most ▁G amer gate ▁supp or ters ▁did ▁not ▁seem ▁interested ▁in ▁" address ing ▁problems ▁that ▁don ' t ▁directly ▁relate ▁to ▁femin ist ▁criticism ▁or ▁the ▁tiny ▁ind ie ▁games ▁scene ". ▁ ▁In ▁mid - Se ptember