" ▁identity ▁and ▁that ▁any ▁har ass ment ▁of ▁women ▁was ▁done ▁by ▁others ▁not ▁affili ated ▁with ▁G amer gate . ▁They ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁close ▁relationships ▁between ▁journal ists ▁and ▁developers ▁demonstrated ▁a ▁consp i racy ▁among ▁review ers ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁progress ive ▁social ▁issues , ▁leading ▁to ▁conflicts ▁of ▁interest . ▁Some ▁supp or ters ▁pointed ▁to ▁what ▁they ▁considered ▁dis pro port ion ate ▁pra ise ▁for ▁games ▁such ▁as ▁De pression ▁Qu est ▁and ▁G one ▁Home , ▁which ▁feature ▁un con vent ional ▁game play ▁and ▁stories ▁with ▁social ▁imp lications , ▁while ▁they ▁viewed ▁traditional ▁A AA ▁games ▁as ▁down play ed . ▁Journal ists ▁who ▁did ▁not ▁cover ▁the ▁exam ination ▁into ▁Qu inn ' s ▁private ▁life ▁were ▁accused ▁of ▁consp i racy , ▁and ▁a ▁black list ▁circul ated ▁by ▁G amer gate ▁supp or ters . ▁ ▁Ob ser vers ▁in ▁the ▁media ▁have ▁largely ▁rejected ▁these ▁claims ▁as ▁bas eless . ▁Chris ▁I p ▁of ▁the ▁Columbia ▁Journal ism ▁Review ▁wrote ▁that ▁" many ▁critic isms ▁of ▁press ▁coverage ▁by ▁people ▁who ▁identify ▁with ▁G amer gate   [ ...] ▁have ▁been ▁deb unk ed " ▁and ▁concluded ▁that ▁" at ▁core , ▁the ▁movement ▁is ▁a ▁classic ▁culture ▁war ". ▁Writing ▁in ▁V ox , ▁Em ily ▁Van Der W er ff ▁said ▁that ▁"[ e ] very ▁single ▁question ▁of ▁journal istic ▁eth ics ▁G amer gate ▁has ▁brought ▁up ▁has ▁either ▁been ▁deb unk ed ▁or ▁de