While this article is well written, and does make some fair points, it's build on a foundation that's so misleading that any earned credibility comes crashing down like a house of cards.
No one believes that the kind of games we talk about on forums like these are dominated by women players.
This isn't simply a trivial distinction, it's a distinction that defines the content being produced. Consider the following (made up) premise:
More men watch movies ->
Romance films are written for women ->
Therefore, more Romance films should be written for men.
Now, would that make any sense whatsoever? No, because we recognize that the particular type of film in question has far more female fans than male fans. No one is making an issue out of it because we aren't lumping all movie watchers together relative to individual genres. That, I'm sure everyone would agree, would lead to a bland, tasteless mess without variety.
The backlash against feminists is happening because some of them are trying to kill male culture. While female culture exists unchallenged, this will always be seen as hypocritical. The kind of gaming we are talking about here is centered on males simply because we are far and away the largest portion of the audience. That's really all that needs to be said.
I'm actually all for female protagonists and games with gender options--where they are appropriate and fit into the creator's vision. I think that's fair. No one should be saying, "let's change the main character for to a female for diversity reasons." That kind of thing is horrible in a creative environment--and, yes, I'd definitely say the same thing (and have, with Remember Me) if writers were being told to change a female character to a male character.
These misleading article need to stop. All they accomplish is to make the author look deceptive for misleading the audience.
