Well, even if you did say they were toxic I'd have agreed with you, like others here have said any reasonable comments made would have been buried under a metric fuckton of bullshit anyhow.

I think there is a misunderstanding here however, when GenjiKilpatrick and others are talking about Sarkeesian "being called on her shit" they mean the reasoned criticism, not the threats, nobody here is arguing in favor of that.
I am curious though, unless you know something about these threats that I don't, how do you know that they are in fact "Serious"? Most people can dream up all kinds of crazy shit or even talk about it, but that still doesn't put you into Dexter Morgan territory (Dexter would be too polite to say anything like that anyhow, and Sarkeesian doesn't fit Harry's Code).
If you are referring to the UCU lecture that she cancelled, then no, neither campus security nor the FBI advised her against going through with the appearance, she made that choice on her own.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58528113-78/sarkeesian-threats-threat-usu.html.csp

You also say "It's unseemly to imply a single woman should ignore such threats or assume they are not credible", which makes me wonder if this was a man we were talking about would you still feel the same way? Adam Orth received death threats to both himself and his family and while it did create a lot of discussion, even heated discussion, it did not generate the same kind of mass outrage that this has so far. Gabe Newell also got a threat from a developer some time back and that got barely a peep out of anyone.
Simply put, we still live in a society that puts on a good public show of equality for men and women, but privately we still teach our little boys that men are still the true protectors of our society. We don't get as upset when men face danger because that is what we expect of them, and this kind of deeply embedded cultural belief is the real heart of sexism in our society. This debate over the role of women in video games is all superficial because I believe it comes from those much older beliefs.

>> ^Deano:

Just realised how bleeding old this video is!


2006!

For the people not following E3... Despite Gabe Newell's comments about the PS3 in the past, Portal 2 is coming to Sony's console complete with Steamworks integration. Gabe reckons it'll be the best console version for that reason... but he would say that - he was standing on Sony's stage at the time.

(Embed swapped with the official HD Valve one)

>> ^NetRunner:

I love the use of the Duke Nukem 3D theme song.


Where can we download that version?

Gabe Newell said it well when he said that as long as pirates provide a better service than the developers/publishers this will continue.

I don't think you'd want to hug Gabe Newell. You may permanently contract the scent of Funyuns & body odor from him.

Also heard this game has a killer sense of humor. Can't wait to pick it up! Damnit Valve, release a demo of each!