In other news, I have been up till now resisted posting this ... till now. Anyway, enact your own conspiracy theory if you will. All I am going to do is note that In 48 hours, 15 articles with a similar theme were published.
Source:
>'Gamers' don't have to be your audience. 'Gamers' are over. Exclusive - Leigh Alexander, Gamasutra (Aug 28, 10:00am)
https://archive.today/l1kTW
>We Might Be Witnessing The 'Death of An Identity' - Luke Plunkett, Kotaku (Aug 28, 8:00pm)
https://archive.today/YlBhH
>A Guide to Ending "Gamers" - Devin Wilson, Gamasutra (Aug 28, 7:57 pm)
https://archive.today/2t93l
>The End of Gamers - Dan Golding (Tumblr, Aug 28)
https://archive.today/L4vJG
>The death of the “gamers†and the women who “killed†them - Casey Johnson, arstechnica (Aug 28, 5:00pm)
https://archive.today/i928J
>It's Dangerous to Go Alone: Why Are Gamers So Angry? - Arthur Chu, The Daily Beast (Aug 28)
https://archive.today/9NxHy
>Gaming Is Leaving “Gamers†Behind - Joseph Bernstein, Buzzfeed (Aug 28, 8:29 pm)
https://archive.today/jVqJ8
>An awful week to care about video games - Chris Plante, Polygon (Aug 28, 1:21pm)
https://archive.today/rkvO8
>Sexism, Misogyny, and online attacks: It's a horrible time to consider yourself a gamer - Patrick O'Rourke, Financial Post (Aug 28, 9:33pm)
https://archive.today/HkPHc
>Misogynistic trolls drive feminist video game critic from her home - Callie Beusman, Jezebel (Aug 28, 4:05pm)
https://archive.today/kXX7y
>A disheartening account of the harassment going on in gaming right now (and how Adam Baldwin is involved) - Victoria McNally, The Mary Sue (Aug 28, 1:30pm)
https://archive.today/11OEl
>Feminist video bloggers driven from home by death threats - Jack Smith IV, BetaBeat (Aug 28, 10:50am)
https://archive.today/zHH4T
>Anita Sarkeesian threatened with rape and murder for daring to keep critiquing video games - Anna Minard, The Stranger (Aug 28, 6:00am)
https://archive.today/StChn
>Fanboys, white knights, and the hairball of online misogyny - Tauriq Moosa, The Daily Beast (Aug 28)
https://archive.today/wptL5
>This guy's embarassing relationship drama is killing the 'gamer' identity - Mike Pearl, Vice (Aug 29)
https://archive.today/L4n6p