Nice seeing you around these parts James btw.

I do not see any sort of logical connection between:
1) Woman who co-hosts a video game podcast,
2) Who also poses in photography faking death in various ways,
and
3) Said woman somehow making it shameful to play video games for other women.

The above sequence, which is essentially your argument, is absolutely incoherent, and is contingent upon your own discomfort with the human body and human sexuality. Which, I shouldn’t need to say, is a completely arbitrary moral value judgment on your part, but the difference is you’re trying to pass it off as objective fact (as with your unfounded claims about the lack of artistic quality of said photographs).

So what’s your point? Are you a sanctimonious, reactionary moron like so many other game “journalists” have become in the face of Jack Thompson’s ridiculous crusade, ranting and raving at anyone who dares to depict violence or sexuality outside the “moral majority’s” standards? Do you simply accept that posing in staged “death” photographs is grounds for complete ostracization from all media? Or is it that she shouldn’t be involved in the show because she doesn’t fit the Asperger’s stereotype of the others involved?

Another question, related: Have you ever heard of the concept of a “straight man” in comedic teams?

Jesus Christ.

And I understand that Melissa is apparently 29.

Also, while I will conceed that SOME women are indeed very stupid, not all of them are (just like how not every guy’s an asshole). You see it all the time, and Melissa is just another woman that gives others a bad name. And over the past few days, I’ve certainly heard from numerous frustrated female gamers that would give anything to meet her face to face.