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Cara Ellison
Freelance
Also: Eurogamer; Kotaku; PC Gamer, Contributor; Unwinnable; Vice
Previously: New Statesman, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, The Guardian, Wired
Gave positive coverage to Christine Love, while she was being financially supported by her on Patreon, and sharing somewhat inappropriate tweets.
Gave positive coverage to Fullbright company and their game Gone Home, on no less than six articles, without disclosing her relationship with Fullbright's Steve Gaynor and Johnnemann Nordhagen, who also supported her on Patreon.
Gave positive coverage to Mitu Khandaker-Kokoris' game Redshirt in two articles, without disclosing their friendship and the fact that Khandaker-Kokoris was financially supporting her on Patreon at the time. Khandaker-Kokoris has stated she was contributing only a small amount, but hasn't addressed the personal relationship.
Gave positive coverage to text adventure developer Porpentine in at least five articles, without disclosing their friendship.
Gave positive coverage to Anna Anthrophy in four articles and a blog post, without disclosing their friendship.
Started a moral panic about a 4-second scene in Hotline Miami 2—spending the majority of her hands-on preview claiming that this problematic, upsetting scene made her feel betrayed and unsafe in her “safe space”, and quoting discredited statistics. Often called a “rape scene”, the scene not only cuts before anything happens, but is immediately shown to be fictional in-universe. The controversy following Ellison’s article may have contributed to instigating Hotline Miami 2’s Australian ban.
Covered by Brendan Keogh, Chris Suellentrop and Tyler Colp while she was being supported on Patreon by each of them.
Apparent GG Autoblocker user.
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