"Yet it already feels tainted, like we’ll look back on Stellar Blade as a pawn in this fruitless battle for conventionally attractive women in video games and a lack of censorship that proves, once and for all, that the gamers have won."
If you're wondering why the author of this article is so angry about "conventional beauty standards for women" that's because he's a man: https://i.imgur.com/IZxpq5q.jpeg
The fact gamers had to "win" specifically against game journalists says more about the industry than any "game reporting" that journalist might've done in their entire life.