I keep trying to post a reply, but the words keep coming out wrong, so I'm going to be as succinct as possible:
Please don't mistake a lack of involvement for apathy. GamerGate raised important questions for the games industry and the enthusiast media, but many Christian gamers (myself included) lack the time and resources to write informed op/ed articles to help guide debate. Cheryl, as owner of CCGR, was directly affected by the events and questions at the center of GamerGate and I felt her response was right on the mark. Most of the rest of us aren't directly involved in the games industry. We're more spectator than athlete.
Many CGA community members, myself included, are living a season of life where free time is precious and I think we'd all prefer to spend it playing games rather than discussing the state of the industry and video game "journalism." I think most of us have valid concerns about organizations misrepresenting their intentions and loyalties, especially when they purport, implicitly or explicitly, to hold to an ethical and moral standard.
But--and this is just my own personal opinion--I think many of us older folks (30 and over) viewed many gaming news sites as thinly veiled advertising platforms to begin with, so they didn't have far to fall in terms of reputation.
Those of us who've been around a while have also learned that, yes, the video game industry and its hobbyist media is overwhelmingly pro-liberal and anti-God, though there are, of course, exceptions, just as in many industries.
I think the course prescribed in Cheryl's post is a very wise one and a model for gaming enthusiast sites: Be transparent about your operations, hold yourself and your writers to a high standard of ethics, and wear your bias on your sleeve (because everyone has a bias).
Furthermore, I think it's an exercise in futility to get mad at sinners for sinning. It's what they do. We can't be surprised when secular organizations promote a world view or agenda that contradicts Scripture when Scripture clearly tells us that man, by nature, is not seeking after God but openly and violently rebelling against Him. Of course, the Bible also tells us that we, too, were rebels until God, through His Holy Spirit, drew us to Himself. We have no merit for salvation in ourselves or our works; we are saved only by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
No, we should never dismiss sin or make light of it, but neither should we hold non-Christians to a moral code the Bible teaches it is impossible for them to uphold (just as it's impossible for us to uphold without the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit).
So much for succinct, eh?
