Great piece by @constancegrady on why we can no longer look at Ready Player One (the book) as merely a harmless pop culture romp. https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/3/26/17148350/ready-player-one-book-backlash-controversy-gamergate-explained …
I reject notions of objectivity in criticism. People often use those to try to maintain the status quo in video games. "You gave an objectively good game a negative review/an objectively bad game a good review." Some critics genuinely liked it at the time.