To people who aren't familiar with who she is and just see one of her videos, she is surprisingly persuasive. Especially with her newer videos that are really flashy and have an actual production value (cough cough kickstarter), the look and feel of her videos can easily make you think she knows what she's talking about even though she has no clue. Then, once you agree with her and entertain her idea that games are sexist pits of misogyny, confirmation bias makes every criticism reinforce her ideas. It's scary actually.