 "Computer Games Magazine" wrote that "over time, his reputation as an online defender of his games and unabashed pistol-whipper of his enemies overshadows the games themselves".A 2012 in-depth article regarding the disconnect between his real life and his online alter-ego was written by media veteran Russ Pitts and published by Polygon.In 2015, during the height of the Gamergate controversy, Smart appeared on a Society of Professional Journalists live broadcast panel alongside Milo Yiannopoulos, then-editor of Breitbart News, Christina Sommers of American Enterprise Institute, Lynn Walsh of the Society of Professional Journalists, Asche Schow of the "Washington Examiner", and others.