Saying what you want on the net....It's a double edged sword.
You should be able to look at the content you want and say what you want without feeling guilt or regret, but the rules of society still apply I guess.
You shouldn't insult anybody online, but shouldn't be afraid to post your thoughts on a message board (but then again- I guess that's why you can write blogs online- you can say what you think).
Just thinking about it now, I find it very hard to describe my feelings toward "free speech" on the internet ha.
About removing the articles,
See, in one way of looking at you, you did the right thing. You removed anything that would seem offensive of disrespectful of Kyledove, Waudby and Moose- in turn, not making them feel hated. Which is of course, a great thing to do.
On the other hand, you shouldn't feel guilty about what you had wrote already and need to edit. The edit button should only be used if you want to add to your post, don't regret anything you have already clicked "Post" on. What you posted were your thoughts at the time.
I think those articles really added to your Issue. Rather then just reading a post of a review on a game, it felt like you were talking about the Game development community, and - well- it was like a proper news cast- keeping readers up to date with what is going on around them.
The game development section- while very competitive- has a small group or community feel to it. We kind of known each other in the sense of how we each act online and present themselves. I think your thread(s) will be popular if you talk about subjects that have popped up on our section because we can all have our say on it (provided the Mods don't close the thread lol). We can each post a view rather then "worry" about how many star rating our game thread has, ya know?