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Vidya Gaems General
They existed long before the "#gamergate" controversy was a thing. -
Vidya Gaems General
* Depression Quest (56% positive) - a game about the experiencing depression. Made by Zoe Quinn, and a number of its reviews seem to have been written around the time that #gamergate was a thing, whi -
General politics thread (was: General U.S. politics thread)
Oh hey it's Breitbart.com, which is home to the worst of the fire-breathers. And it's an article co-authored by Milo Yiannopoulos, famed #gamergater. -
IJBMer Updates
RedEyedAbyss was around relatively recently. I think he might have left because he got annoyed at ninjaclown's being pro-#gamergate. -
The term "gamer"
I'm not surprised that #gamergate was astroturfed. The whole thing sounded too Tea Party to me. -
Thoughts on the Zoe Quinn controversy, "Gamergate", the "death of gamer culture", etc.
2. Gender issues and gender perceptions are still, broadly speaking, a touchy subject in the videogame industry and metacommunity. (Note that this has been an issue long before #GamerGate, or even mu -
Thoughts on the Zoe Quinn controversy, "Gamergate", the "death of gamer culture", etc.
"faggy/pretentious art games" predates #GamerGate too. There's been this undercurrent of reactionaryism from these types of fans, who feel very invested in the status quo. (And probably s -
Thoughts on the Zoe Quinn controversy, "Gamergate", the "death of gamer culture", etc.
Vox writer Todd VanDerWerff highlighted an essay written by game developer David Hill which explained that he believed #GamerGate made good points, but targeted the wrong people. Hill stated that gami -
Thoughts on the Zoe Quinn controversy, "Gamergate", the "death of gamer culture", etc.
I'm pretty convinced that there are multiple factions using the #GamerGate label at this point, perhaps not all of which are obnoxious, but some are. -
Thoughts on the Zoe Quinn controversy, "Gamergate", the "death of gamer culture", etc.
See, here's the thing. Just because #GamerGate has been victim of some admittedly awful things doesn't mean their ideology is right. The entire thing has been more or less about "ESS JAY DUBYAS A -
Thoughts on the Zoe Quinn controversy, "Gamergate", the "death of gamer culture", etc.
Also, some debate over whether the #GamerGate movement should try to clean its image, or whether that would be either pointless or giving into the notion of political correctness (vs. messing with the -
Thoughts on the Zoe Quinn controversy, "Gamergate", the "death of gamer culture", etc.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I personally would want the movement for videogame journalism integrity to rebrand itself and differentiate itself from this entire shitstorm (Zoe Quinn and all), be -
Thoughts on the Zoe Quinn controversy, "Gamergate", the "death of gamer culture", etc.
you would have realized that people are saying #GamerGate is about gamers hating women because that is 4chan's motivation for astroturfing the hashtag. In fact, a lot of articles opposing GamerGate a -
Thoughts on the Zoe Quinn controversy, "Gamergate", the "death of gamer culture", etc.
On Twitter, the standard line of the #GamerGate partisans is that what they’re doing isn’t abut Quinn herself; its a protest against corruption and nepotism in the video game world. They also insist t -
Thoughts on the Zoe Quinn controversy, "Gamergate", the "death of gamer culture", etc.
But yeah, it's shit like this that makes me unable to take #GamerGate seriously. As much as I do agree that there are a lot of people who resort to some seriously slimy tactics on the "other side -
Thoughts on the Zoe Quinn controversy, "Gamergate", the "death of gamer culture", etc.
And it's precisely because of this shit that we have genuine grade-A bigots with #GamerGate. -
Thoughts on the Zoe Quinn controversy, "Gamergate", the "death of gamer culture", etc.
Eh, it's a moot point now, since we have confirmation that #gamergate was an astroturfed stunt by 4chan in the same vein as the Tea Party. -
Thoughts on the Zoe Quinn controversy, "Gamergate", the "death of gamer culture", etc.
before the recent events took place. It's to #GamerGate what Weapons of Mass Destruction were to the Iraq War. -
The term "gamer"
I'm not surprised that #gamergate was astroturfed. The whole thing sounded too Tea Party to me. -
The term "gamer"
That name is even stupider than #gamergate. I did not know that was possible.