Moms Against Gaming

Moms Against Gaming

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About

Moms Against Gaming (@MomsAgainstGam) is a Twitter parody account which sends out satirical tweets about the dangers of video game addiction among children.

Origin

The Twitter account MomsAgainstGam[1] was created on June 27th, 2014, along with an ask.fm[5] page where the anonymous blogger fields questions from the readers. Within a month the account has gained over 13,000 followers and has sent out over 2,000 tweets.

Precursor

In December 2002, Parsons The New School for Design student David Yoo created a satirical hoax organization called Mothers Against Video Game Addiction and Violence (MAVAV)[6], which described itself as a group "dedicated to educating parents of the world's fastest growing addiction and the most reckless endangerment of children today." The website received nearly 100,000 unique visitors over the span of two weeks when it was debunked as a hoax by Penny Arcade and Slashdot. In 2006, the website was re-introduced as a social satire blog featuring commentaries on popular misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding the gaming subculture.


Mothers Against Videogame Addiction and Violence www.mavav.org

Spread

On June 30th, 2014, Kotaku[2] published a post on the account titled "Moms Against Gaming Is My New Favorite Twitter Account." The post featured a roundup of satirical tweets from the account itself as well as replies by other Twitter users who understood the account is a parody account. The article also featured tweets by Twitter users who believed the account was created in earnest and took offense at the anti-video game message.


* Follow QualityMusic @sJ_Saturn @MomsAgainstGam I'M DONE BEING PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE. I HOPED YOU GET STABBED AND HAVE SALT/LEMON JUICE Reply Retweet ★ Favorite More RETWEETS FAVORITES 14. 12:45 AM-29 Jul 2014 Matt @Matt J_C Follow @MomsAgainstGam Who even are you? Keep insulting gamers and someone will find where the account is located and mess you up. Die. わReply Retweet ★ Favorite More RETWEETS FAVORITES 6 惎蠡 回 8:58 AM-25 Jul 2014 Ellie @Towable_Fish * Follow @MomsAgainstGam Racist! You tell gamers they should be partying all night and you say we should be havering sex instead of gaming! わReply Retweet ★ Favorite More RETWEETSFAVORITES 6 8:28 AM-23 Jul 2014

On July 1st, the account was covered by Lazy Gamer[3] and NiceGamer.[4]

Notable Examples


Moms Against Gaming @MomsAgainstGam * 塩Follow Dads who game aren't dads, they're boys. Time to grow up fellas. #BeLikeAMom Reply Retweet ★ Favorite More RETWEETSFAVORITES 8:45 PM-28 Jul 2014 * Moms Against Gaming @MomsAgainstGam Follow Children once worked and died in mines. Now it's happening again. #TrashMinecraft わReply Retweet * Favorite More FAVORITES 182 RETWEETS 胀隘盪豳0 / :45 PM-27 Jul 2014 * Moms Against Gaming @MomsAgainstGam Follow Q: Do you know Minecraft is used in schools to educate children? A: No wonder young people are getting dumber. Reply t Retweet ★ Favorite More RETWEETSFAVORITES 42 1:29 PM -27 Jul 2014Moms Against Gaming @MomsAgainstGam Follow The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of violent video games." - Ronald Reagan Reply t. Retweet ★ Favorite RETWEETSFAVORITES 37 More 40 1:41 PM-25 Jul 2014 Moms Against Gaming @MomsAgainstGam * Follow If you or a loved one has suffered a gaming addiction or became violent as a result of gaming please send us a tweet #BanViolentVideoGames わReply Retweet ★ Favorite More RETWEETSFAVORITES 147 74 8:33 PM -19 Jun 2014Moms Against Gaming @MomsAgainstGam Follow FAV if you're ready for a #MomsAgainstGamingFollowTrain Reply t3 Retweet ★ Favorite More RETWEETS FAVORITES 2 57 9:49 AM-25 Jul 2014

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