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THIC FAIL -SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM S.GD/GGUNFAIR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE Coverage from game outlets is often the difference between success and obscurity for But the endorsement of many journalists seems to be based not on merit, but on con- nections-granting privileged industry access to those in their clique One journalist that has come to symbolize the in- Hernandez has written no less than ten articles in a relationship with her, like Christine Love offering glowing endorsement and lots of links en- couraging purchase, but no trace of disclosure until the scandal's unearthing forced her employ ers at Kotaku to edit them, and admit this was a Many of the journalists accused of using their po- sition unfairly were members of the secret mailing pation of many elite game journalists-for exam- focus of scandals concerning critical distance, or the face of Gamasutra, their controversial edi- Alexander is one of the most polarizing people in game journalism, peppering her Twitter feed with rcareer-even GAMASUTRA IS.GD/GGKOTAKU ers are dead" articles of August 2014 IS.GD/GGSECRETS not knowing "how to dress or to be- have" and encouraging the industry in- to lose several sponsors and experi- ence a brutal drop in traffic. ism Alexander, who openly admitted to have no pretence to be unblased", and to "have an agenda", has frequently given blased, disclosure-less coverage to people she had a confirmed personal, non-professional relationship with including: Anna Anthropy. Friends since at least 2011, through mutual friend Patricia Her- nandez. Never disclosed their relationship in the at the least 6 articles written by Alexander about Anthropy, several of them riddled with purchase links. Sound designer Robin Arnott . Covered in 2014, friend since 2011, in good enough terms by 2012 to have received a piggyback ride from Alexander. Arnott Ramiro Corbetta, of Babycastles. Friends since 2010, with Alexander organizing Card/game dev Naomi Clark. Friends since 2012. Two articles in 2013 and 2014 Alexander also founded and co-owns the game developers consulting firm "Agency had similar friends-with-coverage benefits with Nathan Grayson Babycastles events as well, covered with an hagiographic article in 2012 Christine Love. Wrote about her on Vice. for Games", and directly promotes its customers through social media and her per- Alexander has not replied to these allegations, but has hidden her Facebook and Google Plus pages, to prevent further investigation. many debates when it came out in 2013, and its average scores on re- huge gap between the very positive often noted flaws-such as the short length and lack of action - and also gether with two of the game's small 9 pated in the podcast one week be- Gone Home, we find praise from Redshirt was praised on both PC by S Cara Ellison, who was re er-Kokoris, as well as on Kotaku by Also giving positive coverage to Kokoris was Gamasutra's Kris Lig- lished, and was also a judge at the id connection has yet been discov- terms for a very long time, with El lison asking her to hang out as ear- y as 2011. Kokoris also states that every claim of unfair advantage due as those listed here, is just a con !!!써세 IS.GD/GGINFO-IR Illlil'세 IS.GD/ETHICFAIL
THIC FAIL -SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM S.GD/GGUNFAIR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE Coverage from game outlets is often the difference between success and obscurity for But the endorsement of many journalists seems to be based not on merit, but on con- nections-granting privileged industry access to those in their clique One journalist that has come to symbolize the in- Hernandez has written no less than ten articles in a relationship with her, like Christine Love offering glowing endorsement and lots of links en- couraging purchase, but no trace of disclosure until the scandal's unearthing forced her employ ers at Kotaku to edit them, and admit this was a Many of the journalists accused of using their po- sition unfairly were members of the secret mailing pation of many elite game journalists-for exam- focus of scandals concerning critical distance, or the face of Gamasutra, their controversial edi- Alexander is one of the most polarizing people in game journalism, peppering her Twitter feed with rcareer-even GAMASUTRA IS.GD/GGKOTAKU ers are dead" articles of August 2014 IS.GD/GGSECRETS not knowing "how to dress or to be- have" and encouraging the industry in- to lose several sponsors and experi- ence a brutal drop in traffic. ism Alexander, who openly admitted to have no pretence to be unblased", and to "have an agenda", has frequently given blased, disclosure-less coverage to people she had a confirmed personal, non-professional relationship with including: Anna Anthropy. Friends since at least 2011, through mutual friend Patricia Her- nandez. Never disclosed their relationship in the at the least 6 articles written by Alexander about Anthropy, several of them riddled with purchase links. Sound designer Robin Arnott . Covered in 2014, friend since 2011, in good enough terms by 2012 to have received a piggyback ride from Alexander. Arnott Ramiro Corbetta, of Babycastles. Friends since 2010, with Alexander organizing Card/game dev Naomi Clark. Friends since 2012. Two articles in 2013 and 2014 Alexander also founded and co-owns the game developers consulting firm "Agency had similar friends-with-coverage benefits with Nathan Grayson Babycastles events as well, covered with an hagiographic article in 2012 Christine Love. Wrote about her on Vice. for Games", and directly promotes its customers through social media and her per- Alexander has not replied to these allegations, but has hidden her Facebook and Google Plus pages, to prevent further investigation. many debates when it came out in 2013, and its average scores on re- huge gap between the very positive often noted flaws-such as the short length and lack of action - and also gether with two of the game's small 9 pated in the podcast one week be- Gone Home, we find praise from Redshirt was praised on both PC by S Cara Ellison, who was re er-Kokoris, as well as on Kotaku by Also giving positive coverage to Kokoris was Gamasutra's Kris Lig- lished, and was also a judge at the id connection has yet been discov- terms for a very long time, with El lison asking her to hang out as ear- y as 2011. Kokoris also states that every claim of unfair advantage due as those listed here, is just a con !!!써세 IS.GD/GGINFO-IR Illlil'세 IS.GD/ETHICFAIL

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History of Ethics failures - Can someone say illegal collusion?

0 THIC FAIL-SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM SECRETS OF GAMEJOURNOPROS technica ing, GamejournoPros counted almost 150 Joystiq, IGN and Reddit owner Conde Nast fve gaming publications, some main- stream media journalists and even a few VoX MEDIA HE VERGE the IS.GD/GGKOTAKU Aol. Weblogs, Inc. IS.GD/GGQUICK Dale North GAMASUTRAer words a megaphane IS.GD/GGUNFAIR IS.GD/GCHAND .JURIC'TAY IS.GD/GGINFO-JURilliH체 is.ED/ETHICFAIL
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History of Ethics Failures - Welcome to DRM

THIC FAIL-SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM S.GD/GGSIMCITY RUSHED SIMCITY REVIEWS In March 2013, the new Simcity game was released by Electronic Arts, to highly positive review scores Players, however, quickly realized that, due to server issues, Simcity's controversial always-online DRM consistently failed, making the game basically unplayable Early reviewers had played the game on a private press-only server, and were not aware of the issue. Outlets who chose to rush the review, such as Eurogamer and Polygon, gave high scores that lured their readers in buying a broken game Simcity's post-release reviews were much less positive due to this problem, and the game's Metacritic average dropped from 91/100 to 66/100 in a week (64 today), with thousands of extremely negative user scores. Some outlets released updated reviews of the game, with Polygon rating the game four times Today, the game has dropped the always-online requirement, despite creator Maxis originally stating that it was impossible. Metascore Universal acclaim based on 8 Critics User Score Generally unfavorable based on 255 Ratings 3.9 out of 100 Your Score What's this? Summary: Control a region that delivers true multi-city scale and play a single city or up to sixteen cities at once each with different specializations. Multiplayer adds a new facet to your game as your decisions will have an effect both your city and your region and creates new ways to play by collaborating or competing to earn achievements Collapse ▲ Developer: Maxis Genre(s): Other Strategy Games Cheats: On GameFAQs Rating: E10+ More Details and Credits a See the trailer Metascore Mixed or average reviews based on 75 Critics User Score Generally unfavorable reviews based on 4404 Ratings 2.2 64 Your Score What's this? Summary: Control a region that delivers true multi-city scale and play a single city or up to sixteen cities at once each with different specializations. Multiplayer adds a neW facet to your game as your decisions will have an effect both your city and your region and creates new ways to play by Expand Developer: Maxis Genre(s): Modern Cheats: On GameFAQs Rating: E10+ More Details and Credits See the trailer
THIC FAIL-SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM S.GD/GGSIMCITY RUSHED SIMCITY REVIEWS In March 2013, the new Simcity game was released by Electronic Arts, to highly positive review scores Players, however, quickly realized that, due to server issues, Simcity's controversial always-online DRM consistently failed, making the game basically unplayable Early reviewers had played the game on a private press-only server, and were not aware of the issue. Outlets who chose to rush the review, such as Eurogamer and Polygon, gave high scores that lured their readers in buying a broken game Simcity's post-release reviews were much less positive due to this problem, and the game's Metacritic average dropped from 91/100 to 66/100 in a week (64 today), with thousands of extremely negative user scores. Some outlets released updated reviews of the game, with Polygon rating the game four times Today, the game has dropped the always-online requirement, despite creator Maxis originally stating that it was impossible. Metascore Universal acclaim based on 8 Critics User Score Generally unfavorable based on 255 Ratings 3.9 out of 100 Your Score What's this? Summary: Control a region that delivers true multi-city scale and play a single city or up to sixteen cities at once each with different specializations. Multiplayer adds a new facet to your game as your decisions will have an effect both your city and your region and creates new ways to play by collaborating or competing to earn achievements Collapse ▲ Developer: Maxis Genre(s): Other Strategy Games Cheats: On GameFAQs Rating: E10+ More Details and Credits a See the trailer Metascore Mixed or average reviews based on 75 Critics User Score Generally unfavorable reviews based on 4404 Ratings 2.2 64 Your Score What's this? Summary: Control a region that delivers true multi-city scale and play a single city or up to sixteen cities at once each with different specializations. Multiplayer adds a neW facet to your game as your decisions will have an effect both your city and your region and creates new ways to play by Expand Developer: Maxis Genre(s): Modern Cheats: On GameFAQs Rating: E10+ More Details and Credits See the trailer

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History of Ethics failures - Kotaku and friends

THIC FAIL SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM S.GD/GGKOTAKU FRIENDS AT KOTAKU Several writers working at Kotaku, Gawker network's gaming outlet, have been accused of giving disproportionate and biased coverage to their friends. Controversial Kotaku writer 1 Patricia Hernandez has lived together with her close friend 2 Anna Anthropy, developer of Dys4ia, Redder and 2 Mighty Jill Off, and has given her positive coverage in six articles. Four of the articles were published after Her- nandez had lived with Anthropy, none of them contained any form of disclosure addition, Hernandez admitted to dating v Christine Love, and wrote about her game Hate Plus twice Both articles have a dispropor- tionate number of links encour- aging the purchase of Love's work and, once more, no disclosure I novel developer Don't you ever feel really strongly, sometimes, that you just want a nice hug? It doesn't bother me Kotaku was hit by a scandal in August 2014, due to its writer Nathan Grayson and his relationship with the developer of 5 Depression Quest. It was discovered that the developer cheated on her boyfriend with Grayson, who had previously covered her and her text adventure very positively in two articles-one for his previous job at Rock Pa- per Shotgun, and one for Kotaku, published about a week before their affair. Grayson and the developer are proven to be acquainted since before this last article with the two traveling to Las Vegas together and Grayson participating as a tester since a very early version of Depression Quest- with his name appearing in the credits. The developer of Depression Quest was featured as a guest writer on Kotaku shortly be- fore releasing her game, and is also a personal friend of Patricia Hernandez. Hernandez wrote two articles about her and her game, with no disclosure of this friendship What de you de? 2: Go bo bed Ihphouldnt be that hard Depress1ntoughts back off for five seconds meno·utofotmseis neer with your whr cert you stop Quest tronlfiction end fack everything up and get fired 6: Ge to your computer. Sleep is elearly het happening 4 FURTHER READING FURTHER READING S.GD/GGSECRETS IS.GD/GGQUICK The Grayson scandal was censored by aligned gaming press Kotaku's embarassingly poor journalism goes beyond cronyism While this is the most famous case of cronyism involving Grayson, it's not the only one-he also wrote without disclosure about friends such as mini-game developer Nina Freeman and the staff of mobile game company White Whale games. Perhaps, though, Grayson's most blantant impropriety is the overwhelming coverage giv en to his friend, sound designer 6 Robin Arnott Author of Oculus Rift game Soundself, Arnott received an abnormal amount of coverage from Grayson, being plugged six times in three months, with the bulk of the coverage for Soundself coming from Kotaku A judge of "Night Games", the branch of independent games festival Indiecade where Depression Quest wa ed, Arnott also had an affair with the t adven- nd the same time as Grayson ture's developer at had his. f 7Stephen Totilo has Kotaku editor in chi talked about the majority of the case here, stating that there was no violation of j na xpo He states that Grayson's mentions of Arnot n Quest's developer was ics, since it wa Grayson, their affair happened a week after cidental, and his article about Depres th- 0 a review and tilo stated that the very large volume of cov- erage Hernandez gave to her friends was tified. When Gamergate protests escalated, he eventually conceded that the lack of disclosure was a "screw up" caused by inexperience and IS.GD/GGDORITOS Totilo also initiall handwaved the iss see mmu ation, and a disclaimer wa sca added to the Hernandez articles. Totilo stated that asking for an apology would be excessive-just an act to shame the writ ILIJlAY IS.GD/GGINFO.·1IN!!!l: AY IS.GD/ETHICFAIL
THIC FAIL SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM S.GD/GGKOTAKU FRIENDS AT KOTAKU Several writers working at Kotaku, Gawker network's gaming outlet, have been accused of giving disproportionate and biased coverage to their friends. Controversial Kotaku writer 1 Patricia Hernandez has lived together with her close friend 2 Anna Anthropy, developer of Dys4ia, Redder and 2 Mighty Jill Off, and has given her positive coverage in six articles. Four of the articles were published after Her- nandez had lived with Anthropy, none of them contained any form of disclosure addition, Hernandez admitted to dating v Christine Love, and wrote about her game Hate Plus twice Both articles have a dispropor- tionate number of links encour- aging the purchase of Love's work and, once more, no disclosure I novel developer Don't you ever feel really strongly, sometimes, that you just want a nice hug? It doesn't bother me Kotaku was hit by a scandal in August 2014, due to its writer Nathan Grayson and his relationship with the developer of 5 Depression Quest. It was discovered that the developer cheated on her boyfriend with Grayson, who had previously covered her and her text adventure very positively in two articles-one for his previous job at Rock Pa- per Shotgun, and one for Kotaku, published about a week before their affair. Grayson and the developer are proven to be acquainted since before this last article with the two traveling to Las Vegas together and Grayson participating as a tester since a very early version of Depression Quest- with his name appearing in the credits. The developer of Depression Quest was featured as a guest writer on Kotaku shortly be- fore releasing her game, and is also a personal friend of Patricia Hernandez. Hernandez wrote two articles about her and her game, with no disclosure of this friendship What de you de? 2: Go bo bed Ihphouldnt be that hard Depress1ntoughts back off for five seconds meno·utofotmseis neer with your whr cert you stop Quest tronlfiction end fack everything up and get fired 6: Ge to your computer. Sleep is elearly het happening 4 FURTHER READING FURTHER READING S.GD/GGSECRETS IS.GD/GGQUICK The Grayson scandal was censored by aligned gaming press Kotaku's embarassingly poor journalism goes beyond cronyism While this is the most famous case of cronyism involving Grayson, it's not the only one-he also wrote without disclosure about friends such as mini-game developer Nina Freeman and the staff of mobile game company White Whale games. Perhaps, though, Grayson's most blantant impropriety is the overwhelming coverage giv en to his friend, sound designer 6 Robin Arnott Author of Oculus Rift game Soundself, Arnott received an abnormal amount of coverage from Grayson, being plugged six times in three months, with the bulk of the coverage for Soundself coming from Kotaku A judge of "Night Games", the branch of independent games festival Indiecade where Depression Quest wa ed, Arnott also had an affair with the t adven- nd the same time as Grayson ture's developer at had his. f 7Stephen Totilo has Kotaku editor in chi talked about the majority of the case here, stating that there was no violation of j na xpo He states that Grayson's mentions of Arnot n Quest's developer was ics, since it wa Grayson, their affair happened a week after cidental, and his article about Depres th- 0 a review and tilo stated that the very large volume of cov- erage Hernandez gave to her friends was tified. When Gamergate protests escalated, he eventually conceded that the lack of disclosure was a "screw up" caused by inexperience and IS.GD/GGDORITOS Totilo also initiall handwaved the iss see mmu ation, and a disclaimer wa sca added to the Hernandez articles. Totilo stated that asking for an apology would be excessive-just an act to shame the writ ILIJlAY IS.GD/GGINFO.·1IN!!!l: AY IS.GD/ETHICFAIL

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History of Ethics failures - the lazyiness

THIC FAIL-SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM S.GD/GGQUICK QUICK & DIRTY Ad-supported revenue models strongly encourage bad journalism. Be the first to report, write frequent low-effort articles rather than few well-researched ones, jump on views-generating scandals. Maximize clicks. But poor journalism can backfire hard, leading to huge mistakes, and, sometimes, even g innocent people's lives. It's not a mystery that reviewers frequent- to good example being the 2008 IGN review FOOTBALL Despite being a well-received entry in MANAGER the established sports management se- ries, with a very positive vote even from IGN's UK branch, the game received an unprecedented 2/10 slating from IGN's US peared clearly unaquainted with the gen- IS.GD/GGSIMCITY Evolution and lamenting that "apart from managing your roster and c team" Football Manger 2009 didn't offer Simcity 2013 also go any gameplay. The review wasp t perplaxingly ty reviews from major sites an A similiar situation involved Eurogam- er and another 2/10 score, awarded to MMORPG DarkFall Online-whose view, stating that not only the reviewer's account had clocked just two hours, but he had spent the majority of them creat ing new characters rather than playing. ur cused the devs of lying. While the outlet did release a second review, the majority of it was spent just discussing the back- lash and implying that the original review was legitimate, while Darkfall devs and IS.GD/GGDORITOS r defended Zitron, but didn't do the same for Rab Florence nal reviews author, contributor Ed Zitron, never wrote for Eurogamer again. was in 2012, when an edited image from 4chan por traying three fake upcoming Playstation Vita titles The news was picked up by Joystiq, Gamespot and IGN, which alsoran with it.While these outlets soon edited their articles acknowleding the hoax, Kota- ku's Jason Schreier initially refused to admit he had been fooled, dismissing evidence present- IS.GD/GGSECRETS himself in the center of a multi-forum arguement, g users of various forums of insulting him and lying, dismissing their argue- ments as "ol game journalism" insults and ban- ning users from Kotaku, he eventually apologized. impropriety-rich lournoPros mailing s Bad journalism is not often something this funny-its consequences are usually much more dramatic. Stardock's CEO, 2 Brad Wardell, has felt them personally Within days of the article hitting, forum posts, follow-up articles and abuse started flooding the net. I received numerous death threats including one so specific (it was clear they had driven up close to our house) that we called the police. The death threats included r--- threats against my wife and disgusting vile threats against my children. For the past two years since, not a week goes by where someone doesnt send me a hate message (... Primarly known for his stance against such as Sins of a Solar Empire, War dell had a in 2012, wrote about two ongoing law- suits between his company and a former was hostile work environment, sexual har assment and battery,and Kotaku report- ed her allegations in detail, without any Wardell had not Wardell was also accused of having coun- right before le the c IS.GD/GGSECRETS taliation for the harassment suit. The Kotaku article had a large echo, and at Penny Arcade report, wrote about it, Kuchera and Fudge were also in as did 4 James Fudge, of Gamepolitics The lawsuits were settled in 2013, with the sexual harassment suit dismissed with prejudice and the to to Wardell for filing her suit and destroying Stardock propriety as condition for the settlement As Wardell stated, though, "Any time I speak on a given topic, this comes up". In September 2014, for- mer Bioware up the Kotaku accusations in his blog, but, after more research and being shown more documents by Wardell, he issued an apology, con- Polygon ku for "s----- journalism". The doc uments he had seen showed that Kotaku had re- ported the date of Stardock's allegedly-retaliatory lawsuit wrong by a full year. Wardell had been giv- en mere hours to comment, and the employee's nePolitics s had been la out of c Shortly after this, Fudge also offered his"long over due" apology for his article Kotaku's "s----- journalism has not yet stopped haunting Wardell, though. Just two months later he, as he habitually does, encouraged someone on Twitter to send Star- dock a resumé. Wardell was unaware that this person had made a crude, already re- moved, cartoon, and was viciously attacked by a controversy-hungry minor indie dev and her followers-who, again, brought against him the false and well-debunked sexual Despite his personal misadventures with it, Wardell has been extremely moderate in his He has criticized individual writers-such as Ben Kuchera, whose double standards brought him to advocate for censorship of a game journalism sex scandal with the mo- tivation of "harassment", after a pivotal role in spreading slander on Wardell-or events such as the anti-consumer "Gamers are dead" articles, but he seems to still hope that there's salvation for an industry tainted by "poor choices made by a few, believing that The average gaming journalist has immense integrity" and that most of them would a bribe or writing something intentionally biased IS.GD/GGHAND IS.GD/GGKOTAKU Kotaku is not infamous just for bad but c Despite Wardell's positivity, though, game journalism's already-abysmal reputation is constantly worsening, with increasingly large scandals hitting the troubled industry, as detailed, among others, by the now-numerous Ethic Fail infographs Wardell's story, and several similar ones surfacing, should serve as a reminder of the im- portance of journalistic integrity-the most efficient answer to the continusly-escalating criticism of the gaming press. As Wardell says himself, "The media should acknowledge that there's a problem and that their customers are getting fed up with it ALL IMAGES IS.GD/GGINFO ALL SOURCES IS.GD/ETHICFAIL
THIC FAIL-SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM S.GD/GGQUICK QUICK & DIRTY Ad-supported revenue models strongly encourage bad journalism. Be the first to report, write frequent low-effort articles rather than few well-researched ones, jump on views-generating scandals. Maximize clicks. But poor journalism can backfire hard, leading to huge mistakes, and, sometimes, even g innocent people's lives. It's not a mystery that reviewers frequent- to good example being the 2008 IGN review FOOTBALL Despite being a well-received entry in MANAGER the established sports management se- ries, with a very positive vote even from IGN's UK branch, the game received an unprecedented 2/10 slating from IGN's US peared clearly unaquainted with the gen- IS.GD/GGSIMCITY Evolution and lamenting that "apart from managing your roster and c team" Football Manger 2009 didn't offer Simcity 2013 also go any gameplay. The review wasp t perplaxingly ty reviews from major sites an A similiar situation involved Eurogam- er and another 2/10 score, awarded to MMORPG DarkFall Online-whose view, stating that not only the reviewer's account had clocked just two hours, but he had spent the majority of them creat ing new characters rather than playing. ur cused the devs of lying. While the outlet did release a second review, the majority of it was spent just discussing the back- lash and implying that the original review was legitimate, while Darkfall devs and IS.GD/GGDORITOS r defended Zitron, but didn't do the same for Rab Florence nal reviews author, contributor Ed Zitron, never wrote for Eurogamer again. was in 2012, when an edited image from 4chan por traying three fake upcoming Playstation Vita titles The news was picked up by Joystiq, Gamespot and IGN, which alsoran with it.While these outlets soon edited their articles acknowleding the hoax, Kota- ku's Jason Schreier initially refused to admit he had been fooled, dismissing evidence present- IS.GD/GGSECRETS himself in the center of a multi-forum arguement, g users of various forums of insulting him and lying, dismissing their argue- ments as "ol game journalism" insults and ban- ning users from Kotaku, he eventually apologized. impropriety-rich lournoPros mailing s Bad journalism is not often something this funny-its consequences are usually much more dramatic. Stardock's CEO, 2 Brad Wardell, has felt them personally Within days of the article hitting, forum posts, follow-up articles and abuse started flooding the net. I received numerous death threats including one so specific (it was clear they had driven up close to our house) that we called the police. The death threats included r--- threats against my wife and disgusting vile threats against my children. For the past two years since, not a week goes by where someone doesnt send me a hate message (... Primarly known for his stance against such as Sins of a Solar Empire, War dell had a in 2012, wrote about two ongoing law- suits between his company and a former was hostile work environment, sexual har assment and battery,and Kotaku report- ed her allegations in detail, without any Wardell had not Wardell was also accused of having coun- right before le the c IS.GD/GGSECRETS taliation for the harassment suit. The Kotaku article had a large echo, and at Penny Arcade report, wrote about it, Kuchera and Fudge were also in as did 4 James Fudge, of Gamepolitics The lawsuits were settled in 2013, with the sexual harassment suit dismissed with prejudice and the to to Wardell for filing her suit and destroying Stardock propriety as condition for the settlement As Wardell stated, though, "Any time I speak on a given topic, this comes up". In September 2014, for- mer Bioware up the Kotaku accusations in his blog, but, after more research and being shown more documents by Wardell, he issued an apology, con- Polygon ku for "s----- journalism". The doc uments he had seen showed that Kotaku had re- ported the date of Stardock's allegedly-retaliatory lawsuit wrong by a full year. Wardell had been giv- en mere hours to comment, and the employee's nePolitics s had been la out of c Shortly after this, Fudge also offered his"long over due" apology for his article Kotaku's "s----- journalism has not yet stopped haunting Wardell, though. Just two months later he, as he habitually does, encouraged someone on Twitter to send Star- dock a resumé. Wardell was unaware that this person had made a crude, already re- moved, cartoon, and was viciously attacked by a controversy-hungry minor indie dev and her followers-who, again, brought against him the false and well-debunked sexual Despite his personal misadventures with it, Wardell has been extremely moderate in his He has criticized individual writers-such as Ben Kuchera, whose double standards brought him to advocate for censorship of a game journalism sex scandal with the mo- tivation of "harassment", after a pivotal role in spreading slander on Wardell-or events such as the anti-consumer "Gamers are dead" articles, but he seems to still hope that there's salvation for an industry tainted by "poor choices made by a few, believing that The average gaming journalist has immense integrity" and that most of them would a bribe or writing something intentionally biased IS.GD/GGHAND IS.GD/GGKOTAKU Kotaku is not infamous just for bad but c Despite Wardell's positivity, though, game journalism's already-abysmal reputation is constantly worsening, with increasingly large scandals hitting the troubled industry, as detailed, among others, by the now-numerous Ethic Fail infographs Wardell's story, and several similar ones surfacing, should serve as a reminder of the im- portance of journalistic integrity-the most efficient answer to the continusly-escalating criticism of the gaming press. As Wardell says himself, "The media should acknowledge that there's a problem and that their customers are getting fed up with it ALL IMAGES IS.GD/GGINFO ALL SOURCES IS.GD/ETHICFAIL

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History of Ethics failures DoritoGate

ETHIC FAIL-SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM S.GD/GGDORITOS THE GIFTS OF DORITOSGATE Doritosgate is a 2012 scandal involving collusion between advertisers and gaming press, popularly symbolized by the blank stare of game journalist 1 Geoff Keighley being in- terviewed while surrounded by Doritos, Mountain Dew and promotional posters. Doritos oritos oos XP DEWXP.com Doritosgate originated with an editorial written by Eurogamer contributor and non-game journalist 2 Rab Florence , which discussed the lack of ethical standards of the gaming press, and their excessively friendly relationship with game industry PR people. Florence criticized the Games Media Awards - an UK event sponsored by game publish- ers where game journalists receive awards from PR representatives. 2 The GMAs shouldn't exist. By rights, that room should be full of people who feel uncomfortable in each other's company PR people should be looking at games journos and think- ing, "That person makes my job very challenging." Why are they all best buddies? What the hell is going on? GAMER A competition held at the 2012 GMAs awarded game journalists who advertised a cer tain game on twitter a chance to win a Playstation 3. Florence quoted in his article some game journalists who had defended this competition from accusations of bribery, and argued that, although certainly innocent of corruption, these journalists were hurting their credibility with this endorsement. One of the journalists Florence quoted, 3 Lauren Wainwright threatened legal action. Eurogamer, in response, par tially censored Florence's piece prompting his resignation and a very strong internet backlash uren Wainwrigh Gatheistium Staft Writer, games blogger and The Sun, IGN and more. UK 3 against Wainwright. Wainwright, an enthusiastic praiser of video game Tomb Raider, was discovered to have listed work with the game's publisher Square Enix in her resume (references to which she deleted), and to have written reviews of their games- which she had denied doing She has since admitted her threatened lawsuit was "a mistake Florence's article sparked a very large discussion even before the censorship controversy gave it a larg- er echo, with articles on nearly every major outlet. Kotaku editor in chief 4 Stephen Totilo, when he was asked about coverage of the topic, dismissed the entire affair as "not important" and the same old tired nonsense". He thoroughly apologized after re- ceiving some scathing criticism, and proceeded to write a very lengthy and exhaustive article In his piece he addresses the long-standing accusation of being "too cozy with the game industry" faced by the press, which, he admits, operates at what would appear to out siders as "the brink of bribery". He has had to turn down or give away regular gifts from publishers, including things like a mini-surround system, a chess set and a trip to Disn- eyland On the other hand, though, he also says that "criticism of the gaming press is so com mon it can become white noise", and that valid complaints are mixed with "a sea of misreadings". He is confident that, counterbalancing the too many press releases mas- querading as news, there is a lot of good reporting, and he is hopeful that there will be more in the future Minor scandals about game journalists accepting gifts still surface fairly regularly. Among the most recent, publisher Ubisoft gifting a Nexus 7 tablet to all journalists present at an exclusive preview of their video game Watch Dogs Two years after Doritosgate, criticism of the gaming press gained extreme visibility with the very large consumer revolt GamerGate. 1:11 11더세 IS.GD/GGIN FO AIINIIN.AY ISED/ETHICFAIL I
ETHIC FAIL-SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM S.GD/GGDORITOS THE GIFTS OF DORITOSGATE Doritosgate is a 2012 scandal involving collusion between advertisers and gaming press, popularly symbolized by the blank stare of game journalist 1 Geoff Keighley being in- terviewed while surrounded by Doritos, Mountain Dew and promotional posters. Doritos oritos oos XP DEWXP.com Doritosgate originated with an editorial written by Eurogamer contributor and non-game journalist 2 Rab Florence , which discussed the lack of ethical standards of the gaming press, and their excessively friendly relationship with game industry PR people. Florence criticized the Games Media Awards - an UK event sponsored by game publish- ers where game journalists receive awards from PR representatives. 2 The GMAs shouldn't exist. By rights, that room should be full of people who feel uncomfortable in each other's company PR people should be looking at games journos and think- ing, "That person makes my job very challenging." Why are they all best buddies? What the hell is going on? GAMER A competition held at the 2012 GMAs awarded game journalists who advertised a cer tain game on twitter a chance to win a Playstation 3. Florence quoted in his article some game journalists who had defended this competition from accusations of bribery, and argued that, although certainly innocent of corruption, these journalists were hurting their credibility with this endorsement. One of the journalists Florence quoted, 3 Lauren Wainwright threatened legal action. Eurogamer, in response, par tially censored Florence's piece prompting his resignation and a very strong internet backlash uren Wainwrigh Gatheistium Staft Writer, games blogger and The Sun, IGN and more. UK 3 against Wainwright. Wainwright, an enthusiastic praiser of video game Tomb Raider, was discovered to have listed work with the game's publisher Square Enix in her resume (references to which she deleted), and to have written reviews of their games- which she had denied doing She has since admitted her threatened lawsuit was "a mistake Florence's article sparked a very large discussion even before the censorship controversy gave it a larg- er echo, with articles on nearly every major outlet. Kotaku editor in chief 4 Stephen Totilo, when he was asked about coverage of the topic, dismissed the entire affair as "not important" and the same old tired nonsense". He thoroughly apologized after re- ceiving some scathing criticism, and proceeded to write a very lengthy and exhaustive article In his piece he addresses the long-standing accusation of being "too cozy with the game industry" faced by the press, which, he admits, operates at what would appear to out siders as "the brink of bribery". He has had to turn down or give away regular gifts from publishers, including things like a mini-surround system, a chess set and a trip to Disn- eyland On the other hand, though, he also says that "criticism of the gaming press is so com mon it can become white noise", and that valid complaints are mixed with "a sea of misreadings". He is confident that, counterbalancing the too many press releases mas- querading as news, there is a lot of good reporting, and he is hopeful that there will be more in the future Minor scandals about game journalists accepting gifts still surface fairly regularly. Among the most recent, publisher Ubisoft gifting a Nexus 7 tablet to all journalists present at an exclusive preview of their video game Watch Dogs Two years after Doritosgate, criticism of the gaming press gained extreme visibility with the very large consumer revolt GamerGate. 1:11 11더세 IS.GD/GGIN FO AIINIIN.AY ISED/ETHICFAIL I

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History of Ethics failures Unreliable Numbers

ETHIC FAIL -SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM S.GD/GGNUMBER UNRELIABLE NUMBERS Consumers' trust is particularly valuable for game reviewers, and the gaming press has historically been short of it - and under constant suspicion of colluding with game pub- shers to inflate scores Sometimes, these suspicions have been very strongly fueled In 2005, gaming website GameSpy faced accusations of collusion for their review of Donkey Konga 2 -a rhythm game published by Nintendo, which at the time used GameSpy for its online services Freelancer Nick Marangos, the reviewer, revealed that GameSpy had heavily altered his work without his consent, making his review much more favourable towards the game and changing the final vote from a harsh 1.5/5 to a passing 3/5 The ensuing backlash prompted GameSpy to remove the review, and at the time the event had heavy publicity - including a 2 Penny Arcade strip What did I say? Did I say two point Pive? Because I Meant... Pour point Pive 2 A large game journalism scandal took place in 2004, with the release of Atari's 3 Driver 3 . While the game was critically panned for its derivative for- mula and, especially, for its buggy and unfinished state, its release was preced- ed by two near-perfectly scored 9/10 exclusive reviews on British magazines Xbox World and PSM2 - both belonging to Future Publishing 50 Accusations of corruption were also fueled by a forum post published before the reviews from a user claiming to work at an UK magazine. The poster claimed that, in the rush for exclusive first reviews, magazine editors were agreeing with game publishers to trade higher scores for earlier review copies. He provided several ex amples of games whose early reviews had higher scores, and stated that Atari was attempting to trade early review codes for Driver 3 in exchange for a score of at least 9/10, but the unfinished version of the game being offered to reviewers wasn't up to expectations In the huge uproar that ensued, Future's official forums heavily censored discussion of this topic. Eventually, Future deputy editor Nick Ellis responded on the forums, denying all accusations of bribery but admitting that the reviews were based on an unfinished version of the game, and on Atari's promise that the bugs would have been fixed before release EDG Future OF THEFT AUTO 4 Future publishing came under scrutiny again in 2011, when freelancer Richard Stanton held a casual Q&A session on Twitter Stanton, who worked for Future's 4 Edge Magazine, answered several questions about his experience in the game review business. He stated that game publishers indirectly control everything" in reviewing outlets, and admitted that reviews changed scores be- fore publication. He stated that the dodgiest publisher he had to work with was Rock star Games, and that Edge's review for their game 5 Grand Theft Auto 4 had the vote changed to a 10/10 by the magazine, from the reviewer's original 9/10 When his revelations started to be get attention, Stanton hurriedly deleted everything, and published an apology and retraction, where he stated he had written "in a moment of anger", and that he wished for his statements not to be reported as fact. Not having worked for Edge since, he has always refused to comment on this incident. I'lIA[ 서 IS.GD/GGINFO'l' Milld 서 IS.GD/ETHICFAIL
ETHIC FAIL -SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM S.GD/GGNUMBER UNRELIABLE NUMBERS Consumers' trust is particularly valuable for game reviewers, and the gaming press has historically been short of it - and under constant suspicion of colluding with game pub- shers to inflate scores Sometimes, these suspicions have been very strongly fueled In 2005, gaming website GameSpy faced accusations of collusion for their review of Donkey Konga 2 -a rhythm game published by Nintendo, which at the time used GameSpy for its online services Freelancer Nick Marangos, the reviewer, revealed that GameSpy had heavily altered his work without his consent, making his review much more favourable towards the game and changing the final vote from a harsh 1.5/5 to a passing 3/5 The ensuing backlash prompted GameSpy to remove the review, and at the time the event had heavy publicity - including a 2 Penny Arcade strip What did I say? Did I say two point Pive? Because I Meant... Pour point Pive 2 A large game journalism scandal took place in 2004, with the release of Atari's 3 Driver 3 . While the game was critically panned for its derivative for- mula and, especially, for its buggy and unfinished state, its release was preced- ed by two near-perfectly scored 9/10 exclusive reviews on British magazines Xbox World and PSM2 - both belonging to Future Publishing 50 Accusations of corruption were also fueled by a forum post published before the reviews from a user claiming to work at an UK magazine. The poster claimed that, in the rush for exclusive first reviews, magazine editors were agreeing with game publishers to trade higher scores for earlier review copies. He provided several ex amples of games whose early reviews had higher scores, and stated that Atari was attempting to trade early review codes for Driver 3 in exchange for a score of at least 9/10, but the unfinished version of the game being offered to reviewers wasn't up to expectations In the huge uproar that ensued, Future's official forums heavily censored discussion of this topic. Eventually, Future deputy editor Nick Ellis responded on the forums, denying all accusations of bribery but admitting that the reviews were based on an unfinished version of the game, and on Atari's promise that the bugs would have been fixed before release EDG Future OF THEFT AUTO 4 Future publishing came under scrutiny again in 2011, when freelancer Richard Stanton held a casual Q&A session on Twitter Stanton, who worked for Future's 4 Edge Magazine, answered several questions about his experience in the game review business. He stated that game publishers indirectly control everything" in reviewing outlets, and admitted that reviews changed scores be- fore publication. He stated that the dodgiest publisher he had to work with was Rock star Games, and that Edge's review for their game 5 Grand Theft Auto 4 had the vote changed to a 10/10 by the magazine, from the reviewer's original 9/10 When his revelations started to be get attention, Stanton hurriedly deleted everything, and published an apology and retraction, where he stated he had written "in a moment of anger", and that he wished for his statements not to be reported as fact. Not having worked for Edge since, he has always refused to comment on this incident. I'lIA[ 서 IS.GD/GGINFO'l' Milld 서 IS.GD/ETHICFAIL

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History of Ethics failures Gamespot

THIC FAIL-SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM IS.GD/GGGAMESPOT KANE&LYNCH TERMINATION In 2007, senior editor Jeff Gerstmann was suddenly fired by Gamespot right after giving a mediocre score of 6.0 to videogame Kane & Lynch, at the time heavily advertised on the website This event sparked some heavy controversy, and got very large coverage. In 2012, Gerstmann confirmed that advertiser pressure following his reviews was the cause of his termination EFF GERSTMANN Senior Editor, Game Spot KANE& LYNCH AVI LABLE ANEALTNC Age of Conan MOVIE Check Gut this exclusive new video for Ag of Conan: Hyborae KANE& LYNCH ."11더체 IS.GD/GGINFO-JUINllll:HE IS.GD/ETHICFAIL·
THIC FAIL-SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM IS.GD/GGGAMESPOT KANE&LYNCH TERMINATION In 2007, senior editor Jeff Gerstmann was suddenly fired by Gamespot right after giving a mediocre score of 6.0 to videogame Kane & Lynch, at the time heavily advertised on the website This event sparked some heavy controversy, and got very large coverage. In 2012, Gerstmann confirmed that advertiser pressure following his reviews was the cause of his termination EFF GERSTMANN Senior Editor, Game Spot KANE& LYNCH AVI LABLE ANEALTNC Age of Conan MOVIE Check Gut this exclusive new video for Ag of Conan: Hyborae KANE& LYNCH ."11더체 IS.GD/GGINFO-JUINllll:HE IS.GD/ETHICFAIL·

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GamerGate breaks David S. Gallant

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Yet even more connections...

SHERIRUBIN.COM NPC] Randi Harper @freebsdgirl -Jan 18 My mom is like "f--- it, I'm retired" -but without the cursing. She's pretty thombusc ANDREWINCENTLEAF (2011 IGDA NMVP AWARD RECIPIENT)oluked @ed_fries @igda_ed @scslug SHERI RUBIN IS AWESOME!" -ANDREW VINCENT LEAF (2011 IGDA MVP AWARD RECIPIENT) @LukeD T know you're staying private for now, and its understandable, but thank you or 18 @amely and @twylite1 on Friday! Donna Prior Danicia -Jan 18 @freebsdgirl in prep for the GDC talk throwback, my mom is all about the no ABOUT SHERI CARE ETTING THINGS DONE CONTACT f----. Working in law helps, too, I think Quick Links: 2:56 AM-15 Oct 2014 11 AM-29 May 2014 arper Luke Dicken @LukeD Oct 15 @SheriRubin hopefully I just need a few more days an htps/archive.tod _Danicia psssst. Do you know of any way I can find a comped ticket to GDC? Below are some of the professional and personal projects I have on my plate. As you'll see from the list, I like to keep busy! Sheri Rubin @SheriRubin Oct 1 @LukeD At this point I need a few days of sleep but also 30 more hrs to get through my GG-related projects to keep up with progress Some of my current and past clients include Luke Dicken LukeD Sep 3 American Red Cross of Orange County Fuller Game Production Individuals needing help with branding, job searching, and coaching International Game Developers Association @SheriR s crazy that retweeting something has become a thing I have second thoughts about. F--- did I just help make that person a target eri R @freebsdgirl Can I get a temp follow? I support Zoe Quinn aka @TheQuinnspiracy because good games are good games, regardless of the hips:/archive.today VOHME . Jenkat Media, Inc. Sheri Rubin 워 Follow 3:27 PM-18 Jan 2015 @LukeD It's fing crazy that the people who have created this toxic environment are allowed to continue to thrive ender(s) of who made them NPC] Randi Harper @freebsdgirl Jan 1 I really need to start shopping around for a CFO &Secretary for this non-profit. IGDA Board of Directors Member IGDA Chicago Board of Directors Member and Treasurer .Quality Assurance SIG Chair Emeritus . Women In Games SIG Advisory Board Member @SheriRubin RETWEETS FAVORITES Improve. [Opinions are my own, but often https:/archive.today/qWlz 569 21.4 For a complete list of iGDA involvement, please visit http:l/sheriforigda.org/about :13 PM-3 Sep 2014 00 PM-21 Aua 2014 Game Credits Crash Override@CrashOverrideNW Jan 1 A useful guide from @SheriRubin on what NOT to say to victims of online mob harassment. Most are sadly too common、sherrubin com/2014 0/what-n . Golden Tee (GT) Fore! er O Joined August 2011 IGDA SheriRubin IGDA Board of Directors Member https://archive.today/hrKK6 To @alexifschiz and @leighalexander and @freebsdgirl let's talk! GDA Chicago Board of Directors Member and Treasurer Quality Assurance SIG Chair Emeritus Women In Games SIG Advisory Board Member @TheQuinnspiracy and @xMattieBrice who call BS when they see ift #welovegamedevs @CrashOverrideNW Thanks! Might even create a Part 2! 6 PM- 17 Jan 2015 . For a complete list of IGDA involvement, please visit http:/lsheriforigda.org/about rtps:larchiweroday/2/6N - She is giving Randi Harpe 3.50 PM-22 Aug 2014 https://archive.today/ePzw 2:45 PM-17 Jan 2015 e was oally supportive of Zoe Quinn and hiemploymenmworkwiththe She expressed her deep hatred of #GamerGate Kate Edwards (IGDA) @IGDA ED 55nm Read the disclaimer: *not the @lGDA's tool or list. But like people, tools are imperfect; we've removed it for now. ig page-harassme other board members involved in this blockbot need to disclose Given the evidence above it's clear that the auto-Dlocker was made B------- specificallyf segregating #GamerGate theirconflict ofinterest 16 A's spite for the movement and this Kate Edwards (IGDA) @IGDA ED Nov 19 The @IGDA's Anti-Harassment Resource is online and available! Let's hope as few people as possible need to use it! igda.org/news/203610/On situation is a misuse of pow 134
SHERIRUBIN.COM NPC] Randi Harper @freebsdgirl -Jan 18 My mom is like "f--- it, I'm retired" -but without the cursing. She's pretty thombusc ANDREWINCENTLEAF (2011 IGDA NMVP AWARD RECIPIENT)oluked @ed_fries @igda_ed @scslug SHERI RUBIN IS AWESOME!" -ANDREW VINCENT LEAF (2011 IGDA MVP AWARD RECIPIENT) @LukeD T know you're staying private for now, and its understandable, but thank you or 18 @amely and @twylite1 on Friday! Donna Prior Danicia -Jan 18 @freebsdgirl in prep for the GDC talk throwback, my mom is all about the no ABOUT SHERI CARE ETTING THINGS DONE CONTACT f----. Working in law helps, too, I think Quick Links: 2:56 AM-15 Oct 2014 11 AM-29 May 2014 arper Luke Dicken @LukeD Oct 15 @SheriRubin hopefully I just need a few more days an htps/archive.tod _Danicia psssst. Do you know of any way I can find a comped ticket to GDC? Below are some of the professional and personal projects I have on my plate. As you'll see from the list, I like to keep busy! Sheri Rubin @SheriRubin Oct 1 @LukeD At this point I need a few days of sleep but also 30 more hrs to get through my GG-related projects to keep up with progress Some of my current and past clients include Luke Dicken LukeD Sep 3 American Red Cross of Orange County Fuller Game Production Individuals needing help with branding, job searching, and coaching International Game Developers Association @SheriR s crazy that retweeting something has become a thing I have second thoughts about. F--- did I just help make that person a target eri R @freebsdgirl Can I get a temp follow? I support Zoe Quinn aka @TheQuinnspiracy because good games are good games, regardless of the hips:/archive.today VOHME . Jenkat Media, Inc. Sheri Rubin 워 Follow 3:27 PM-18 Jan 2015 @LukeD It's fing crazy that the people who have created this toxic environment are allowed to continue to thrive ender(s) of who made them NPC] Randi Harper @freebsdgirl Jan 1 I really need to start shopping around for a CFO &Secretary for this non-profit. IGDA Board of Directors Member IGDA Chicago Board of Directors Member and Treasurer .Quality Assurance SIG Chair Emeritus . Women In Games SIG Advisory Board Member @SheriRubin RETWEETS FAVORITES Improve. [Opinions are my own, but often https:/archive.today/qWlz 569 21.4 For a complete list of iGDA involvement, please visit http:l/sheriforigda.org/about :13 PM-3 Sep 2014 00 PM-21 Aua 2014 Game Credits Crash Override@CrashOverrideNW Jan 1 A useful guide from @SheriRubin on what NOT to say to victims of online mob harassment. Most are sadly too common、sherrubin com/2014 0/what-n . Golden Tee (GT) Fore! er O Joined August 2011 IGDA SheriRubin IGDA Board of Directors Member https://archive.today/hrKK6 To @alexifschiz and @leighalexander and @freebsdgirl let's talk! GDA Chicago Board of Directors Member and Treasurer Quality Assurance SIG Chair Emeritus Women In Games SIG Advisory Board Member @TheQuinnspiracy and @xMattieBrice who call BS when they see ift #welovegamedevs @CrashOverrideNW Thanks! Might even create a Part 2! 6 PM- 17 Jan 2015 . For a complete list of IGDA involvement, please visit http:/lsheriforigda.org/about rtps:larchiweroday/2/6N - She is giving Randi Harpe 3.50 PM-22 Aug 2014 https://archive.today/ePzw 2:45 PM-17 Jan 2015 e was oally supportive of Zoe Quinn and hiemploymenmworkwiththe She expressed her deep hatred of #GamerGate Kate Edwards (IGDA) @IGDA ED 55nm Read the disclaimer: *not the @lGDA's tool or list. But like people, tools are imperfect; we've removed it for now. ig page-harassme other board members involved in this blockbot need to disclose Given the evidence above it's clear that the auto-Dlocker was made B------- specificallyf segregating #GamerGate theirconflict ofinterest 16 A's spite for the movement and this Kate Edwards (IGDA) @IGDA ED Nov 19 The @IGDA's Anti-Harassment Resource is online and available! Let's hope as few people as possible need to use it! igda.org/news/203610/On situation is a misuse of pow 134

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Connecting the Oots M News Technology & Science GamerGate Is this the funniest post-#GamerGate games review yet? Jan 21,2015 22:07 By Martin Belam Mirror Steve Hogarty's review nfinifactory has brilliantly mocked the "actually it's about ethics in games jou ism" #GamerGate mob airpor t eCHOBITCOIN Following Every day another goony beard-man gets the impression that a rainbow haired she-twink might let him c-- in her if he attacks #Gamergate わt * Martin Belam @MartinBelam Editor, New Formats at @DailyMirror Runs @ampp3d, @UsVsTh3m, RETWEETS FAVORITES 10:00 PM-15 Oct 2014 MirrorRowZed, social content & other bits/bobs. Writing about the media on the web since 1862
Connecting the Oots M News Technology & Science GamerGate Is this the funniest post-#GamerGate games review yet? Jan 21,2015 22:07 By Martin Belam Mirror Steve Hogarty's review nfinifactory has brilliantly mocked the "actually it's about ethics in games jou ism" #GamerGate mob airpor t eCHOBITCOIN Following Every day another goony beard-man gets the impression that a rainbow haired she-twink might let him c-- in her if he attacks #Gamergate わt * Martin Belam @MartinBelam Editor, New Formats at @DailyMirror Runs @ampp3d, @UsVsTh3m, RETWEETS FAVORITES 10:00 PM-15 Oct 2014 MirrorRowZed, social content & other bits/bobs. Writing about the media on the web since 1862

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More conflicts of interest...

Sheri Rubin is in the Board of Directors of the International Games Developers Association (IGDA) LWs site twitter A useful guide from @SheriRubin on what NOT to say to victims of online mob harassment. Most are sadly too common sherirubin.com/2014/10/what LW promotes an article by Sheri Rubin Jan 17, 2015 22:08:54 UTC WayBack Archive.today parreon Home Featured Sheri Rubin Supporting ar chive.todaylZTOk! December 2014 Patreon supported Thank you so much for the support this month! Sheri Rubin is paying LW monthly through Patreon Additional Resources Cr Cras is a support network and assistance group for victims and targets of unique forms of online harassment, comprised entirely of experienced Survivors . Self-Defense in an Online War . GamerGate Survival Guide: A guide specifically dedicated to getting through game developer-specific harassment . HaltAbuse.org: A site dedicated to online harassment (referenced several times in the resources below) . Stalking is a Crime (PDF): A Manitoba, Canada guide for what to do when you're being stalked or harassed IGDA added LW's site to their Additional Resources on their site's "tools for dealing with harassment" section If You're Being Harassed: A University of British Columbia guide for what to do when you're being harassed Sheri Rubin @SheriRubin Follow I highly recommend playing @TheQuinnspiracy's Depression Quest great article about it on VB here: bit.ly /1m5Aoe1 he promoted her game without disclosing the financial ties
Sheri Rubin is in the Board of Directors of the International Games Developers Association (IGDA) LWs site twitter A useful guide from @SheriRubin on what NOT to say to victims of online mob harassment. Most are sadly too common sherirubin.com/2014/10/what LW promotes an article by Sheri Rubin Jan 17, 2015 22:08:54 UTC WayBack Archive.today parreon Home Featured Sheri Rubin Supporting ar chive.todaylZTOk! December 2014 Patreon supported Thank you so much for the support this month! Sheri Rubin is paying LW monthly through Patreon Additional Resources Cr Cras is a support network and assistance group for victims and targets of unique forms of online harassment, comprised entirely of experienced Survivors . Self-Defense in an Online War . GamerGate Survival Guide: A guide specifically dedicated to getting through game developer-specific harassment . HaltAbuse.org: A site dedicated to online harassment (referenced several times in the resources below) . Stalking is a Crime (PDF): A Manitoba, Canada guide for what to do when you're being stalked or harassed IGDA added LW's site to their Additional Resources on their site's "tools for dealing with harassment" section If You're Being Harassed: A University of British Columbia guide for what to do when you're being harassed Sheri Rubin @SheriRubin Follow I highly recommend playing @TheQuinnspiracy's Depression Quest great article about it on VB here: bit.ly /1m5Aoe1 he promoted her game without disclosing the financial ties

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Wikipedia is corrupt as fuck

So, it appears somone actually took the time to inform GorillaWarfare that there might be a certain conflict of issue going on. Hm, let's take a look; Conflict of Interest warning (from her Talk page btw) U Helo, Gonllwartare we welcome your contnbutions to w kipedia butぽyou are amiated wth some of the people places or things you have wrnen atout n the article 1[16]吼you may have a confict of interest or close connecton to the stect All ednors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content polky People who are very close to a subject often save a distoned view of & which may cause them to inadvertenty edit in ways that make the artcle ether too flattering or too disparaging People wth a close connection to a subject are not absolute ly prohbited from edting about that subject but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as ittie bias as possible If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of probiems Avoid or exercise great eaution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organizaion, or its compettors, as wel as projects and products they are invoved ·Avoid linking to ne wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see wikipedia spam) * Exercise great caution so that you ㆀ not accidentaty breach wipedas content pokies please tamiarze you settim relevant content pocies and guideines especialy those pertaining to neutral point of vie獵vennabity of info mator, and autobiographies Note that wikipeda's terms of use require disclosure of your emplayer clent, and afilation with respect to any contribution for which you recelve, or expect to receive For information on hou to contribute to wikipedia when you have a confict of interest please see our frequently asked questions for organzaions. Thank you If you do not recuse yourself, I wil be forced to put you up for discussion on the WP CON. 091500 (talk) 1229, 20 January 2015 (UTC) Well, eventually, she removed it. Or did she? Let's take a deeper look into things . (cur l prev) *(curl prev)ⓜ 13 58.20 Janu-015wthEv So maara-aluront nbsL (34.482 bytes) (-2.903) (rw) (undo) 1300, 20 January 2015 An meeOT(takl contribs) m (37 385 bytes)(+2.577) (Subst ngtep ates furo , see User Anom eBOTAtos rw? Oh, yea...a rewrite! Oh, neat! NorthbySouthBaranof is going to help clean things up on GorillaWarfare's talk page. Let's take a look.. User page Talk Read Edt View history User talk:GorillaWarfare: Difference between revisions From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Revision as of 13:00, 20 January 2015 (edit) (lak contribs) m (substing templates (th 40)) See user Anomeet ato Line 211 htps hwitet.com/mollyde This] is my Twiter account htpwww.mollywhite.net this] is my hitps itwiter.comlmolly0d7 This] is my Twiter account Itpwww.molywhite net this] is my 怡mall-og 53, 29 January 2015 IUTC) small- 083.20Jauary 2015 IUTC) Oh. .he of Interest warming rem moved it Fde Information sg25palt intormaton icen Hello Gorllawartare We Wikipedia, but iyou are anaed with some of the people, places or things u have wridan aboutl in tha artidle cieaa conmection to he subject Al aditoes ane required to comply with Mkipadias wispediaNsural peint of viewautral point of view! content policy People who are very dos+ 33ubed ofen h sastaned .ew at ㎡ich may cause tiem to inaden nty edit was that make the atde iter too fatering or too dsparaging. People with a dose connection to a suaject are not absolutel prohibitad from ecnng about that subject, but hey need to be especialy caratul about "you are very close to 5utyect here are 5 ome way you can reduce te mskof problems ー ider esercise great causon when editing or creatずances 'elated to rou rour organitahon, or its compeltftors, as well as projects and products they are ivoved with Awoid linking to the Wiipedia artidle or website af your organization in other atdes (see ·Exerase great caution-s0 that you do not accidentally breach, Wikipedia's oortent polies. ㄧ Pleese tanianza yoursar wit relevant oontant poicies and gudelines, pertaining to WiapediaNeutral point ofviewimeutral point of ew pacially tose of useT require disdosure of your employer, cient and afiiaion with respect to any contribution tor which Oracowe, orexpect to 1 oaiva、compensason. For informaton on how to contrioute to Widgeda when you have a confict of Interest please see TMkipedia FADIOrganicatonslour frequently asked questens for organicatonsl Thank pull t Mosplusero esol luser tak00600tail) 13:00, 20 January 2015 UT㎝4- -THE FOLLOWING CATEGORY SOULD BE RENOVEO WHEN THE USER吟BLOCKED, OR OR THIS TEMPLATE HAS BEEN IN IT旧DEODED THAT THS PLACE FOR A WHILE WITH NO ACTIONICategory Usertak pagea with contict of interest "you do not rease yourse", ' w" be forced to put you uptor di5ai55aon on te pPcon屯 TUser 091500095001 CUsertalk:091500talkD 1229, 20 January 2015 (UTC) Wait, is this the same NorthBySouth involved in the Gamergate Arbitration thingy? I wonder how NorthbySouth and GorillaWarfare are connected. I wonder... NorthBy 3.1) NorthBySoutrBaranof (taik contribs logs edt iner log block log) is indefinitely pronibiied from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to. (0) the Gamergale controversy or (1) gender or sexuaity all broadly construed Oppose 3.2) NorthBySouthBaranot (tak-contribs logs-edit riter log-block log) is indetnitely prohibited from making any edit about, and from eding any page relating to the Gamergate controversy broadly construed Oppose3 Gontawarfare k) 2209 21 3.3) NorthBySoutrBaranof (taik contries logs edt iner log block log) is indefinitely prohibited from making any edit abour, and from edting any page relating to, (a) Gamergate, (o) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b). al broadly construed. These restrictons may be appealed to the Committee only ater 12 montns have elapsed from the closing of this case Oppose 2 Amough this wording is the best of the UTC) But wait, is that conflict of interest thing still going on? Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussionedi This message is being sent to inform you that there is currenty a discussion at Wikipedia Contict of interestiNoticeboard regardng a possible confict of interest incident in which you may be involved Thank you 0950。(tak) 1744 21 January 2015 (UTC) And, it's been remaved from that noticeboard as a discussion that was not appropriate for that discussion board So that's one annoyance you dont have to deal with today yey! -Nat Gertler (Jak) 19.15, 21 January 2015 (UTC) GorillaWarfare Resolved: | Not a mater for this board Jytdog (a10 17 48, 21 January 2015 (UTC GonliaWartare (tak contribs logs edit Titer log block log) wikipeda Admiristrator Gorllawartare is a fervent opponent of GamerGate, yet is now tasked with puting sanctions on alegedly pro-GamerGate sockpuppets, WP SPAs, etc She should recuse herseif from this and any feminst and GamerGale re ated Abritrations See aso her talk page for more informabon.example: https Men wikipeda.org windex php?titiewikipedia Arbitration/Requests-Case GamerGate Proposed-decision&diffsprev&cidid-643335038 09'500 (alk) 17:42 21 January 2015 (UTC) This ts not a matter of WPCOl 21 January 2015 (UTC) we define tat n 'YP This would be a mater to discuss at WPAN, and I doubt you wil get tar tere But that is the place Jytdog (talk) 17 48, n tct rs taken on the character of wkroundng now. This needs to stop Fut Pert 17:50, 21 January 2015 (UTC) That is aso a matter for a dfterent board-for that I would suggest WP AN or you can see if 09i500 posts at AN, in which case WP BCOMERANG would likely come into play There is nothing more to do on this here. Jytdog (talk) 17:53, 21 January 2015 (UTC) outdent mutiple ecit conficts) An AN or ANI post about GorllaWarfare would aso be the wrong venue I suggest dropping the mater Newyorkbrad (talk) 17:56,21 January 2015 UTC) How is it not a matter of WP.COr? It perfecty s what is described in "actual confict of interest Gorilawarfare has a certain judgement And he/ she is now able to exertise that judgement on others. Rest of comments Idont understand Ihave followed the Wilipedia poliky and guidelines in all cases, but there was a case in which somebody removeda template, whic h was bad manner. I have not acted upon t WP BOOMERANG does not apply I don't even have a dspute wth this person since I have never been able to edt the GamerGate wikipedia page. I ust think it's outrageous that something ike this can happen. This is exactly a confict of interest as described here and in the real word 091500 talk) 18 13, 21 January you will see at the top of tis page, ths is a noticeboard for discussing Col eding of articles It is not a place for reviewing involvements in arbtrabon. Nat Gerter (talk) 18:27,21 January 2015 (UTC) Resolved: Not a matter for this board. Jytdog (talk) 17:48, 21 January 2015 (UTC))
So, it appears somone actually took the time to inform GorillaWarfare that there might be a certain conflict of issue going on. Hm, let's take a look; Conflict of Interest warning (from her Talk page btw) U Helo, Gonllwartare we welcome your contnbutions to w kipedia butぽyou are amiated wth some of the people places or things you have wrnen atout n the article 1[16]吼you may have a confict of interest or close connecton to the stect All ednors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content polky People who are very close to a subject often save a distoned view of & which may cause them to inadvertenty edit in ways that make the artcle ether too flattering or too disparaging People wth a close connection to a subject are not absolute ly prohbited from edting about that subject but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as ittie bias as possible If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of probiems Avoid or exercise great eaution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organizaion, or its compettors, as wel as projects and products they are invoved ·Avoid linking to ne wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see wikipedia spam) * Exercise great caution so that you ㆀ not accidentaty breach wipedas content pokies please tamiarze you settim relevant content pocies and guideines especialy those pertaining to neutral point of vie獵vennabity of info mator, and autobiographies Note that wikipeda's terms of use require disclosure of your emplayer clent, and afilation with respect to any contribution for which you recelve, or expect to receive For information on hou to contribute to wikipedia when you have a confict of interest please see our frequently asked questions for organzaions. Thank you If you do not recuse yourself, I wil be forced to put you up for discussion on the WP CON. 091500 (talk) 1229, 20 January 2015 (UTC) Well, eventually, she removed it. Or did she? Let's take a deeper look into things . (cur l prev) *(curl prev)ⓜ 13 58.20 Janu-015wthEv So maara-aluront nbsL (34.482 bytes) (-2.903) (rw) (undo) 1300, 20 January 2015 An meeOT(takl contribs) m (37 385 bytes)(+2.577) (Subst ngtep ates furo , see User Anom eBOTAtos rw? Oh, yea...a rewrite! Oh, neat! NorthbySouthBaranof is going to help clean things up on GorillaWarfare's talk page. Let's take a look.. User page Talk Read Edt View history User talk:GorillaWarfare: Difference between revisions From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Revision as of 13:00, 20 January 2015 (edit) (lak contribs) m (substing templates (th 40)) See user Anomeet ato Line 211 htps hwitet.com/mollyde This] is my Twiter account htpwww.mollywhite.net this] is my hitps itwiter.comlmolly0d7 This] is my Twiter account Itpwww.molywhite net this] is my 怡mall-og 53, 29 January 2015 IUTC) small- 083.20Jauary 2015 IUTC) Oh. .he of Interest warming rem moved it Fde Information sg25palt intormaton icen Hello Gorllawartare We Wikipedia, but iyou are anaed with some of the people, places or things u have wridan aboutl in tha artidle cieaa conmection to he subject Al aditoes ane required to comply with Mkipadias wispediaNsural peint of viewautral point of view! content policy People who are very dos+ 33ubed ofen h sastaned .ew at ㎡ich may cause tiem to inaden nty edit was that make the atde iter too fatering or too dsparaging. People with a dose connection to a suaject are not absolutel prohibitad from ecnng about that subject, but hey need to be especialy caratul about "you are very close to 5utyect here are 5 ome way you can reduce te mskof problems ー ider esercise great causon when editing or creatずances 'elated to rou rour organitahon, or its compeltftors, as well as projects and products they are ivoved with Awoid linking to the Wiipedia artidle or website af your organization in other atdes (see ·Exerase great caution-s0 that you do not accidentally breach, Wikipedia's oortent polies. ㄧ Pleese tanianza yoursar wit relevant oontant poicies and gudelines, pertaining to WiapediaNeutral point ofviewimeutral point of ew pacially tose of useT require disdosure of your employer, cient and afiiaion with respect to any contribution tor which Oracowe, orexpect to 1 oaiva、compensason. For informaton on how to contrioute to Widgeda when you have a confict of Interest please see TMkipedia FADIOrganicatonslour frequently asked questens for organicatonsl Thank pull t Mosplusero esol luser tak00600tail) 13:00, 20 January 2015 UT㎝4- -THE FOLLOWING CATEGORY SOULD BE RENOVEO WHEN THE USER吟BLOCKED, OR OR THIS TEMPLATE HAS BEEN IN IT旧DEODED THAT THS PLACE FOR A WHILE WITH NO ACTIONICategory Usertak pagea with contict of interest "you do not rease yourse", ' w" be forced to put you uptor di5ai55aon on te pPcon屯 TUser 091500095001 CUsertalk:091500talkD 1229, 20 January 2015 (UTC) Wait, is this the same NorthBySouth involved in the Gamergate Arbitration thingy? I wonder how NorthbySouth and GorillaWarfare are connected. I wonder... NorthBy 3.1) NorthBySoutrBaranof (taik contribs logs edt iner log block log) is indefinitely pronibiied from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to. (0) the Gamergale controversy or (1) gender or sexuaity all broadly construed Oppose 3.2) NorthBySouthBaranot (tak-contribs logs-edit riter log-block log) is indetnitely prohibited from making any edit about, and from eding any page relating to the Gamergate controversy broadly construed Oppose3 Gontawarfare k) 2209 21 3.3) NorthBySoutrBaranof (taik contries logs edt iner log block log) is indefinitely prohibited from making any edit abour, and from edting any page relating to, (a) Gamergate, (o) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b). al broadly construed. These restrictons may be appealed to the Committee only ater 12 montns have elapsed from the closing of this case Oppose 2 Amough this wording is the best of the UTC) But wait, is that conflict of interest thing still going on? Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussionedi This message is being sent to inform you that there is currenty a discussion at Wikipedia Contict of interestiNoticeboard regardng a possible confict of interest incident in which you may be involved Thank you 0950。(tak) 1744 21 January 2015 (UTC) And, it's been remaved from that noticeboard as a discussion that was not appropriate for that discussion board So that's one annoyance you dont have to deal with today yey! -Nat Gertler (Jak) 19.15, 21 January 2015 (UTC) GorillaWarfare Resolved: | Not a mater for this board Jytdog (a10 17 48, 21 January 2015 (UTC GonliaWartare (tak contribs logs edit Titer log block log) wikipeda Admiristrator Gorllawartare is a fervent opponent of GamerGate, yet is now tasked with puting sanctions on alegedly pro-GamerGate sockpuppets, WP SPAs, etc She should recuse herseif from this and any feminst and GamerGale re ated Abritrations See aso her talk page for more informabon.example: https Men wikipeda.org windex php?titiewikipedia Arbitration/Requests-Case GamerGate Proposed-decision&diffsprev&cidid-643335038 09'500 (alk) 17:42 21 January 2015 (UTC) This ts not a matter of WPCOl 21 January 2015 (UTC) we define tat n 'YP This would be a mater to discuss at WPAN, and I doubt you wil get tar tere But that is the place Jytdog (talk) 17 48, n tct rs taken on the character of wkroundng now. This needs to stop Fut Pert 17:50, 21 January 2015 (UTC) That is aso a matter for a dfterent board-for that I would suggest WP AN or you can see if 09i500 posts at AN, in which case WP BCOMERANG would likely come into play There is nothing more to do on this here. Jytdog (talk) 17:53, 21 January 2015 (UTC) outdent mutiple ecit conficts) An AN or ANI post about GorllaWarfare would aso be the wrong venue I suggest dropping the mater Newyorkbrad (talk) 17:56,21 January 2015 UTC) How is it not a matter of WP.COr? It perfecty s what is described in "actual confict of interest Gorilawarfare has a certain judgement And he/ she is now able to exertise that judgement on others. Rest of comments Idont understand Ihave followed the Wilipedia poliky and guidelines in all cases, but there was a case in which somebody removeda template, whic h was bad manner. I have not acted upon t WP BOOMERANG does not apply I don't even have a dspute wth this person since I have never been able to edt the GamerGate wikipedia page. I ust think it's outrageous that something ike this can happen. This is exactly a confict of interest as described here and in the real word 091500 talk) 18 13, 21 January you will see at the top of tis page, ths is a noticeboard for discussing Col eding of articles It is not a place for reviewing involvements in arbtrabon. Nat Gerter (talk) 18:27,21 January 2015 (UTC) Resolved: Not a matter for this board. Jytdog (talk) 17:48, 21 January 2015 (UTC))

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Andrew Cybulska @Andrew Cybulska 20m @freebsdgirl I hope she reaches out to CrashoverrideNW. That really sucks Chet Uber @onetoughcarrot 16m @freebsdgirl *doxed - dox, doxing, doxed, doxer, doxers stallman.org /doxing.html #spelling NPC] Randi Harper @freebsdgirl 15m @onetoughcarrot Nope. It's slang. Both are horrible english and not real words. Don't be a d---. NPC] Randi Harper @freebsdgirl 15m @onetoughcarrot also, what kind of response did you think you would get in linking RMS's blog to a BSD developer? Jeanette @planethalia 13m @freebsdgirl Theyve been purging their most ardent female fans from their ranks, like they're unclean or something. It's sad to watch im @limCField 11m @planethalia @freebsdgirl I think this was kind of an inevitable development as they've been morphing into a MRA group for a while now Stephen Kilbride @StephenKilbride 8m TimCField @planethalia @freebsdgirl It could have also been baph trying to show they don't work for GG but none of that matters right now Mike Saint @rotredrod 6m @freebsdgirl it's 100% for sure Baph. BTW the kingofpol thing was made up by baph in an attempt to dox him too, it's completely flase 3
Andrew Cybulska @Andrew Cybulska 20m @freebsdgirl I hope she reaches out to CrashoverrideNW. That really sucks Chet Uber @onetoughcarrot 16m @freebsdgirl *doxed - dox, doxing, doxed, doxer, doxers stallman.org /doxing.html #spelling NPC] Randi Harper @freebsdgirl 15m @onetoughcarrot Nope. It's slang. Both are horrible english and not real words. Don't be a d---. NPC] Randi Harper @freebsdgirl 15m @onetoughcarrot also, what kind of response did you think you would get in linking RMS's blog to a BSD developer? Jeanette @planethalia 13m @freebsdgirl Theyve been purging their most ardent female fans from their ranks, like they're unclean or something. It's sad to watch im @limCField 11m @planethalia @freebsdgirl I think this was kind of an inevitable development as they've been morphing into a MRA group for a while now Stephen Kilbride @StephenKilbride 8m TimCField @planethalia @freebsdgirl It could have also been baph trying to show they don't work for GG but none of that matters right now Mike Saint @rotredrod 6m @freebsdgirl it's 100% for sure Baph. BTW the kingofpol thing was made up by baph in an attempt to dox him too, it's completely flase 3

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Harold Curtis GuardianCrps +오 Follow All of this #GamerGate stuff is getting mad. Sorry GamerGaters, you are the problem who cares if you're being harassed too. 1:33 PM-25 Oct 2014
Harold Curtis GuardianCrps +오 Follow All of this #GamerGate stuff is getting mad. Sorry GamerGaters, you are the problem who cares if you're being harassed too. 1:33 PM-25 Oct 2014

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HE VERGE TRENDING NOW 6. New Snowden documents show that the NSA and its allies are laughing at the rest of the world ▼ LOG IN I SIGLONGFORM VIDEO REVIEWS TECH SCIENCE ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN a BUSINESS , US & WORLD . FORUMS . PREVIOUS STORY The Mad Catz LYNX 9 is a bold and unique mobile gaming controller NEXT STORY This is Pono, the $399 high-end audio player Neil Young created CES 2015 CULTURETECH GamerGate linked to the murder ot Corey Mattison By Josh Lowensohn on January 19, 201510:10 am Email y @Josh DON'T MISS STORIES FOLLOW THE VERGE f Likelly Follow Subscribe Follow f Share on Facebook (1,256) | y Tweet (1,005) 3' Share in Share (15) ? Pin New information about the arrest of Plaxo co-founder Minh Nguyen for the murder of Corey Mattison has emerged linking the killing to the international criminal organization known as GamerGate. The murder, first reported yesterday in TechCrunch, was originally believed to be motivated by a personal vendetta against Mattison, who had recently married Nguyen's ex-wife. However, investigators have since found new evidence linking the killing to a global conspiracy designed to silence feminist video game critic and future Nobel Prize winner Anita Sarkeesian As has previously been reported in The Verge, GamerGate has been linked to a growing number of increasingly disturbing crimes GAMERGATE including discussing corruption in the video DROWNS game media and dissenting from third wavePUPPIES feminist orthodoxy. Fears that GamerGate had infiltrated and coopted terrorist cells around the world were confirmed after former NFL Punter and GamerGate critic Chris Kluwee received a dildo in the mail at his home. This incident resulted in the formation of a cross-agency task force comprised of roughly one thousand individuals representing the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF and NSA. Although the exact nature of the task force's work is still classified, leaks have indicated that the group is focusing their efforts on GamerGate's leader, the hacker know as 8chan UP EMAIL NEWSLETTER The best of The Verge, delivered daily- sign up for The Verge Newsletter The evidence that connects Mattison's murder was provided to investigators by Brianna Wu, a game developer and transcendental being who is currently in hiding at an undisclosed location in her living room. According to investigators, Wu was able to Email address SIGN UP
HE VERGE TRENDING NOW 6. New Snowden documents show that the NSA and its allies are laughing at the rest of the world ▼ LOG IN I SIGLONGFORM VIDEO REVIEWS TECH SCIENCE ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN a BUSINESS , US & WORLD . FORUMS . PREVIOUS STORY The Mad Catz LYNX 9 is a bold and unique mobile gaming controller NEXT STORY This is Pono, the $399 high-end audio player Neil Young created CES 2015 CULTURETECH GamerGate linked to the murder ot Corey Mattison By Josh Lowensohn on January 19, 201510:10 am Email y @Josh DON'T MISS STORIES FOLLOW THE VERGE f Likelly Follow Subscribe Follow f Share on Facebook (1,256) | y Tweet (1,005) 3' Share in Share (15) ? Pin New information about the arrest of Plaxo co-founder Minh Nguyen for the murder of Corey Mattison has emerged linking the killing to the international criminal organization known as GamerGate. The murder, first reported yesterday in TechCrunch, was originally believed to be motivated by a personal vendetta against Mattison, who had recently married Nguyen's ex-wife. However, investigators have since found new evidence linking the killing to a global conspiracy designed to silence feminist video game critic and future Nobel Prize winner Anita Sarkeesian As has previously been reported in The Verge, GamerGate has been linked to a growing number of increasingly disturbing crimes GAMERGATE including discussing corruption in the video DROWNS game media and dissenting from third wavePUPPIES feminist orthodoxy. Fears that GamerGate had infiltrated and coopted terrorist cells around the world were confirmed after former NFL Punter and GamerGate critic Chris Kluwee received a dildo in the mail at his home. This incident resulted in the formation of a cross-agency task force comprised of roughly one thousand individuals representing the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF and NSA. Although the exact nature of the task force's work is still classified, leaks have indicated that the group is focusing their efforts on GamerGate's leader, the hacker know as 8chan UP EMAIL NEWSLETTER The best of The Verge, delivered daily- sign up for The Verge Newsletter The evidence that connects Mattison's murder was provided to investigators by Brianna Wu, a game developer and transcendental being who is currently in hiding at an undisclosed location in her living room. According to investigators, Wu was able to Email address SIGN UP

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