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![Q Sign in Sign up Elizabeth Porter @Elizahomu Isn't it hilarious how even the president of GaymerX is throwing insults at us. @ton itoni rocca #GamerGate pic.twitter.com/CNq7C1 ti2w 4:48 am. Tue, Sep 2 TWEETS FOLLOWINGFOLLOWERS Follow 22.2K 322 1,258 I really like bears. @tonitonirocca Bear-connoisseur, glutton, feminist. I wanna make games patreon.com/toni President of Gaymer)X Oakland, CA Followed by PixelMetal and Heidi Clothier. I really like bears. @tonitonirocca 58 To summon an insecure lonely nerd just look in the mirror and say #gamergate #gamergate #gamergate Details Twitter By Elizabeth Porter @Elizahomu](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/824/028/ff9.png)
![Q Sign in Sign up Elizabeth Porter @Elizahomu Isn't it hilarious how even the president of GaymerX is throwing insults at us. @ton itoni rocca #GamerGate pic.twitter.com/CNq7C1 ti2w 4:48 am. Tue, Sep 2 TWEETS FOLLOWINGFOLLOWERS Follow 22.2K 322 1,258 I really like bears. @tonitonirocca Bear-connoisseur, glutton, feminist. I wanna make games patreon.com/toni President of Gaymer)X Oakland, CA Followed by PixelMetal and Heidi Clothier. I really like bears. @tonitonirocca 58 To summon an insecure lonely nerd just look in the mirror and say #gamergate #gamergate #gamergate Details Twitter By Elizabeth Porter @Elizahomu](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/824/028/ff9.png)
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LOL
![Fresh from our gamergate harassment tumblr. Ironically this guy signed the petition calling for an end to hate in gaming community. I smell a hippo crate :3](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/824/025/d92.png)
![Fresh from our gamergate harassment tumblr. Ironically this guy signed the petition calling for an end to hate in gaming community. I smell a hippo crate :3](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/824/025/d92.png)
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Nathan Grayson makes a ass of him self
![Nathan Grayson @WeeabooThot 6m Actually, any publicity is good publicity. That's a known fact. Learn marketing @Cowbiscuit @Kotaku @Zackenen @dustinbriones Cowbiscuit @Cowbiscuit 5m @WeeabooThot @kotaku @Zackenen @dustinbriones I'd say learn journalistic integrity, ethics and standards but we all know it's too late Teridax @Teridax - 3m We won't miss trash like you@Cowbiscuit @WeeabooThot @kotaku @Zackenen @dustinbriones Teridax @Teridax Writer at @Kotaku | Used to be @BLCKMSSH, still an African-American religious figure ! #RustleLeague #GNAA Princess Zack @Zackenen 2m @Teridax @Cowbiscuit @WeeabooThot @Kotaku @dustinbriones That's not very nice you know? Joined August 2012 Teridax @Teridax Follow No one cares, gamer trash, go shoot up some schools lonely boy @Zackenen @Cowbiscuit @WeeabooThot @Kotaku @dustinbriones わReply Retweet * Favourite More 2:13 am -4 Sep 2014](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/824/023/1d6.png)
![Nathan Grayson @WeeabooThot 6m Actually, any publicity is good publicity. That's a known fact. Learn marketing @Cowbiscuit @Kotaku @Zackenen @dustinbriones Cowbiscuit @Cowbiscuit 5m @WeeabooThot @kotaku @Zackenen @dustinbriones I'd say learn journalistic integrity, ethics and standards but we all know it's too late Teridax @Teridax - 3m We won't miss trash like you@Cowbiscuit @WeeabooThot @kotaku @Zackenen @dustinbriones Teridax @Teridax Writer at @Kotaku | Used to be @BLCKMSSH, still an African-American religious figure ! #RustleLeague #GNAA Princess Zack @Zackenen 2m @Teridax @Cowbiscuit @WeeabooThot @Kotaku @dustinbriones That's not very nice you know? Joined August 2012 Teridax @Teridax Follow No one cares, gamer trash, go shoot up some schools lonely boy @Zackenen @Cowbiscuit @WeeabooThot @Kotaku @dustinbriones わReply Retweet * Favourite More 2:13 am -4 Sep 2014](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/824/023/1d6.png)
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There's no conspiracy or corruption. Especially by the admins on reddit
![reddit TECHRAPTOR: THIS SUBREDDIT HAS BEEN BANNED CAUTI ION CAUTION CAUTION CA](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/824/021/aef.jpg)
![reddit TECHRAPTOR: THIS SUBREDDIT HAS BEEN BANNED CAUTI ION CAUTION CAUTION CA](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/824/021/aef.jpg)
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![ournalmism Barry Kramer @razzadoop Aug 31 I CARE ABOUT JOURNALNISMIC IMPEGRITY. Is that so much to ask of a journalnistmatic? pic.twitter.com/M8Eyy71evi Reply t Retweet * Favorite Flag media](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/824/019/59c.png)
![ournalmism Barry Kramer @razzadoop Aug 31 I CARE ABOUT JOURNALNISMIC IMPEGRITY. Is that so much to ask of a journalnistmatic? pic.twitter.com/M8Eyy71evi Reply t Retweet * Favorite Flag media](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/824/019/59c.png)
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The Happening of Based Baldwin
![Anonymous 09/04/14 (Thu)04 File: 1409793974087 png (155 KB, 494x461) 4:12:37 No.26151 Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:16:56 No.261512508261512876 □ Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:14:38 No.26151 Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:13:02 No.261511919 File: 13934220 13367 gif (292 KB, 168x227) Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:14:37 No.261 512159 File: HAPPENING ipg (94 KB, 358x312) SO IT BEGINS THIS IS IT I have no words. I am so excited. This is it. WHERE IS /pol/ I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS IS AN OFFICIAL HAPPENING IS IT HAPPENING? Holy f--- is it f------ Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)0 9/04/14(Thu)04:19:17 No.261512876 (542 KB, 311x283) File: 1409259938517.gif (2.42 MB, 174x174) THE GREATEST HAPPENING OFOUR TIME s 0904, 14(Thu04 26 09 No 2015 13880 File (24 KB, 310x760) ITS HAPPENING □ Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:27:14 No.261514035 /pol/ here HAPPENING-CON Anonymous 09/04/14 (Thu)04:26:24 No.261513909 040 (28 KB, 250x244) 0904/14(Thu)p04:2456 No 261513715m 53 ap2 right now that I might actualy cy It's happening I'm so happy right now that I might actually cry IT'S OVER I'm glad I'm alive for this My d--- have never been harder IT'S F------ HAPPENING!!!! HAPPENING-CON Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:11:45 No.261511725261511828 2261511854261511873 2261511919 232615119242615119392261511974 32615120652615121432261512146332615121502615121582261512159 IT'S HAPPENING 261512245 261512246 261512270 261512281 261512292 >261512294261512307 261512354261512404 -261512407 261512420 261512434 261512494 261512508 261512513 >261512532 >>261512534 ー26151-020-201512571-581 >>26 15 2590 >>261 512643 >2261 512675 22615127 16 26 1512748 >>261512828 >>261512835 >>261512853 >>261512863 >>261512901 >>261512927 >>26151 3103 >>261 513 124 > >>261513162 > 261513206 HAPPENING CON Anonymous 09/04/14 (Thu)04:19:10 No.2615 File: santa-clause ipg (67 KB, 600x450) >261514035>>261514078 >>261514081 >> 261514086 261514163 261514324 -261514394 261514417 261514609 261514765 -261514941261515045 261515074 >261515115261515710 (62 KB, 596x330) Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek 3h So says the funding campaign that, by existing, is a political statement. pic.twitter.com/uQBtF3C5ps 甸View photo YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS Ho-Ho-H--------. It's 3 more replies k kiepek a atrikerruth is biased towards one side, that's the that Not the othe for "balance." (9 KB, 180x274) nonymous 09/04/14(Thu )04 2 Kinmamonipg (35 KB, 794x540 s 09 04/14(Thu)04:1 7NO 261512420 ト-261S12572 Adam Baldwin @AdamBaldwin Hi @patrickklepek @Int_Aristocrat & I will iscuss #GamerGat be on The @EdMorrissey Show radio tomorrow to our ews Expand IT'S HAPPENING For the Wizards H-------- Internet Man !lJGIzleqGckD 09/04/14(Thu)04:18:04 No KB 9/04/14(Thu)04 YOU GONNA G 26151 7 as gg on in this thr- 1409681436474jpg (152 KB, 1440x810) Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:24:05 No.261513609261515112 Hey guys what's going (194 KB, 650x892) HOLY F------ S--- TOO MUCH HAPPENING □ Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:17:05 No.261 512534 File: WOAH SHITipg (45 KB, 494x299) Anonymous 09/04/14 (Thu)04:32:35 No.261514765 Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:29:40 No.261514324 Never did I think the day would come where I could witness a true HAPPENING DON'T F--- THIS UP JAYNE, OUR HOPES RIDE WITH YOU ANIMAL MOTHER! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! DON'T STAHP](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/824/016/ea4.jpg)
![Anonymous 09/04/14 (Thu)04 File: 1409793974087 png (155 KB, 494x461) 4:12:37 No.26151 Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:16:56 No.261512508261512876 □ Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:14:38 No.26151 Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:13:02 No.261511919 File: 13934220 13367 gif (292 KB, 168x227) Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:14:37 No.261 512159 File: HAPPENING ipg (94 KB, 358x312) SO IT BEGINS THIS IS IT I have no words. I am so excited. This is it. WHERE IS /pol/ I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS IS AN OFFICIAL HAPPENING IS IT HAPPENING? Holy f--- is it f------ Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)0 9/04/14(Thu)04:19:17 No.261512876 (542 KB, 311x283) File: 1409259938517.gif (2.42 MB, 174x174) THE GREATEST HAPPENING OFOUR TIME s 0904, 14(Thu04 26 09 No 2015 13880 File (24 KB, 310x760) ITS HAPPENING □ Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:27:14 No.261514035 /pol/ here HAPPENING-CON Anonymous 09/04/14 (Thu)04:26:24 No.261513909 040 (28 KB, 250x244) 0904/14(Thu)p04:2456 No 261513715m 53 ap2 right now that I might actualy cy It's happening I'm so happy right now that I might actually cry IT'S OVER I'm glad I'm alive for this My d--- have never been harder IT'S F------ HAPPENING!!!! HAPPENING-CON Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:11:45 No.261511725261511828 2261511854261511873 2261511919 232615119242615119392261511974 32615120652615121432261512146332615121502615121582261512159 IT'S HAPPENING 261512245 261512246 261512270 261512281 261512292 >261512294261512307 261512354261512404 -261512407 261512420 261512434 261512494 261512508 261512513 >261512532 >>261512534 ー26151-020-201512571-581 >>26 15 2590 >>261 512643 >2261 512675 22615127 16 26 1512748 >>261512828 >>261512835 >>261512853 >>261512863 >>261512901 >>261512927 >>26151 3103 >>261 513 124 > >>261513162 > 261513206 HAPPENING CON Anonymous 09/04/14 (Thu)04:19:10 No.2615 File: santa-clause ipg (67 KB, 600x450) >261514035>>261514078 >>261514081 >> 261514086 261514163 261514324 -261514394 261514417 261514609 261514765 -261514941261515045 261515074 >261515115261515710 (62 KB, 596x330) Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek 3h So says the funding campaign that, by existing, is a political statement. pic.twitter.com/uQBtF3C5ps 甸View photo YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS Ho-Ho-H--------. It's 3 more replies k kiepek a atrikerruth is biased towards one side, that's the that Not the othe for "balance." (9 KB, 180x274) nonymous 09/04/14(Thu )04 2 Kinmamonipg (35 KB, 794x540 s 09 04/14(Thu)04:1 7NO 261512420 ト-261S12572 Adam Baldwin @AdamBaldwin Hi @patrickklepek @Int_Aristocrat & I will iscuss #GamerGat be on The @EdMorrissey Show radio tomorrow to our ews Expand IT'S HAPPENING For the Wizards H-------- Internet Man !lJGIzleqGckD 09/04/14(Thu)04:18:04 No KB 9/04/14(Thu)04 YOU GONNA G 26151 7 as gg on in this thr- 1409681436474jpg (152 KB, 1440x810) Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:24:05 No.261513609261515112 Hey guys what's going (194 KB, 650x892) HOLY F------ S--- TOO MUCH HAPPENING □ Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:17:05 No.261 512534 File: WOAH SHITipg (45 KB, 494x299) Anonymous 09/04/14 (Thu)04:32:35 No.261514765 Anonymous 09/04/14(Thu)04:29:40 No.261514324 Never did I think the day would come where I could witness a true HAPPENING DON'T F--- THIS UP JAYNE, OUR HOPES RIDE WITH YOU ANIMAL MOTHER! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! DON'T STAHP](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/824/016/ea4.jpg)
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Too brainwashed to know better :(
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More hate
![iPad令 11:59 PM 4396 Tweet Home animelizabeth simins ®ElizSimins #GAMERGATE IS A FAKE MOVEMENT CREATED TO GIVE LEGITIMACY TO WANTING TO KICK WOMEN &MINORITIES OUT OF GAMES HELLO THIS IS OBVIOUS ???? 3h & MINORITIES OUT OF Notifications Vivian James 으 Follow RealVivianJames Discover @ElizSimins @Llydisblur How do you even come to that conclusion? We *want* more people to play games with. 9/3/14, 11:56 PM Me わ ★ SJ Cyborg @Llydisblur @RealVivianJames @ElizSimins f--- off. Blocked. Os](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/824/005/fc3.jpg)
![iPad令 11:59 PM 4396 Tweet Home animelizabeth simins ®ElizSimins #GAMERGATE IS A FAKE MOVEMENT CREATED TO GIVE LEGITIMACY TO WANTING TO KICK WOMEN &MINORITIES OUT OF GAMES HELLO THIS IS OBVIOUS ???? 3h & MINORITIES OUT OF Notifications Vivian James 으 Follow RealVivianJames Discover @ElizSimins @Llydisblur How do you even come to that conclusion? We *want* more people to play games with. 9/3/14, 11:56 PM Me わ ★ SJ Cyborg @Llydisblur @RealVivianJames @ElizSimins f--- off. Blocked. Os](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/824/005/fc3.jpg)
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Miss u boo
![Destructoid "social advocate" getting cozy with Zoey](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/824/003/711.png)
![Destructoid "social advocate" getting cozy with Zoey](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/824/003/711.png)
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"HASHTAG IS #NOTYOURSHIELD FOR SPECIAL JAMMING OP"
![Zoë 'Tom-Kun' Quinn @TheQuinnspiracy Follow #gamergate is totes about ethics that's why they had to make a jamming hashtag & continue spreading disinformation Reply Retweet * Favorite More SPECINJAMMING OP USE THESE TO 126 FAVORITES 團CO 。 95 5:16 PM-4 Sep 2014 Flag media](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/824/000/7ad.png)
![Zoë 'Tom-Kun' Quinn @TheQuinnspiracy Follow #gamergate is totes about ethics that's why they had to make a jamming hashtag & continue spreading disinformation Reply Retweet * Favorite More SPECINJAMMING OP USE THESE TO 126 FAVORITES 團CO 。 95 5:16 PM-4 Sep 2014 Flag media](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/824/000/7ad.png)
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GamerGate
hbt m8?
![S. Davis@EuryShun-1h @autobro That is pretty xenophobic. Expand autobro @autObr0 1h No it's not. You're all white basement dwellers. Watching anime doesn't make 习your Asian lol #Blocked #GamerGate @EuryShun Expand Retweeted by heartofgold S. Davis EuryShun 3m @autobr0 But being on the other side makes me White? #GamerGate white RETWEETS FAVORITES 2 11:52 AM-2 Sep 2014 Details Flag media Hide photo わReply ta Retweet * Favorite More](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/823/997/2cb.jpg)
![S. Davis@EuryShun-1h @autobro That is pretty xenophobic. Expand autobro @autObr0 1h No it's not. You're all white basement dwellers. Watching anime doesn't make 习your Asian lol #Blocked #GamerGate @EuryShun Expand Retweeted by heartofgold S. Davis EuryShun 3m @autobr0 But being on the other side makes me White? #GamerGate white RETWEETS FAVORITES 2 11:52 AM-2 Sep 2014 Details Flag media Hide photo わReply ta Retweet * Favorite More](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/823/997/2cb.jpg)
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Based Paul Hubans
![TWEETS PHOTOSTVIDE0S 7,065 98 1,675 2,921 More v Paul Hubans @phubans 4h Yikes, this confirms some of my worst suspicions about the TGF... very reprehensible if true. youtube.com 861 喜 Paul Hubans @phubans 3h Just realize that by doing so you've become become the corrupt oppressor yourself, pushing out anyone who doesn't meet your status quo Tweets Tweets & replies 喜Paul Hubans @phubans 20m /watch?v=Tgw5NR What a mess... I should have just kept my mouth shut and never questioned anything... The only winning move is to not play わ ★ YouTube 喜Paul Hubans @phubans 3h So whatever, unfollow me, unfriend me on Facebook and real life blackball me from ever being successful in this industry. I don't care わ * Paul Hubans @phubans 21m Funny that connections that took years to forge could be undone by a single tweet. わt3 . 喜 Paul Hubans @phubans 3h Nevermind that I'm just sick of my lifelong passion and beloved hobby being used as a battleground for political agendas Paul Hubans @phubans 26m If I wasn't already blackballed from any future success in indie games, I most certainly am now. The very thing I was afraid of happened わ ★ INDEPENDENT GAMES FESTIVAL 宴Paul Hubans @phubans 3h Apparently my thoughts are just dismissed as "confusion" for having an opinion that doesn't agree with the indie game dev status quo わt3 . Paul Hubans @phubans 2h Every road has a beginning and an end; every song, every love, and every friend わ£71 *2 ..。 View more photos and videos 宴 Paul Hubans @phubans 3h This is exactly what I was afraid of, which is why I kept my mouth shut about all of this b------- that's been going on lately Indie dev Paul Hubans tweets this video, the following mess happens to him 喜Paul Hubans @phubans 3h @tyler_wilde I'd gladly go back to a time when games were some niche subculture for weirdos, not some heavily criticized popular culture. わt3 *1 … Looks like he has some fine work at the tumbir below, shame he's been abandoned by some of his "colleaques" Paul Hubans @phubans 3h So lost some followers and possibly even some good friends for tweeting that video and saying I didn't agree with the corruption in IGF わ * View conversation http://phubans.tumblr.com/ Paul Hubans @phubans 3h Wake me up when the game industry is about making games again, and not squabbling over b------- political ideologies. わ t31 ☆3 … ANOTHER CASUALTY OF THE CORRUPTION DON'T LET HIM BE FORGOTTEN](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/823/988/0c0.jpg)
![TWEETS PHOTOSTVIDE0S 7,065 98 1,675 2,921 More v Paul Hubans @phubans 4h Yikes, this confirms some of my worst suspicions about the TGF... very reprehensible if true. youtube.com 861 喜 Paul Hubans @phubans 3h Just realize that by doing so you've become become the corrupt oppressor yourself, pushing out anyone who doesn't meet your status quo Tweets Tweets & replies 喜Paul Hubans @phubans 20m /watch?v=Tgw5NR What a mess... I should have just kept my mouth shut and never questioned anything... The only winning move is to not play わ ★ YouTube 喜Paul Hubans @phubans 3h So whatever, unfollow me, unfriend me on Facebook and real life blackball me from ever being successful in this industry. I don't care わ * Paul Hubans @phubans 21m Funny that connections that took years to forge could be undone by a single tweet. わt3 . 喜 Paul Hubans @phubans 3h Nevermind that I'm just sick of my lifelong passion and beloved hobby being used as a battleground for political agendas Paul Hubans @phubans 26m If I wasn't already blackballed from any future success in indie games, I most certainly am now. The very thing I was afraid of happened わ ★ INDEPENDENT GAMES FESTIVAL 宴Paul Hubans @phubans 3h Apparently my thoughts are just dismissed as "confusion" for having an opinion that doesn't agree with the indie game dev status quo わt3 . Paul Hubans @phubans 2h Every road has a beginning and an end; every song, every love, and every friend わ£71 *2 ..。 View more photos and videos 宴 Paul Hubans @phubans 3h This is exactly what I was afraid of, which is why I kept my mouth shut about all of this b------- that's been going on lately Indie dev Paul Hubans tweets this video, the following mess happens to him 喜Paul Hubans @phubans 3h @tyler_wilde I'd gladly go back to a time when games were some niche subculture for weirdos, not some heavily criticized popular culture. わt3 *1 … Looks like he has some fine work at the tumbir below, shame he's been abandoned by some of his "colleaques" Paul Hubans @phubans 3h So lost some followers and possibly even some good friends for tweeting that video and saying I didn't agree with the corruption in IGF わ * View conversation http://phubans.tumblr.com/ Paul Hubans @phubans 3h Wake me up when the game industry is about making games again, and not squabbling over b------- political ideologies. わ t31 ☆3 … ANOTHER CASUALTY OF THE CORRUPTION DON'T LET HIM BE FORGOTTEN](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/823/988/0c0.jpg)
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![Gamers' don't have to be your audience. We Might Be Witnessing The 'Death of An Gaming Is Leaving "Gamers" Behind A Disheartening Account of 'Gamers' are over. _amm The Harrassment Going On In Why the vitriol of the gaming internet is ldentity' Gaming Right Now (And how Joseph Bernstein BuzzFeed Staf Adam Baldwin Is Involved) ed to: SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS 58 minutes ago uest August 28, 20141 By Leigh Alexander I often say I'm a video game culture writer, but lately I dont know exactly what that means. Game e know it is kind of embarrassing not even culture. It's buying things, spackling over memes and in-jokes repeatedly, and it's getting Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, A Guide to Ending "Gamers :57:00 pnm I've been working at Kotaku for nearly eight years now, and while I've seen some online kerfuffles over various issues in that time, I've never seen anything like the past two weeks. The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra's community The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and net Gamasutra s been t e in every conceiveable There has been so much hate. So many angry words, so many aceusations, over...what? Video games? Women in video games? People who write about video games? sense of the word, in some part due t in the concluding chapter of lan Bogost's esca the hundreds of tweets being written about it, we're seeing calls to do away with the concept of The death of the "gamers" and the women t its peak and things me who "killed"hensa certo hea What the hell is going on with gamers right now Anita Sarkeesian Threatened ith R--- and Murder for Daring to Keep Critiquing Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian prove points a certain gamer-type refuses to hear he past several weeks have seen an extraordinary amount of vitriol between some game fans, game makers, and game writers. That anger has started to spill out of traditional gamer-internet silos and onto social networks, and people without ames posted by ANNA MINARD on THU, AUG 28 direct stake in gaming have taken notice. It's prompted some hard questions for game culture, and a lot of soul-searching. Anita Sarkeesian, the woman behind a fantastic web series critiquing misogyny video games, released another video this week. Funded as a Kickstarter project Sarkeesian's Tropes vs. Women in Video Games" series scholarly look at video games through a feminist lens, in which Sarkeesian breaks down a bunch of common female stereotypes in games and explains how to spot them and why they're harmful, with tons of examples (including examples of games really check it It's Dangerous to Go Alone: Why Are Gamers So Angry? A screenshot of a domestic abuse scene from Watch Dogs used a Oh, Anita, you're so beautiful and sexy. you know that? was the nicest terrible thing a random Twitter user said to Anita Sarkeesian, creat peppered her with threats of r---, death, and the address of her home and that of her parents following the posting of her latest video on Monday. The video, which would be right at home on PBS in tone if not content, suggested that many mainstream games represent women as accessories and shorthand rather than as humans, a viewpoint that generated swift and unrelenting rage the Tropes vs Women in Video Games series, as he The subset of entitled, belligerent gamers convinced that bein ny intendo reveals the New necessary are overwhelmin Feminist Video Blogger Is Driven From Home by Death Threats Just because adult women are the largest demographic in The attack on Sarkeesian was among a number of incidents in the last few weeks that exposed some the ugly (yet familiar) attitudes and prejudices that remain deeply ingrained in the gaming culture This time, those sentiments have gotten tied up in ethical arguments in an attempt to highlight Opinion by Chris Plante on Aug 28, 2014 at 1:21p @plante Click for more on how Polygon writes opinion pieces Dan Golding Sexism, misogyny and online attacks: It's a horrible time to consider yourself Last week a game desiger's persoal life was exposed tothe internet and used to Dan Golding, writer and academic. Here's BY JACK SMITH IV 828 10:50AM What an awful week for the culture that surrounds and influences video games. yourself ua academic stuff. This tumblr is for things that t go anywhere else. justify physical threats to both the developer and her colleagues. The designer was one gamer f many people targeted in an orchestrated harassment effort directed at game PATRICK O'ROURKE 1 August 28, 2014 | Last Updated Aug 28 9:33 PM ET More from Patrick O'Rourke l @Patrick ORourke Misogynistic Trolls Drive Feminist Video Game Critic From Her Home The End of Gamers The last few weeks in videogame culture have seen a level of combativeness more marked and bitter than any befo First, a developer-a woman who makes games who has had so much piled on to etuate things by namingh harassment campaign that attacked her personal life and friendships. Campaigns of They are dismayingly common among those who happen to be women, or not white straight men, and doubly so if they also happen to make the sort of game at game devel Anita Sarkeesian has made enemies of misogynists in the gaming community. Time and time again, they've gone much, much too far. (Screengrab via Feminist Frequency) anv through their very existence. The viciousness and ferocity with which this campaign occurred, however, was shocking, and certainly out of the ordinary s hard to take seriously the online cesspools where men's rights activists and not-all-mer apologists congregate. But as ridiculous as they seem, a lot of these guys are dead serious, and capable of causing very real havoc rou routine, shockingly). It was an ugly spectacle that should haunt and shame those involved for the rest of their lives. Anits Sarkeesians Feminist Frequency examines common tropes in video games Here's your daily reminder that Internet misogynists are vile, horrible creatures and that women face threats and harassment on a daily basis just for having opinions and voicing them: feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian has been driven out of her own home after receiving an COMMEN minist Frequency and Anita Sarkeesian's latest video, Women as Background Decoration (part 2), is thought-provoking, eye-opening and most importantly accurate. outpouring of death and r--- threats on Twitter n her latest video Sarkeesian examines how non-playable female characters in video games are often only used as objects of sex and violence. She discusses notable titles like itman Absolution, Bioshock: Infinite, Watch Dogs and massive franchises like the Grand Theft Auto and the God of War series. TECH HEALTH 08.28.1 Fanboys, White Knights, and the Hairball of Online Misogyny ees and r--- threats. The men who defended her were accused A harmless woman is being harassed online by a nerdy subculture. The fact 08/28/2014](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/823/972/a84.jpg)
![Gamers' don't have to be your audience. We Might Be Witnessing The 'Death of An Gaming Is Leaving "Gamers" Behind A Disheartening Account of 'Gamers' are over. _amm The Harrassment Going On In Why the vitriol of the gaming internet is ldentity' Gaming Right Now (And how Joseph Bernstein BuzzFeed Staf Adam Baldwin Is Involved) ed to: SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS 58 minutes ago uest August 28, 20141 By Leigh Alexander I often say I'm a video game culture writer, but lately I dont know exactly what that means. Game e know it is kind of embarrassing not even culture. It's buying things, spackling over memes and in-jokes repeatedly, and it's getting Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, A Guide to Ending "Gamers :57:00 pnm I've been working at Kotaku for nearly eight years now, and while I've seen some online kerfuffles over various issues in that time, I've never seen anything like the past two weeks. The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra's community The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and net Gamasutra s been t e in every conceiveable There has been so much hate. So many angry words, so many aceusations, over...what? Video games? Women in video games? People who write about video games? sense of the word, in some part due t in the concluding chapter of lan Bogost's esca the hundreds of tweets being written about it, we're seeing calls to do away with the concept of The death of the "gamers" and the women t its peak and things me who "killed"hensa certo hea What the hell is going on with gamers right now Anita Sarkeesian Threatened ith R--- and Murder for Daring to Keep Critiquing Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian prove points a certain gamer-type refuses to hear he past several weeks have seen an extraordinary amount of vitriol between some game fans, game makers, and game writers. That anger has started to spill out of traditional gamer-internet silos and onto social networks, and people without ames posted by ANNA MINARD on THU, AUG 28 direct stake in gaming have taken notice. It's prompted some hard questions for game culture, and a lot of soul-searching. Anita Sarkeesian, the woman behind a fantastic web series critiquing misogyny video games, released another video this week. Funded as a Kickstarter project Sarkeesian's Tropes vs. Women in Video Games" series scholarly look at video games through a feminist lens, in which Sarkeesian breaks down a bunch of common female stereotypes in games and explains how to spot them and why they're harmful, with tons of examples (including examples of games really check it It's Dangerous to Go Alone: Why Are Gamers So Angry? A screenshot of a domestic abuse scene from Watch Dogs used a Oh, Anita, you're so beautiful and sexy. you know that? was the nicest terrible thing a random Twitter user said to Anita Sarkeesian, creat peppered her with threats of r---, death, and the address of her home and that of her parents following the posting of her latest video on Monday. The video, which would be right at home on PBS in tone if not content, suggested that many mainstream games represent women as accessories and shorthand rather than as humans, a viewpoint that generated swift and unrelenting rage the Tropes vs Women in Video Games series, as he The subset of entitled, belligerent gamers convinced that bein ny intendo reveals the New necessary are overwhelmin Feminist Video Blogger Is Driven From Home by Death Threats Just because adult women are the largest demographic in The attack on Sarkeesian was among a number of incidents in the last few weeks that exposed some the ugly (yet familiar) attitudes and prejudices that remain deeply ingrained in the gaming culture This time, those sentiments have gotten tied up in ethical arguments in an attempt to highlight Opinion by Chris Plante on Aug 28, 2014 at 1:21p @plante Click for more on how Polygon writes opinion pieces Dan Golding Sexism, misogyny and online attacks: It's a horrible time to consider yourself Last week a game desiger's persoal life was exposed tothe internet and used to Dan Golding, writer and academic. Here's BY JACK SMITH IV 828 10:50AM What an awful week for the culture that surrounds and influences video games. yourself ua academic stuff. This tumblr is for things that t go anywhere else. justify physical threats to both the developer and her colleagues. The designer was one gamer f many people targeted in an orchestrated harassment effort directed at game PATRICK O'ROURKE 1 August 28, 2014 | Last Updated Aug 28 9:33 PM ET More from Patrick O'Rourke l @Patrick ORourke Misogynistic Trolls Drive Feminist Video Game Critic From Her Home The End of Gamers The last few weeks in videogame culture have seen a level of combativeness more marked and bitter than any befo First, a developer-a woman who makes games who has had so much piled on to etuate things by namingh harassment campaign that attacked her personal life and friendships. Campaigns of They are dismayingly common among those who happen to be women, or not white straight men, and doubly so if they also happen to make the sort of game at game devel Anita Sarkeesian has made enemies of misogynists in the gaming community. Time and time again, they've gone much, much too far. (Screengrab via Feminist Frequency) anv through their very existence. The viciousness and ferocity with which this campaign occurred, however, was shocking, and certainly out of the ordinary s hard to take seriously the online cesspools where men's rights activists and not-all-mer apologists congregate. But as ridiculous as they seem, a lot of these guys are dead serious, and capable of causing very real havoc rou routine, shockingly). It was an ugly spectacle that should haunt and shame those involved for the rest of their lives. Anits Sarkeesians Feminist Frequency examines common tropes in video games Here's your daily reminder that Internet misogynists are vile, horrible creatures and that women face threats and harassment on a daily basis just for having opinions and voicing them: feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian has been driven out of her own home after receiving an COMMEN minist Frequency and Anita Sarkeesian's latest video, Women as Background Decoration (part 2), is thought-provoking, eye-opening and most importantly accurate. outpouring of death and r--- threats on Twitter n her latest video Sarkeesian examines how non-playable female characters in video games are often only used as objects of sex and violence. She discusses notable titles like itman Absolution, Bioshock: Infinite, Watch Dogs and massive franchises like the Grand Theft Auto and the God of War series. TECH HEALTH 08.28.1 Fanboys, White Knights, and the Hairball of Online Misogyny ees and r--- threats. The men who defended her were accused A harmless woman is being harassed online by a nerdy subculture. The fact 08/28/2014](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/823/972/a84.jpg)
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