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![Gamergate (harassment campaign) Article Talk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Gamergate (disambiguation). Gamergate or GamerGate (GG)[¹] was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. [2][³] It was conducted using the hashtag "#Gamergate" primarily in 2014 and 2015.[1][4][5][6] Beginning in August 2014, Gamergate targeted women in the video game industry, most notably feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian and video game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, among others.[7][8][9][10][11] The harassment campaign included doxing, r--- threats, and death threats.[12][13][14] Gamergate proponents ("Gamergaters") stated that they were a social movement, but lacked well-defined goals, a coherent message, and leaders, making Gamergate difficult to define.[15][16][17] Gamergaters claimed to promote ethics in video games journalism, claimed to be protecting the "gamer" identity, and opposed what they asserted as "political correctness" in video games.[18][19][20][21][22] Read Date Target Gamergate, online harassment campaign in 2014-15 that targeted women in the video game industry. The attacks were attributed largely to white male right-wing gamers who railed against the rise and influence of women and feminism in the industry. Gamergate served as a recruiting tool for the growing alt-right movement and helped spur the online “Pizzagate" conspiracy theory, which soon spawned the wider QAnon conspiracy movement. …………………………....…..……….…..... Attack type Victims Motive View source Inquiry XA 28 languages ✓ Perpetrators Internet trolls, particularly from 4chan, Internet Relay Chat, and 8chan View history Tools ✓ Gamergate August 2014 - 2015 Women in the video game industry See all media Online harassment campaign Zoë Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu, and others Gamergaters created conspiracy theories falsely accusing Quinn of an unethical relationship with video game journalist Nathan Grayson.[23][24][25] More broadly, they alleged unethical collusion between the press and feminists, progressives, and social critics.[17][26] [27] These claims were widely dismissed as trivial, conspiracy theories, baseless, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics in gaming and journalism.[28] [29][30] Gamergate supporters frequently denied that the harassment took place, falsely claiming it to be manufactured by the victims.[31][32] Misogyny anti-feminism anti- progressivism FBI investigation Gamergate has been described as a culture war over cultural diversification, artistic recognition, feminism in video games, social criticism in video games, and the social identity of gamers.[28][33] [34] [35] Many supporters of Gamergate opposed the increasing influence of feminism and so-called "social justice warriors" on video game culture. [2][36] Gamergate led figures both inside and outside the gaming industry to focus on methods of addressing online harassment, ways to minimize harm, and prevent similar events. [37] [38] [39] [40] Gamergate has been viewed as a contributor to the alt-right and other right- wing movements.[21][41] Video game developer Brianna Wu](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/691/215/331.png "What the actual f--- are we supposed to do about this")
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![↑ [-] ithinkineedanap 36 points 3 hours ago And those guys are still head and shoulders over the blog news. I remember when Gamergate hit and all these people were totally outraged that "journalists" who worked for sites whose entire revenue stream came from companies whose products they reviewed, were biased! who would have thunk it? 100% ad supported news is always biased. It can't help but be, because you the viewer are the product being sold, not the news People weren't surprised, they just decided to start doing something about it after there appeared to be a coordinated smear campaign against their own audience. There'd been a climate growing for years, such as the Kane & Lynch debacle or Doritos pope. I mean Nintendo Power was a beloved magazine and it was just Nintendo supplied marketing everyone knew that, but was a kind of line between selling something and outright demeaning your audience. People in gaming were well aware of that overlap between "journalism" and marketing, since after all it's an entertainment medium. You get the same thing in music or movie journalism as well But you also had more to the context. You also had the long-running and seemingly unending smear campaign by mainstream media against gaming, since it's origins. And you had the resurgence of politically correct ideologies, fueled by social media, that had already created controversies among other communities, notably atheism and comics What happened with Gamergate is that the gaming journalism outlets, or at least several notable ones, outright turned on their demos, all seemingly in the name of political ideologies, and it was just the last straw. To make matters worse, the mainstream media just ran with that as well, where now gamers weren't just the violence obsessed social outcasts, but misogynistic racists as well. And the gaming demographic decided to stand up for themselves Whether the outlets are biased or not is less relevant, as there's nothing wrong with a consumer demographic deciding to hold those outlets accountable when they can, whether it's providing disclosure or other such measures, it has been Working perma link embed parent ↑ [-] tardayanami 5 points 1 hour ago This was amazing, thank you perma link embed parent ↑ [-] ehManiacal 15 points 3 hours ago Some of the worst offenders in the "gaming media" even have journalism experience and degrees too. Many gamers haven't considered gaming media real journalism for a long time and it largely is not perma link embed parent ↑ [-] ithinkineedanap 3 points 2 hours ago That's true a flash point with the combination of the "social justice" element as well. It may have appeared to pop up relatively overnight, but the climate had been ripe for a while Generally people are aware of what "gaming journalism" is about. Just look at the hype for new games and such where people voluntarily as part of a hobby will seek out any and all new information about a game. I mean they're just getting hyped over a product for months, and largely helping companies market their products by talking about them. People know that, and you see it in other tech areas and entertainment as well Where it crossed a line was when that media started bashing and insulting their audience. And those readers/consumers basically said "f--- this." nd people in gaming have been critical of that for a while. Gamergate only ha ned as things hit kind of perma link embed parent](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/005/001/fbe.png_large "How GamerGate started.")
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Ben Kuchera is a joke and a Russophobe If Jesus says Ben has no human decency then Ben is beyond redemption. Better And ITI have you know that unike Reply Share mute. That group has nothing to say I want to hear, Clean yourseves ] LittleRecordings 412 points 4 days ago" wa A DISCLOSURE about himself and his ill girlfriend living in poverty is not fraud, Ben. Fraud is what Sagal did, let's get real for a f------ second. What a nasty piece of work. GTFO way before the USSR (by that I mean the style and the @BenKuchera Just a heads t. Hence, nothing you say is , and was part of the "Kingdom GKrisligman QBenkuchera Hey Ben, remember that time I under "anything related to that area, is Soviet and Calling tetris soviet propaganda is pretty dumb TBH. makes you look like an uneducated t---. permalink save report give gold reply ExpBeleve ckrist.igman Yep, bacause rve never played save report give gold reply F--- Ben, He's A GODDAMN monster. Vilifying a man for making the difficult choice between breaking a promise to fans about how he would use their donations just to buy the woman he cares about medicine. F------ christ. If I give you a $100 to help pay your rent and your significant other needs medicine, l'd kick your ass if you didn't use some of that money to buy it for them. And Ben supposedly cares about women. Pathetic. I hope ik Kain, and why Ben Kuchera is a sore loser gets his ass handed to him and has to spend a couplé of months on the f------ streets. Maybe then he'll develop some damn empathy and leam a little about respect and common decency why I'm not shopping there David Jaffe Calls-Out Ben "Dats Misogynistic Kuchera g on things when I don't have 0테0TeamFI uFireBenKuchera Becouse he woudn't even be able to do that ro wow i love nothing more than white dudes like @BenKuchera dictating how the oppressed should react when they're under contret ego ony hus gaming and gamers Rogue Hatman (#6819) HmaGFX44 goods for calling wful to begin Now the guy's tweets were pretty dumb, but they weren't over the top or actually offensive IMO. Why is he actively trying to ruin the guy's life over it? I didn't want to make a thread about it and dl lascoden likes this ONE THING UNITES USe shoulann be naving a joumo Benkachera is the pointed inger at anyone uho doesnt Just to clarify, I don't endorse anything this guy is tweeting about and he seems a bit "off". Just seems incredibly petty for Ben to try and get somebody fired (again). FireBenKuchera because nobody is uprofessional and unehical shoukd reblogged this from lolitaku SHAMING. A white guy, Ben K ZengarPsychokinetkEx FireBenkuchera because even cormupoon, Tournos are human and nawed, lke everyone ese Benkachera R won't change a thing though. Gring nanes only does so much Itmay even biring some That's what started it, but Ben goes on and on. ⑥Zengar s Fire6enKuCheta because both he and gamers BOTH GG'S AND ANTI-GG'S AGREE very least it uligom ikes this y.jstripes FireBenKuchera because he's net sacieried unal someone gets feed Lers What the hell is Ben trying to accomplish? IS A C--- tse palladurnlyro likes the a extremesalsaing reblogged this from lotaku and you're woman and don't have a big resurme Whoever is supposed to be holding his leash at Polygon should o get himself fired or make them look even w on ⓩ6er Kuchera Real entcern is important 10 art wdeo ganes I think it's important to reminisce sbout how utterly wrong Ben Kuchers was Just to clarify, I don't endorse anything this guy is tweeting about and he seems a bit "off". Just seems incredibly petty for Ben to try and get somebody fired (again). I think it's important to reminiece about how uttorly wrong Ben Kuchera Oh thank goodness, I knew eventually the natural order would reassert itself and I would be free once again to think Kuchera is intolerable I honestly can't comprehend an article being more wrong in such a small amount of time. I'm completely stuck between laughing and boing flabbergasted overy time I rood it almost every property, but above all else l realize that there's no new nws in this thread and it Arnold Midler June 18, 2014 at 3:03 pm I'm going to try my hand at this "satire thing, let me know how i do: Ben Kuchera ISNT a p------------ that degrades his chosen medium as a whole and every time he cashes a paycheck is eyes of anyone with actual writing talent who cant get ajob. Just to be clear satire is when you say the opposite of the truth, right? PEOPLE WHO THINK BEN IS A C--- LOL NO AD REVENUE FOR YOU NEOGAF eokBobSagel Deal with it Arnold Midler o June 24, 2014 at 2:34 pm Damn, I always mess that up. I guess il have to settle for writing PR statements for Ubisoft. 489.83M @Davotharavoi 23 Deal with You forgot his recent hit "E3 is an awful expo that represents the worst of gaming but I go there anyway because The Real Monkey Man o june 18, 2014 at 748 pm I hear some people once tried to "argue the content with Ben on Penny Arcade Report regarding women gaming with commentators expressing themselves respectfully and- Favourite thing: linking to Blookbuster pre-order numbers @ sutratune Deal with it Blockbuster ciosos right before Xbone comes out EVEN MORE PEOPLE WHO THINK BEN IS A C--- Uokes on him, I block any site SchmanteDante Deal with it](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/889/740/c05.jpg "Both GG and anti-GG despise Ben Kuchera")
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