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The Line Hey Jessica... you've got some good points there-e.g you're right that it isn't about Zoe Quinn's sex life. One of the reasons this turned into a major thing for women is because of the way the gaming community handled it. If it was just criticism of Anita's feminist- oriented critique or of favouritism in games journalism media, good discussions would have been had and everyone would have benefited That's what should have happened but it's not what went down. Instead these two women were criticised, harassed, demeaned and shamed on the basis of their gender Even if their stories are total fabrications, it doesn't change how the gaming community reacted to it. The misogynistic-but-vocal minority spewed their hate speech and almost no one tried to stop them, call them out or tell them they were wrong and hurtful. Look at this in reverse: if the accusation was that a guy scored favourable reviews because of the women he slept with, he would have been high-fived and the discussion would have quickly forgotten about him and moved on to discussing inauthentic game reviews. If a man made videos about the representation of women in games, it's unlikely it would have been brought up at all, let alone its author threatened for producing them. Realistically, this whole debate isn't even about games themselves. It's about a subculture that has largely gone ignored by the rest of society allowed to wallow as it indulges the worst in people. Like 36 mins Jessica James "if the accusation was that a guy scored favourable reviews because of the women he slept with, he would have been high- fived and the discussion would have quickly forgotten about him and moved on to discussing inauthentic game reviews." Apart from being horribly wrong, because you clearly have no idea how the games industry works, both men and women are being implicated in this. The journalist Zoe slept with is being heavily scrutinized, and also attacked, in fact I believe he has already been made to step down from his job Shortly, you're missing the point. It has nothing to do with Zoe Quinn or Anita being women. It's not about sexism, no matter how much you make it out to be, It's because what they do is underhanded and wrong Anita insults people and the games they play, as I said above. She is a bad representation for women in games, and shouldn't be supported. Her being a woman does not automatically make her morally right. Likewise, Zoe lied about her ties with the media. As a woman that wants to get into games, I would like to think I can get into the industry without the threat of being beaten down by women willing to sleep and lie their way to the top Hence the need for journalists writing reviews to disclose friendships, and relationships, or any monetary gain they may receive from gaming devs Lastly, if you really want to blame the tiny few "gamers" that do insult two ladies on the internet, don't do it by saying all gamers are sexist. Because you know what, that's how things like racial profiling and generalisations come about. Now stop arguing with someone who studied games media and games design, and go back to talking about topics that are actually relevant, like maybe the fact Zoe Quinn tried to shut down a feminist Game Jam Night. Like 1 min

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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
Jalen Hutchinson Studied Culinary Science at Culinary Institute of America (Graduated 2014). Author has 304 answers and 740.1K answer views. 5y Not that I care that much either way, but it did expose a lot of corrupt game developers and game journalists. X Journalists would make claims of people like Anita Sarkeesian "playing video games all her life" when she openly admitted many times she is not a gamer and only starter recently (when it wasn't for an interview). Various developers trading sex or money for good reviews got exposed, journalists who accepted got exposed. People became a bit more critical about supporting a game just because the developer has a victim complex stating tat their game could have only failed because of sexism, instead of their own poor developing skills. What really sealed the deal was opposition often faking their own harassment. Anita sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn have been caught multiple times screenshotting "harassment" while showing that the harrasser's account name in the login. Or when someone called the police to help Sarkeesian against a "very real threat" she was posting about, only for police to find the harasser's messages were coming from her IP address. I just want honesty from the community, and the lies were mostly exposed by the "dreaded" gamergate. 1.3K views • View upvotes 26
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