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LPosted: 10 Sep 2014. 12 49 Look, this is one of my two big takeaways from all this, even if I feel it's now too late to learn them We really did wind up on an elitist'strategy' for whatever strategy existed, which was none. But the effect produced was the same News Sites like Kotaku, Polygon and The Escapist, etc. began running sociajusticey critiques because good media criticism finds the best critiques, and gaming had lots of goddamn issues available to critique. The end result was that these sites had the best journalism, attracted readers, and became attractive to subscribers. They became the legitimate alternative to IGN/Gamespot doing so. What makes it elitist? Well, we never actually bothered to try and convince the gaming public along the way. The end result was this split we can now see: Most gamers hated all this s---. And we can see this even today; seriously, look at IGN's---- counts vs jumpings 3:1 they want their gaming reviews to be treated like technical reports We never bothered to win over the gaming public with this kind of commentary and way of looking at games. I cannot stress this enough: To me, this whole incident definitely reflects that the vast majority of gamers do not want their games to be an art form, and are angry at attempts to elevate it to one And frankly... s---. That. THAT is the realisation that makes me want to quit gaming. Because Ive realised it's not going anywhere The backlashes will keep on happening, dragging us backward every time. Because its fanbase doesn't want it to go anywhere Even if it winds up killing the industry to do so, they want, and will demand, that it remain static, cater to their whims, and be the same boring bland thing until death rofile Posted: 10 Sep 2014. 13 13 And yet look at what we've seen! This effort is targeted and well organised. They understood exactly where to hit, as Ive said, it's not a coincidence crowd-funding was a big part of their targeting. These f---- dont just want to ignore indie; they want to burn it to the ground Im probably catastrophising. I know l usually do. But this is some twisted, evil b------- going on, the worst elements of geekdom on display, a tantrum chucking my way or no way shitfest. And it does stand to damage smaller games, in a big way. As others have pointed out, the bloods been drawn already. We lost Jenn Frank! She is an amazing writer, and she's done with the hobby now. That hurts. And it won't be the last loss profile

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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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