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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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![しー! File (hide): 14 (8.03 KB. 249x241. 249:24 1.14151345 18871s.pg) Gamergate, DiGRA, CYCLES, Sirius Program and IARPA Anonymous 11/07/14 (Fri) 10:19:57 ID: 4c6455 No.305800 [Replyl [Watch Thread] Have we looked into IARPA? im Adrienne Shaw, DiGRA member: >She is a member of the government funded CYCLES project (part of the SIRIUS program) developing an educational video game to train players on cognitive biases Sirius Project: A job ad for Sirius ntt >This position is funded by a grant from IARPA's SIRIUS program http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/researc With a team of defense contractors and video game designers, our group is testing the effic acy of a video game (our group designed) in reducing three cognitive biases-anchoring projection bias, and reliance ms e on the representativeness heuristic ttps://www.asc u/news-events/news/asc-alumni-develop-vi ame-train-adults studen >The 50-month CYCLES project (Cycles of Your Cognitive Learning, Expectations, and Schema) project is supported by a $8.7-million contract from the U.S. Air Force So a DiGRA member is on the board of a multi-million dollar project in order to re-educate people on their Wrong Opinions? Why is no one freaking out about this? This is f------ insane, and people in /gg/ were actually saying there was no direct government link Anonymous 11/07/14 (Fri) 10:26:29 ID: 4c6455 No.305827 bump](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/861/121/69b.png "DiGRA and the US airforce.")
![THE EMAILS I had a thought. Maybe a bad one. You tell me: I remember a few years back when Patrick Klepek hit on some tough circumstances we all pitched in to get him a "feel better" gift. Anybody think something like that could be appropriate to address the circumstances that have been forced upon Zoe? Even ifit's not monetary. Maybe a signed, joint letter of support from the Game Journo Pros. I know she's not a member of the group like Patrick was, butI do know that this is part of a broader theme of the industry losing talent to the toxic culture. And that's our business. In my mind, it's a joinit show of solidarity to match the trolls'joint show of force The last thing I think we want is Zoe thinking she's under attack "alone. The brain has a way of convineing you thathttps://medium.com/@andreaszecher/ WHERE WE DID SEE THIS? OH RIGHT, THAT OPEN LETTER TO THE GAMING COMMUNITY. 2500 PEOPLE SIGNED UP! PROBABLY SOME DIDN'T KNEW BUT MOSTLY KNEW THIS AND HELPED. CHECK THE NAMES OF SIGNERS! THE INITIAL 650 NAMES WERE ORIGINAL ONES WHO HELPED silent people are against you. open-letter-to-the-gaming-community-df4511032e8a Andrew Groen, WIRED contributor As the person Im going to assume is the most irrationally optimistic person here, I like this idea. Small bits of kindness can do a lot, even when found in oceans of s---. ARCHIVE IN THE CASE SOMEONE "ACIDENTALLY DELETE THE PAGE https://archive.today/TsOdn (656 ORIGINAL SIGNERS] Dan Starkey, Eurogamer, GameSpot, Joystiq, Kotakuu 1 This is barely a game-industry story, no matter how some people want to frame it. This is a story about a person who happens to be in the game industry and their personal relationships (no matter how it may weave back into "the industry" and however poor the person's judgments may have been) and public expose of private materials by that https://archive.today/fGrzi (2500 SIGNERS] person's partner as revenge, so I don't think we, as games press, should support furthering the story by commenting, editorializing or even allowing others to ruminate on t Andy Eddy who here hasn't slept with a PR person or game developer? #AMIRITE Andreas Zecher on Sep1 William O'Neal, editor-in-chief, TechRadar.com I like the signed letter of support idea. Even better if we can get some developers in on that. Anyone want to volunteer to draft something? RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING OPEN LETTER. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica I'd also suggest that - ifothers think the letter is a good idea - we should do this entirely under the radar, organizing it through word-of-mouth and email rather than Twitter.I made the mistake earlier of publicly voicing support and in doing so drawing more attention to the issue. Id rather not make that mistake again. http://www.madebypixelate.com/ https://twitter.com/andreaszecher https://medium.com/@andreaszecher Andrew Groen, WIRED contributor As sympatheric as I am to the horrible harassment Zoe fadent has http://www.continue-play.com/news/andreas- raised enough questions about the incestuous relationship between press and developers already -Jason Schreier, Kotaku zechers-letter-to-the-gaming-community/ http://cargocollective.com/andreaszecher/ http://www.giantbomb.com/andreas-zecher/3040- Silver lining: Quinn is getting a bunch of new Patreon patrons today, apparently - Kyle Orland, Ars Technica 121414/ 1 would prefer not to be associated with this. It feels wrong to me. I think it fels very off to reach across the fence from journalist to subject in this way. I prefer professional distance, especially given the accusations being levied at us from outside. Mike Futter, Game Informer](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/832/655/274.png "That dumb 2,500 signed card was complete fabrication")
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