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THIC FAIL-SHADY GAMES JOURNALISM THE HAND THAT FEEDS Game journalists are unique among professionals in that, even though gamers are their in times of crisis they have quite o aganst them, be it for the sake of a gam. Publisher, or for less clear reasons. THE ENTITLED GAMERS Biowares OMass Effect 3 wasr plot of the popular science fiction epic 52% picit promises Mayers startad asking for changes to the ending with a large petition and charity drive that rose 80.000,00 before the Childs lay charity stopped money The game's puiblisher, Electronic Arts, at the end o March that it would re lease an extended ending as free DLC but resisted at first, even starting a bor-inflated pecition supporting Mass Effect 3 from a fake homophobic pro- On the weeks proceeding and follow ing the launch game journalism jugger The war is over; chidsh btching and paign for Mass Effect 3, and peppered their feed with a luff articles about the game-in which a lookalike of IGN's Jessica Chabot ap wictory. Blowore wiW indeed be bowing down to al the entitled, whiney Effect 3 devotees who cot stand the ending IGN took side in the controversy w an opinion video, which criticined play ers upid petition of compromising de IS.GD/GGSECRETS ouc, equaring them to a wish to starve the took the side of ending from wrkers at Giant Bomb and which did not just mock gamers but less" and saying Rwas GiantBomb's。Alex Navarro, recent- in to their fan in a blacklisting s only change to Mass Effect 3s ending should have been zame protagonist Shepard giing players the middle fin- geer during the endng. Nearly every controversy in the last few years has been a chance to call gamers entitled,from the lukewarm of Ninja Thearys DeviI May Cry- t VG247 to call the unhap- which bro fans of the previous games ing Simchy (2013s aways-online D DRM caused backlash was Diablo 3- aged to "Shut up" NG247). called "emb sing Digitally Downlbaded) and 18% Another Bioware game, Dragon Age 2 recelved scathing reviews from play ng despite very positive the press Some outlets vilified these with personal insults to Boware writer 闪44% ciuding Polygon Gamespot a bu, which ater updated its article to ac- knowledge Hepler had aso thrown her share ofinsuits back at fans IS.GD/GGSIMCITY IS.GD/GGUNFAIR cious myth of gamer entitement the notion "deeply misguided, and perhaps unique to the gaming industry Journalists showd' have Deen taste rather than fring 로 with h an industry of people who call themselves journalists and dont seem who stated that the issue of gamer entile- weapon to be used apainst people who are trying to be responsible consumers In 2014 game journallats called gamers rbes cri site tech herter。DavidAuerbach 1 THE DEAD GAMERS There is no foster way to aienate my audvence thot s the peaple who pay my bils And yet this is exoctly what cabions did to their oudences lost week ( so-called "Gamers are Dead articles-a dozen of including Polygon, Rock Paper Shotgun, Destruc SUTRA within a few hours, on the 2of Auust 2014 inde developer and a Kotaku journalist, accusedof gwing her privileged coverage in exchange for sex ual favourS. This spurred some very vocal criticism of a game press that has historicaly hada very bad reputation-criticism that escalated when dis- and forums leading tha protesters to suspect cen sorshp The press reacted with these artides, spear- Gamasutra ueith, Alexander with an matory piece calling gamers "obcuse shitsingers chldish 胼rr, accusing them of not known how to dress or to behave and encouraging the industry echnica Others artides, like the ones by Chnis Plante pro- testers, directly or indrectly, of being complicit in scandal and most having nothing to do ut offering proof. None of the ar ticles mentioned any of the protester arp ments, or detals of the scandal, and most explicitly stated echnica an outdated concept, tied to people that should not represent the world of gaming IS.GD/GGUNFAIR IS.GD/GGKOTAKU Leigh Alesander has been lthough some of the articles quote each other, the proximity and simlarity led may to consider them the product of collusion. Alexander, Johneton and maling list, whose discovery was another scandal which struck shortly later, and where most outlets FNTHER READ ing list have been found yet, the initial censorship OIS.GD/GGSECRETS firmed to have been orchestrated in Gamejourno Pros. The list's founder Bkyle Orland started a now-leaked thread about the scandal by asking if the discussion of would have been best cer- forums, which as of today are one of the very few enues allowing discussion of ta many joumal istie improprieties diseovered fter the scandal The Gamers are Dead articles caused the press to gain, according to Auerbach10 times the mmity oemight', and four months later the protests are soll ongoing. Gamasutra, the only outlet that published two of these arsicles, lost a large amount of traffic after ther publication, dropping over five thousand ranks on Alexa from Au gust to Noember 2014. Gamasutra community member Banjamin Quincero published a more moderate piece in early September, asking When did this become media vs consumer? and "What's so bad about being a gamer, advocating for at least address ing consumers criticiam. Almost immediabely after this article, Gamasutra downgraded Guintero, although he was reinstated soon after Auerbach suggests thathe "Gamers are Dead' articles are the product of a press that i uncomfortable with losing its merepoly on game coverag㈠ loss caused by the rase of Youtubers and other quas-amateur enthusiasts, which are gaining the trust and at- tention of both gamers and the gaming industry Journalsts, continues Auerbach, "cannot solve their problems by preaching about the death of ther audience. That audience is dying only in that it is leaving them, a process the journalists have evidently decided to accelerate. Game joumalsts are rage-quitting their meal ticket ILL.MM IS.GD/GGINFO .IENIUM IS.GD/ETHICFAIL

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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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