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Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 15:37:46 ID:e64f30 No.2839189 2839210 >>2839221 >>2839251 >>2-2839285 >>2839309 2839337 2839344 222839377 222839389 2839407Z 22839419 2839422 >>2838682 This. You guys can't quit now. You can't burn out now. Not because of some idiots on twitter. The games industry needs you. I know this sounds melodramatic, so let me put this into context. I'm a failed game dev. Worked for a now defunct game studio that made a bunch crappy movie tie ins. I guess it's no big loss. Worked my way in through QA, and tried working my way to being an artist. And they died big time. Checks started bouncing, and the owner still kept conning people saying "oh the next milestone we will pay everyone back". The f----- even raided the 401k for cash. Really shady s---. I was a sucker and kept going since I desperately want to get into game dev. F----- probably owed me $20,000 and more for the more experienced, well played devs. I was a sucker, so I don't blame anyone, and the f----- was at least arrested for taxfraud, so their is that. Anyways point of the story is one of my co-workers who got out said "oh yeah, stuff like this happens in the game industry all the time." And this guy had worked on big stuff like Twisted Metal." Given the s--- I saw my old boss pull, and the things tim/schafer say and do, it seems like bad business management is really common in the industry. And anybody remember rockstar wives/ EA wives? S--- like that was common at my job, and that co-worker said it's common throughout the industry, the studios and pubs just work hard to make sure it doesn't get out. And yet how many of these big site complaining about huge problems in the industry talk about devs NOT F------ GETTING PAID, and f------ crunchtime being borderline crimes against humanity? These f------ know about this s---, and they turn a blind eye, to focus on minor s---. (Fart to continue/John Galt steals s--- from 8chan) There were a fuckton of women at our studio. I think THEM NOT GETTING F------ PAID, is way more important then whatever evil stuff is supposedly happening to them in the industry (S--- ton of artists were women and most of the PR, management stuff were women. Though it's fair there were few women programmers, but they were there.) Granted this was about Five years before GG, but I can tell the spirit of fear in the industry has existed long before the SJWS took over, but it certainly couldn't have improved things. I want articles on this s---. I want sites, and journos to talk about it. I WANT it screamed at the rooftops You guys can't give up. You can't just pack it up, since some people on twitter are morons. There is too much at stake here. Like l said, I'm a nobody, and only had a minor posstion, but there are DECADES worth of problems in this industry and I don't think any them will ever be addressed until the game journos act like actual journos. That s--- with Journos burying a story about EA hacks since they didn't want to offend their friends? Would not surprise me at all that that's also what is happening with all the bad business practices You guys can't back down now. I'm just a nobody, and can't really speak for real devs, and l've just given up on my dream and settled for menial labor, but this industry needs help, and I think you guys might be the seeds of something that could help. I can understand getting discouraged, but don't give up. I guess I need to go to bed soon, and probably take vidya breaks

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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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