Aram Zucker-Scharff

Anita Sarkeesian, Video Game Critic, Cancels Speech After Threats of Massacre:

Well… this is what gaming culture looks like in The Newspaper Of Record today. Everyone loses.

“Planning a transparently animus-driven “documentary” about what a lying scumbag you think she is? Is that really worth it, considering lives are being threatened and it all boils down to a difference in critical analysis? Besides, it’s not like you’ve got no options — maybe go back to making your racist YouTube videos instead? Because honestly, the toxicity in this area is dangerously out of control, and wild-eyed conspiracy theories only serve to fuel the fire.”

– School shooting threat against Anita Sarkeesian gets the Utah State University event cancelled.

“Planning a transparently animus-driven “documentary” about what a lying scumbag you think she is? Is that really worth it, considering lives are being threatened and it all boils down to a difference in critical analysis? Besides, it’s not like you’ve got no options — maybe go back to making your racist YouTube videos instead? Because honestly, the toxicity in this area is dangerously out of control, and wild-eyed conspiracy theories only serve to fuel the fire.”

– School shooting threat against Anita Sarkeesian gets the Utah State University event cancelled.

Bomb Threat Targeted Anita Sarkeesian, Gaming Awards Last March: An anonymous e-mailer threatened to blow up a bomb at the Game Developers Choice Awards this past March unless the hosts rescinded an award recognizing feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian, t…