Archive - October 20th, 2014

“There are people … who want to keep it…

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“There are people … who want to keep it marginalized…” 

Meet the woman whose game sparked a thousand death threats, her first TV interview on MSNBC

“The GamerGate hashtag hides the true meaning of the speaker, muddying the water and giving defenses…”

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“The GamerGate hashtag hides the true meaning of the speaker, muddying the water and giving defenses to the indefensible.”

Game Informer’s Stance on GamerGate.

“The GamerGate hashtag hides the true meaning of the speaker, muddying the water and giving defenses…”

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“The GamerGate hashtag hides the true meaning of the speaker, muddying the water and giving defenses to the indefensible.”

Game Informer’s Stance on GamerGate.

“That’s why at this very moment three of the top six posts on KIA—the subreddit I was explicitly…”

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That’s why at this very moment three of the top six posts on KIA—the subreddit I was explicitly instructed to visit if I wanted to see the real GamerGate—are about Wu and Sarkeesian (oh, I’m sorry, LW1 and LW3 [or is Wu 2? I can’t keep track]) and social-justice warriors. […]

I think GamerGate is primarily about anger at progressive people who care about feminism and transgender rights and mental health and whatever else (I am not going to use your obnoxious social-justice warrior terminology anymore) getting involved in gaming, and by what you see as overly solicitous coverage of said individuals and their games.

Joss Whedon, Boston Globe Journalist Smack Down “But GamerGate Is About Journalistic Ethics!” Argument.