Aram Zucker-Scharff

“The subtext of some of these objections, that the gaming industry does not need to change, troubles me much more. Historically, the majority culture in America telling a minority culture “can’t you just pipe down and let us keep things the way they are?” has led to some darker chapters in our country’s history.”

– A Grab Bag of GamerGate responses.

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There’s no easy way to say this. I am a massive target for Gamergate/8chan.co right now and it is having horrible consequences for my life. They tried to hack my company financially on Saturday, taking out our company’s assets. They’ve tried to impersonate me on Twitter in an effort to discredit me. They are making burner accounts to send lies about my private life to prominent journalists. They’ve devastated the metacritic users’ score of my game, Revolution 60, lowering it to 0.3 out of 100.

With all of this, my only hope is that my colleagues in the industry will stand by me — and recognize the massive target I made myself standing up to these lunatics.

I woke up twice last night to noises in the room, gasping with fear that someone was there to murder me. I can barely function without fear or jumpiness or hesitation. I’ve been driven from my home. My husband says he feels like he’s been shot.

But I have to be honest: I don’t give a f*ck.

I am mad as hell at these people, and I’m not going to let them keep destroying the women I love and respect.

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– “IT HAPPENED TO ME: I’ve Been Forced Out Of My Home And Am Living In Constant Fear Because Of Relentless Death Threats From Gamergate”.

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“The main target of GamerGate is not a journalist. She’s a video game developer. […]

“If what you don’t like about gaming journalism is that it’s too cozy with the industry and therefore the writers are afraid to be critical, then your f*cking hero should be Anita Sarkeesian. She funded herself with Kickstarter and not industry money.

“One of the most important ideas when it comes to ethical journalism is that there’s a wall between advertising and editorial. Publications are not supposed to let the demands of advertisers dictate content. “

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– “GamerGate is an attack on ethical journalism.”

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.