Did you see my other post? I have a friend that is an editor of a small town free newspaper that has received death threats. That's a lot closer to the mark of vidya game writer and probably has a much smaller readership than a lot of even small time bloggers
I did. I don't know why it prompted you to post an even less analogous position but I don't find that one especially compelling either. Readership for their physical paper is at its lowest at 150k+ readers. That doesn't include their internet blogs. Sarkeesian only recently had as many subscribers as the newspaper alone in the last few months.
Though out of curiosity how often was your friend's home address tweeted and retweeted by a movement totally not about misogyny hating journalists?
I guess I just don't want a technology magazine to tell me incessantly about how to binge watch TV series. Whilst noting the Gilmour Girls is a classic TV show.
I just don't enjoy reading articles like that or TV. Worst part of the av clubbe for me really.
Now, saucy blogs about scientists breeding spiders to stop online harassment, I'd binge read those all day long
Could someone give me a brief explanation for what's going on a gamers gate?
...also what is gamersgate?
I am literally the worst gamer.
The short version: nerds think they uncovered this massive conspiracy because of relationship between game designers and journalists, specifically women game designers, and have used that to "root out corruption in game journalism, while not fully having an understanding of what corruption or journalism is, and if rooting out means organizing campaigns of harassment against said game designers and their friends.
Also it's gamergate because people are fucking stupid.
Gamergate remains a bunch of internet bullshit to the highest degree. That article is right, it is basically a culture war, except I don't even really see what the goal is. Political culture wars are about getting voters to get angry about nonsense so they vote against the nonsense even though the nonsense doesn't exist.
What exactly is the goal of gamergate, to make the internet a miserable place for women? (moreso?)
To free videogames from dealing with social/political/cultural issues because it hurts when you have to think? (Newsflash: Just about nothing with a story is completely apolitical/acultural). You can even talk about Pacman and Mrs Pacman as a shorthand for portrayal of women in media.
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I think gamersgate like most of these things is just the excuse assholes are using to be assholes.
There have been a few folks who actually used it to exam the "gaming media" both the good and the bad aspects. And thought, maybe we should make this less awful.
But stuff like that isn't exciting or news worthy or the same group who are looking for an excuse to target and make people's lives miserable.
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Deadspin can have some surprisingly good writing for a Gawker site.
Could someone give me a brief explanation for what's going on a gamers gate?
...also what is gamersgate?
I am literally the worst gamer.
Zoe Quinn made a game.
Her ex-boyfriend said she cheated on him, maybe with some guy from Kotaku.
4chan did some really quite horrible things.
People outside of 4chan did some even more horrible things.
Now all men who play video games are sexist.
Did you see my other post? I have a friend that is an editor of a small town free newspaper that has received death threats. That's a lot closer to the mark of vidya game writer and probably has a much smaller readership than a lot of even small time bloggers
I did. I don't know why it prompted you to post an even less analogous position but I don't find that one especially compelling either. Readership for their physical paper is at its lowest at 150k+ readers. That doesn't include their internet blogs. Sarkeesian only recently had as many subscribers as the newspaper alone in the last few months.
Though out of curiosity how often was your friend's home address tweeted and retweeted by a movement totally not about misogyny hating journalists?
150K? Internet blogs? What? Dude, im talking small. The town in question has a population of 50,000. The paper is basically the pennysaver with articles. The point of both anecdotes is that if you are a public figure in any capacity some asshole is going to send you a threat. It sucks, but it's sadly the way shit has been for a long while and it's not news. There's always going to be some asshole.
Could someone give me a brief explanation for what's going on a gamers gate?
...also what is gamersgate?
I am literally the worst gamer.
Zoe Quinn made a game.
Her ex-boyfriend said she cheated on him, maybe with some guy from Kotaku.
4chan did some really quite horrible things.
People outside of 4chan did some even more horrible things. Now all men who play video games are sexist.
the gamersgate assholes are the same coterie of lunatics that drove that writer out of bioware because she had the gall to say in public "I wish games had a story only mode where you could skip the gameplay"
because you know, her having that opinion clearly meant that no game would ever have gameplay again because one writer at bioware was more into story than gameplay
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Could someone give me a brief explanation for what's going on a gamers gate?
...also what is gamersgate?
I am literally the worst gamer.
Zoe Quinn made a game.
Her ex-boyfriend said she cheated on him, maybe with some guy from Kotaku.
4chan did some really quite horrible things.
People outside of 4chan did some even more horrible things.
Now all men who play video games are sexist.
as always, we can count on _J_ to provide nuanced commentary
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Could someone give me a brief explanation for what's going on a gamers gate?
...also what is gamersgate?
I am literally the worst gamer.
Zoe Quinn made a game.
Her ex-boyfriend said she cheated on him, maybe with some guy from Kotaku.
4chan did some really quite horrible things.
People outside of 4chan did some even more horrible things. Now all men who play video games are sexist.
A decent post up til the bolded.
Now all men who play video games, except Quid and Pony, are sexist.
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http://geekologie.com/2014/10/family-has-to-abandon-house-after-1000s.php
Didn't help there was a tree right outside my window.
Moment the sun was up, reeeeee reeeeeeeee reeeeeee.
Fuck you cicadas.
LET ME DIE HORRIBLY
Are there robots warforged?
@arch is going to be a bug wizard
he looks like a beatle it's pretty great
what other guys should I make
I was thinking a fighter and a knight for the front
and then I can't decide on the last guy for the back line
I kinda want a rogue who will punch people from the back with a knife cut cut
but I also want an archer who will shoot mans
but also there is the new alchemist guy and I want to fire all the guns
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Good job, nerds.
Can I be your ratling rogue?
I did. I don't know why it prompted you to post an even less analogous position but I don't find that one especially compelling either. Readership for their physical paper is at its lowest at 150k+ readers. That doesn't include their internet blogs. Sarkeesian only recently had as many subscribers as the newspaper alone in the last few months.
Though out of curiosity how often was your friend's home address tweeted and retweeted by a movement totally not about misogyny hating journalists?
they are nuisance
Seriously, mayflys are the worst.
I just don't enjoy reading articles like that or TV. Worst part of the av clubbe for me really.
Now, saucy blogs about scientists breeding spiders to stop online harassment, I'd binge read those all day long
...also what is gamersgate?
I am literally the worst gamer.
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The short version: nerds think they uncovered this massive conspiracy because of relationship between game designers and journalists, specifically women game designers, and have used that to "root out corruption in game journalism, while not fully having an understanding of what corruption or journalism is, and if rooting out means organizing campaigns of harassment against said game designers and their friends.
Also it's gamergate because people are fucking stupid.
This article Pony linked p much sums it up:
http://deadspin.com/the-future-of-the-culture-wars-is-here-and-its-gamerga-1646145844
What exactly is the goal of gamergate, to make the internet a miserable place for women? (moreso?)
To free videogames from dealing with social/political/cultural issues because it hurts when you have to think? (Newsflash: Just about nothing with a story is completely apolitical/acultural). You can even talk about Pacman and Mrs Pacman as a shorthand for portrayal of women in media.
As a gatekeeper of gaming, I'm 100% for gamer gates.
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There have been a few folks who actually used it to exam the "gaming media" both the good and the bad aspects. And thought, maybe we should make this less awful.
But stuff like that isn't exciting or news worthy or the same group who are looking for an excuse to target and make people's lives miserable.
this enraged the internet because she has a vagina
also her game was free so who the fuck cares
Zoe Quinn made a game.
Her ex-boyfriend said she cheated on him, maybe with some guy from Kotaku.
4chan did some really quite horrible things.
People outside of 4chan did some even more horrible things.
Now all men who play video games are sexist.
Bad website design, only rarely has unique deals, 7/10 because videogame scoring systems.
150K? Internet blogs? What? Dude, im talking small. The town in question has a population of 50,000. The paper is basically the pennysaver with articles. The point of both anecdotes is that if you are a public figure in any capacity some asshole is going to send you a threat. It sucks, but it's sadly the way shit has been for a long while and it's not news. There's always going to be some asshole.
A decent post up til the bolded.
because you know, her having that opinion clearly meant that no game would ever have gameplay again because one writer at bioware was more into story than gameplay
as always, we can count on _J_ to provide nuanced commentary
Now all men who play video games, except Quid and Pony, are sexist.
Fixed.