Now the main stream media are reporting on #gamergate. BBC news had a small piece on their website about the corrupt relationship between the media and publishers.
For me, I remember back in the day when most of the writing you'd find about games came in the form of score breakdowns like: Sound: 3/5, Controls: 4/5, whatever. It wasn't about appearing 'grown up' I just wanted something more interesting.
So I'm glad to see more content of a different sort in general, things not at all in that form, stuff like Extra Credits and Tropes vs Women. And though this means some of that stuff I might hugely disagree with, by supporting it in general, I also get more of the stuff I really like.
Does that make sense?
Assange posts from it at least some of the time. It's tacit approval by him at the very least.
I'm not sure how astroturfing applies here. Do you mean something else? That is typically when monied interests try to fake the appearance of a grass roots movement. Unfortunately GG actually is a grass roots movement.
Now the main stream media are reporting on #gamergate. BBC news had a small piece on their website about the corrupt relationship between the media and publishers.
Oh the irony.
Guys... this gives me an idea... we need to write a gaming script that will utterly make #GG think we are on their side but in a dastardly plot twist we show the hero to actually be a bad ass female.
You realize he has no relation to the Baldwin brothers... right?
No relation.
Unrelated Baldwins
I have a high fever and am clearly delirious. Sorry
So apparently the speech got canceled because Utah's concealed carry laws meant that there could be guns in the audience, according to law enforcement.
I think this is more the reason they stay out than being too scared to debate as others suggested before.
We can't make Vince McMahon the solution for EVERY problem we have.
Does they law say that a private institution can't bar guns from any particular place?
So apparently the speech got canceled because Utah's concealed carry laws meant that there could be guns in the audience, according to law enforcement.
Wow, that's depressing.
Sarkeesian asked school officials whether firearms would be allowed in the auditorium where she was scheduled to speak. USU officials replied that, in accordance with Utah law, anyone with a valid concealed carry permit would be able to enter with the gun, according to a statement released by the university.
Yeehaw 2nd amendment
And terrorism wins the day.
I was skimming that Kotaku subreddit to see what these people were talking about and I found an actually articulate post about why someone would decide to be pro-GG.
http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2j1sdl/long_indiedev_post_why_im_progg/
I was skimming that Kotaku subreddit to see what these people were talking about and I found an actually articulate post about why someone would decide to be pro-GG.I think this is more the reason they stay out than being too scared to debate as others suggested before.
Ever since I was about 5 I've had chronic nightmares. When I was 13 I developed chronic depression from being unable to sleep. After my dealings with the game industry, it became a lot worse. I needed an outlet. I have a family history of depression and suicide. 'Game' was created out of all of these issues. We wanted to tell a story about an abused young girl dealing with depression and family issues. Real world stuff. Real life problems.
During Gamergate we received absolutely zero support from the anti-Gamergate crowd. Nadda. Ziltch. Not only that, we were told writing about suicide and depression is unethical. It's a trigger. It's offensive. You're not allowed. These same people said I didn't deserve to live due to my lack of support for an anti-gamer woman. Another prominent anti-GG figure told me that nothing I did mattered, because I'm a white male. That I've never had to think about my decisions, never had challenges in my life.
While researching both sides of Gamergate, I was sent messages and emails telling me I should kill myself. After seeing how I was treated, and how her friends were treated, my wife jumped into the fray for #NotYourShield. Anti-GG types called her a whore, a slut that only wanted men's attention, a princess, a 'white male in disguise'. Told she actually hates women, and that she was a disgusting human being. We were both demonized. It really didn't matter that my wife was a woman, or a minority. It didn't matter that she helped make 'Game', a game about a young girl with depression. It didn't matter that we're both socially progressive. The only thing that mattered was towing the line.
To push the hypocrisy even further, she was not the only woman that worked on 'Game'. There were two others, one of whom handled game testing. 'Game' was her first game-dev related job, she put it on her resume, and we helped her 'break into the industry' as a full-time artist in St. Louis. They're LITERALLY FIGHTING AGAINST THE PEOPLE HELPING FEMALE GAME DEVS.
I was bullied a lot of my younger life. For being a nerd, for being a gamer, I even had a bully for being a scrawny white kid. The current environment seems to mirror that part of my life. Most of these people do not care about female developers. They don't care about social issues, or helping mental illness. They don't care about minorities or the disabled. They only care about themselves.
Yeehaw 2nd amendment
Do Utah gun laws really apply to private property? Can't the University just state no weapons and search individuals on entry?
America's gun culture is fucked in the head.
I really want one of my old professors to comment on this. He writes a libertarian blog and most of his scholarship has been in the First Amendment and Second Amendment. When one conflicts with the other, what do you choose? (assuming you support the Second Amendment at all)
That's a horribly offensive, insensitive and ignorant statement. Very surprised to see such short sighted and rude comment about one groups rights in a thread about defending another groups rights. Clearly you are far from educated on the topic and I advise you to open a history book.
Not joking at all.
LW = Zoe, LW2 = Anita, LW3 = who?
Do Utah gun laws really apply to private property? Can't the University just state no weapons and search individuals on entry?
America's gun culture is fucked in the head.
Video Gamers Are Having A Bizarre Debate Over Whether Sending Death Threats To Women Is A Serious Issue Or Not
http://www.businessinsider.com/gamergate-death-threats-2014-10#ixzz3GApbDBFG
I thought this title might be a little much but then I read the comments. Holy shit people. How. How.
These women are publicity hounds who use threats to get attention time and again. Notice how many article they get written about them every time they pull this mess? Run out my home is the new line but why is it when pro #GamerGate people get harassed the press doesn't care?
Yeah I just saw this trending on Facebook, and read the comments to a few of the posts.Video Gamers Are Having A Bizarre Debate Over Whether Sending Death Threats To Women Is A Serious Issue Or Not
http://www.businessinsider.com/gamergate-death-threats-2014-10#ixzz3GApbDBFG
I thought this title might be a little much but then I read the comments. Holy shit people. How. How.
As much as I want to get riled up about US gun laws, in the interest of safety for Anita, it's probably for the best. It saddens me deeply though, because, as others have mentioned, this is a scare tactic that can be employed again. This will be paraded about as a 'victory' for those who set about orchestrating this shit.
Yes, but that costs a LOT of money and i'm sure the school doesn't have the budget to hire private security for a 2-3 hour lecture.
I know that LW is the codename for the women that Gamergate targets (seriously, how can you not realize that you're a lunatic at that point) but what do the letters actually stand for?
Man, I am a pretty hardcore critic of Sarkeesian, but this is ludicrous. And the worst part is that it only validates all the dumb stuff Sarkeesian says. I can't take it.