And I have come. My apologies for being so late to the party. Let's just that NeoGAF's approval system isn't know for its speed and leave it at that.
Okay, there've been a few new developments since the previous comment in this thread as well as some information that's come to light, so let's get to them:
1. One of the co-founders of "No Pixels For Fascists", Pascal Wagner, wrote a guest essay called "
Die antifaschistische Verantwortung der Game Studies" ("
The Antifascist Responsibility of Game Studies") where he had this to say:
In other words, they want to inject "diversity" and call out culture into Game Studies, the humanities, and the sciences by having researchers self-censor any potentially "problematic" content and publicly denounce any right-wing ideas and values while simultaneously promoting left-wing ideas and values.
2. One of the individuals interviewed by "No Pixels For Fascists", Michelle Janßen, for their blog post "
Rechtes Gedankengut und Gaming-Youtube" ("
Right-Wing Ideology and Gaming YouTube") - which was essentially a hit piece aimed at German YouTubers and streamers like Erik "Gronkh" Range and their communities - made such hot takes as claiming that action should be taken to remove things like heterosexism and antifeminism from our society or
that joking about feminism counts as right-wing rhetoric.
3. Another member of the initiative, Lara Keilbart, stated in the newspaper interview "
Spielend gegen Nazis" ("
Playing Against Nazis") stated that one of their objectives is to have Germany introduce and legally enforce online anti-hate speech legislation and then use that backdoor
to force such regulations on the rest of the EU and everyone else.
4. The most recent bit of insanity came in the form of a guide entitled "
Wie man Rechtsextreme in Videospiel-Communitys erkennt" ("
How To Recognize Right-Wing Extremists in Video Game Communities"). The telltale "signs" ran the gamut from having an inordinate amoung of Nazi references in your online profile (which, admittedly, might have some merit) to more benign stuff like being a member of the official Steam group of a right-wing German political party or negatively reviewing "Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition" for compromising historical accuracy with forced diversity and the developers treating their customers like crap.
Look, I'm new here and was invited as a guest. If you believe I'm overestimating the threat these people pose to gaming and free speech on the Internet, that's your call. However, this isn't like what happened in 2014 with GamerGate. We're not just dealing with Gawker Media and an extended hipster clique, here. These people are being endorsed by a major AAA publsher and funded by the German government. They may not ultimately succeed, but they have the potential to do a hell of a lot of damage along the way.