Can someone accurately explain GameGate in a sentence?

[paulgiamatti]

Ugh, Kaga is disgusting.

[iruinedyourday]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernst...ssment-but-say

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Right, because the average person isn't a gamer that would be inclined to care about these issues either way. This is why third wave feminism doesn't exclusively focus on video games. What better an avenue to discuss these issues than a forum that saw absolutely nothing wrong with leeching web traffic off illegally obtained nudes of Jennifer Lawrence? I prefer to attack the problem where the problem actually exists. If I'm overwhelmingly the vocal minority, that's a clear indication I'm speaking in the right place.

ooohkay
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Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I disagree, but I can see where this becomes an issue and, believe it or not, I can see why people like Kagatob can't stand Anita Sarkeesian. I don't follow that train of thought - Anita Sarkeesian has the most accurate viewpoint on this issue, even if she occasionally errs on the side of pedantry. Anita Sarkeesian calling a spade a spade, or even being nauseatingly pedantic - which I don't think she is - does not and absolutely should not rationalize ending her speech on video games in a bloodbath.

So you are going to back her claim that "Video games cause misogyny and violence". Did you back Jack Thompson too?

[iruinedyourday]

if you are kaga and inevitably are about to post something like BUZZFEED ISNT CREDIBLE!

here is a fucking forbes article. http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain...g-video-games/

Jilted ex-boyfriend Eron Gjoni wrote a long treatise on the alleged infidelity of his ex-girlfriend, video game developer Zoe Quinn. Members of the video game industry and press were implicated.

This led to an initial outcry over corruption in the video game press. Sex for positive coverage was the spark that fueled what has now become a huge gamer backlash against the video game press under the hashtag #GamerGate. While the initial concerns were quickly proven to be all smoke and no fire, the revelations led to further questions by many gamers, and so the #GamerGate movement was born.

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Originally Posted by iruinedyourday [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernst...ssment-but-say

Someone that isn't relevant says some things about something that isn't relevant (also omitting that he only says such things because of a court order put in place by a trust-fund baby's lawyer friends).

So much substance from iruinedyourday as per usual.

[iruinedyourday]

lol you did exactly what I said you were going to do.

[paulgiamatti]

Originally Posted by KagatobLuvsAnimu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So you are going to back her claim that "Video games cause misogyny and violence".

That's not her claim.

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Originally Posted by iruinedyourday [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

if you are kaga and inevitably are about to post something like BUZZFEED ISNT CREDIBLE!

here is a fucking forbes article. http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain...g-video-games/

Jilted ex-boyfriend Eron Gjoni wrote a long treatise on the alleged infidelity of his ex-girlfriend, video game developer Zoe Quinn. Members of the video game industry and press were implicated.

This led to an initial outcry over corruption in the video game press. Sex for positive coverage was the spark that fueled what has now become a huge gamer backlash against the video game press under the hashtag #GamerGate. While the initial concerns were quickly proven to be all smoke and no fire, the revelations led to further questions by many gamers, and so the #GamerGate movement was born.

Wrong. That was #Quinnspiracy. #Gamergate was created over a week later in response to "gamers are dead". Keep re-hashing the same copy-paste bullshit though.

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That's not her claim.

Prove it. Evidence.

[paulgiamatti]

There's plenty of it out there. I'll let her speak for herself.