Why is casual racism/sexism more accepted in video games than other forms of media (these days)?

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Thinking about this (which I really should stop doing), it seems like there's two opposite things happening:

On the one hand, there's gaters projecting onto the other side: Zoe is laughing in public about TFYC, and then their site went down, so clearly she DDOSed them because that's what we'd do - a lot of "They say they're the good ones!" about this.

And on the other hand the standard conspiracy refusal to consider that people are ever acting in any way other than going about their Serious Business - so a mailing list for journalists to talk shit must be the Stonecutters, jokes on it must be serious. It's opposite because it's assuming that the other side don't just spend most of their time dicking around on the internet, like EG the entirety of 4chan. It's gamers failing to understand play.

Andrew Farrell, Friday, 3 October 2014 17:21 (eleven years ago)

think it's mostly just not very bright people who are frightened and resentful of women tbh

Chimp Arsons, Friday, 3 October 2014 17:36 (eleven years ago)

https://twitter.com/djperry1973/status/518092622762500096

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Friday, 3 October 2014 17:38 (eleven years ago)

interested to see if I pop up on anyone's radar with this

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Friday, 3 October 2014 17:38 (eleven years ago)

I'm sorry for your lunch.

how's life, Friday, 3 October 2014 17:39 (eleven years ago)

#NotAllPicoDeGallo

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Friday, 3 October 2014 17:41 (eleven years ago)

looks like you caught one already

goole, Friday, 3 October 2014 18:25 (eleven years ago)

haha I hadn't even noticed

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Friday, 3 October 2014 18:31 (eleven years ago)

#NachoShield

Doctor Casino, Friday, 3 October 2014 18:33 (eleven years ago)

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Friday, 3 October 2014 18:33 (eleven years ago)

oh fuck man, I just replied that.

how's life, Friday, 3 October 2014 18:34 (eleven years ago)

lmao

example (crรผt), Friday, 3 October 2014 18:34 (eleven years ago)

aaaahaha, high five

Doctor Casino, Friday, 3 October 2014 18:36 (eleven years ago)

http://leighalexander.net/list-of-ethical-concerns-in-video-games-partial/

the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 October 2014 01:49 (eleven years ago)

gamergate: the movie

GAMER 2: this fictional woman created solely as a mouthpiece for our politics will show the world that gamers donโ€™t objectify women
GAMER 3: also lets make porn of her
GAMER 1: well we canโ€™t be expected to not masturbate
GAMER 2: it would be sex-negative not to

you little affront to god (reddening), Monday, 6 October 2014 09:54 (eleven years ago)

A+

Nhex, Monday, 6 October 2014 12:37 (eleven years ago)

They made up a woman?

jmm, Monday, 6 October 2014 14:03 (eleven years ago)

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/vivian-james

how's life, Monday, 6 October 2014 14:19 (eleven years ago)

I am still confused about the feminist group named "The Fine Young Capitalists." Like, that can't be a good thing.

how's life, Monday, 6 October 2014 14:22 (eleven years ago)

JOHN WALKER: what can we do to stop them though?
MATT LEES: if only these gamers werenโ€™t our intellectual superiors in every way

this kind of dialogue screams "intellectually superior"

Chimp Arsons, Monday, 6 October 2014 17:55 (eleven years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/W57rfp9.jpg

lagโˆžn, Monday, 6 October 2014 17:56 (eleven years ago)

you can idly flip to the tag at any time 24 hrs and find gems

https://twitter.com/Chriss_m/status/518990329127899136

goole, Monday, 6 October 2014 19:12 (eleven years ago)

I... what?

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Monday, 6 October 2014 19:15 (eleven years ago)

i think? vivian is the name of their anime girl mascot

goole, Monday, 6 October 2014 19:16 (eleven years ago)

I get that, I don't get the "here's a topless picture of our imaginary girl that SOME people would say was sexual *scoff, scoff*"

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Monday, 6 October 2014 19:40 (eleven years ago)

she's like, not even, real

the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 October 2014 19:41 (eleven years ago)

has that stopped any of these grognards

Nhex, Monday, 6 October 2014 19:42 (eleven years ago)

"It's not porn, you can't even see her penis!"

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Monday, 6 October 2014 23:48 (eleven years ago)

what is porn after all

lagโˆžn, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:01 (eleven years ago)

A miserable pile of secretions

( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:28 (eleven years ago)

aw

lagโˆžn, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:27 (eleven years ago)

Nice xp

้พœ, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:43 (eleven years ago)

well done zappi

Nhex, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 02:04 (eleven years ago)

lol

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 04:24 (eleven years ago)

This is superb (and weirdly relevant to zappi's comment): https://mobile.twitter.com/GrahamWJenkins/status/519241098330669056

bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 07:05 (eleven years ago)

wow

Nhex, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 12:33 (eleven years ago)

oh shit, that gif!

โŒ˜-B (mh), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 13:32 (eleven years ago)

โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 13:41 (eleven years ago)

lollll

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 13:52 (eleven years ago)

lmao

lagโˆžn, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 20:31 (eleven years ago)

i... i really dunno what to make of this (ok i kind of do). could go on right wingery or powerful cons' images

https://twitter.com/Kingofpol/status/518417164345556992

looks like someone made a long-ass webcomic about, idk, white nationalism or something.

goole, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:46 (eleven years ago)

that is some strange stuff right there

polyphonic, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:53 (eleven years ago)

lol at you are free now brah

lagโˆžn, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:58 (eleven years ago)

Lol at the WHOLE THING

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:57 (eleven years ago)

what's that rule about not being able to tell if something is extremism or parody anymore...

Nhex, Thursday, 9 October 2014 02:07 (eleven years ago)

you guys, a #GamerGate proponent just went super-saiyan hilarious:

https://twitter.com/nitramy/status/520248494112534528

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:17 (eleven years ago)

Conrad Verner โ€@ConradVerner 2h2 hours ago
@nitramy The parallel is a little excessive but I like the general concept of it

linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:18 (eleven years ago)

Nitramy โ€@nitramy 2h2 hours ago
@JagsDomainCrew Only pic of people linked arm in arm I could find.

ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:19 (eleven years ago)

someone tell me its not real

lagโˆžn, Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:20 (eleven years ago)

The "I'm from the Philippines so I didn't realize that was MLK" defense is undercut somewhat by the tweet bemoaning the fact that he couldn't find an appropriate pic from the EDSA revolution.

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:23 (eleven years ago)


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