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

ok yeah I'm out of my depth here for sure, I really only play mobile games anymore

omg

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/783734-borderlands-the-pre-sequel/70323057

cld def see bad publicity resulting in some of the more grotesque violent/misogynistic aspects of games being curbed, like a company might think twice before releasing a game where you can patronize a prostitute then steal the money back and kill her if other games received media blowback for similar things, and that would exactly represent an impingement on gamergates vision of artistic freedom

xp

you'd think they could have folded that into the 50-page thread

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/916373-pc/70325026

I played Tokyo Jungle all weekend, that was fun. Rolling thru post-human Shibuya with a crew of like 5 beagles

tbf there are some good comments in that gamefaqs thread

>I hope some of these fucks start going to jail tbh.

i'm wondering this – what happened with the death threats? this lot doesn't strike me as being smart enough to cover their tracks.

An amusing side-effect is that somebody come up with a Chrome extension that replaces every instance of SJW with skeleton

>I hope some of these fucks start going to jail tbh.

i'm wondering this – what happened with the death threats? this lot doesn't strike me as being smart enough to cover their tracks.

Presumably those targeted are not saying much under the advice of counsel/law enforcement. Online death threats are a good way to get the FBI knocking at your door though.

yeah really not smart

i honestly think a lot of this is going to melt away as soon as the first gg warrior is dragged out of his basement and into police custody. i am assuming that most of the guys who would threaten anti-gg voices are actually just cowards hiding behind their veil of anonymity and are not actually capable of the violence they claim. that's just conjecture though and i sincerely hope law enforcement is taking all such threats seriously

as soon as the first gg warrior is dragged out of his basement and into police custody.

i think this might shrink it but would intensify it, which is worse.

Yeah, dudes getting arrested tends to intensify and reinforce persecution complexes

yeah think a lot of these guys would love to add noble rebellion against a tyrannical (but emasculated) state to the list of awesome narratives they think they're irl enacting

lololol

https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2jrmwj/boston_globes_jesse_singal_implicated_in_vote/

[–]JoeDonJackson 8 points 5 hours ago
I missed the boat... why is everyone spelling it JournoList ?

r/GamerGhazi

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XnvtyFeORyTGF30ohKzok8exujb6aqpNJQzBntiAhTY/edit#gid=0

ty max

Blogger with a history writing about Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire suddenly takes on an "edgy" hit piece promoting anti-male narratives
Low-hanging tech writer makes a sudden switch into an anti-male narrative
General tech writer wtih no serious history of anti-male hatred, but is happily towing the line today
Opportunist who wants the world to have more females in tech, but can't seem to hire one for his top editor staff.

anti-male cabal auntie mame kebab antique eel kabul

http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2jo5sx/a_word_cloud_of_107_antigamergate_journalists/

[–]ExposeTheCabal[S] 2 points 1 day ago

When 113 writers from over 100 different blogs all reference the same person within the same extremely narrow time frame? I'd call that damn good circumstantial evidence of collusion.

antae milkable

er, i put these out of order; this is first:

[–]ExposeTheCabal[S] 1 point 1 day ago

107 articles, in which Joseph Bernstein is mentioned 91 times between then.

Obviously, he's a hub of distribution. So, start pulling BuzzFeed's ad revenue.

lol this was after he interviewed er0n wasn't it

anyway, more EVIDENCE

feel bad that #gamergate dudes missed the cold war

lol i forgot the EVIDENCE

http://imgur.com/DtJ1o4N

v convincing word cloud

blew the whole damn thing open

have yet to read #gamergate-er's vexations against feminism that don't scream "i have had a terrible relationship with women since the playground at elementary school"

has anyone who uses 'females' as a synonym for women ever been reasonable?

it makes it sound as if you're some sort of extraterrestrial scientist studying humans

er, i put these out of order; this is first:

[–]ExposeTheCabal[S] 1 point 1 day ago

107 articles, in which Joseph Bernstein is mentioned 91 times between then.

Obviously, he's a hub of distribution. So, start pulling BuzzFeed's ad revenue.

― goole, Monday, October 20, 2014 1:56 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

one of my favorite things about them is their casual planning of unrealistic retribution, theres one upthread where they scheme to crash gawkers stock price (not a public company btw) asking if anyone knows someone on wall street who can make it happen, like they assign to themselves incredible powers of conspiracy too

gawker going ham

https://twitter.com/TheSaltminer/status/524269827020443648

nice very nice

http://gawker.com/the-d-list-right-wingers-whove-turned-gamergate-into-th-1648410811

:D

has anyone who uses 'females' as a synonym for women ever been reasonable?

something to keep an eye on, if their "victories" mean anything:

https://twitter.com/caitlindewey/status/524236550734118912
https://twitter.com/caitlindewey/status/524236424435208192

I NEED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE W/ MY AFTERNOON PLEASE

https://twitter.com/rustBeltExpat/status/524276984613191681

I have no idea how to address the people who read Sam Biddle's joking about bullying literally. There's some dude with spina bifida posting response vlogs or something and I just can't

https://twitter.com/PlayDangerously/status/524262409955840000

lol victory lap

ha

Arthur Chu's Twitter APM must be off the charts.

it's important, man

https://twitter.com/JustineTunney/status/523313224083439616

lmao

hoos do you read this thread

jesus, Chu IS posting like crazy

Imagine when our kids grow up playing "Red Army: Pacific Theater."

imagine

who is justine tunney?

https://twitter.com/samfbiddle/status/524292372654350336

JT: works for google. was invovled in occupy stuff (claims now to have invented and ran the whole thing now) who has at some point flipped to anti-democracy pro-slavery reaction. also trans. thinks eric schmidt should be installed as CEO of the country.