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

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Yall so otm.

©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 1 November 2014 15:13 (eleven years ago)

A great follow-up from the writer of the first "Gamers are Dead" post.

And a good follow-on from that

Andrew Farrell, Monday, 3 November 2014 11:09 (eleven years ago)

Oh look, David Auerbach wrote an earlier dumb thing about all this too:

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/09/gamergate_explodes_gaming_journalists_declare_the_gamers_are_over_but_they.html

Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Monday, 3 November 2014 15:41 (eleven years ago)

http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/Authors/david_auerbach-authorbio.png

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 3 November 2014 15:48 (eleven years ago)

People who think they can 'engineer' solutions to everything are so unbearable

, Monday, 3 November 2014 15:50 (eleven years ago)

otm

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 3 November 2014 15:50 (eleven years ago)

dead ringer for milhouse imo

bizarro gazzara, Monday, 3 November 2014 15:59 (eleven years ago)

we were just fighting about that upthread!

There Goes Ryan's Scion (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 November 2014 16:12 (eleven years ago)

you mean thrillho

Nhex, Monday, 3 November 2014 16:13 (eleven years ago)

Is he an endless fount on this topic? He's knocked at least two straight outta the park with his wisdom and penetrating insight

Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Monday, 3 November 2014 16:30 (eleven years ago)

People who think they can 'engineer' solutions to everything are so unbearable

― 龜, Monday, November 3, 2014 9:50 AM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my man

⌘-B (mh), Monday, 3 November 2014 16:30 (eleven years ago)

kinda thought this shit was dying down but arthur chu's twitter mentions have been batshit sickening today

caucasity and the sundance kid (goole), Monday, 3 November 2014 23:31 (eleven years ago)

i never would want to get into that twitter cesspool, but i guess i applaud Chu and those others willing to fight the hordes, fighting normalization of that bullshit

Nhex, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 01:09 (eleven years ago)

Fuuuuuuuck these people. Wow.

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 01:20 (eleven years ago)

I feel bad, but I stopped following Arthur Chu b/c I couldn't deal with all of it.

jaymc, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 03:32 (eleven years ago)

Paul Rust is the irl thrillho

the incredible string gland (sic), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 03:42 (eleven years ago)

checkmate sjws!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1k3fe5CUAAo7oW.jpg:large

bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:23 (eleven years ago)

um

kissaroo and Tyler, too (DJP), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:38 (eleven years ago)

Shill-fucks and cuck-fags unite.

Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:40 (eleven years ago)

Commence Operation I Am Rubber You Are Glue

Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:41 (eleven years ago)

plz let this happen

example (crüt), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:42 (eleven years ago)

guys, a bunch of gamergaters think this image is a real facebook post from Nick Denton

https://twitter.com/Kingofpol/status/529546003436015617

mh, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:42 (eleven years ago)

nick denton relaxes at home:

http://regmedia.co.uk/2012/10/18/blofeld.jpg

bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:45 (eleven years ago)

my business endeavors

linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:48 (eleven years ago)

I found a way to, as they would put it, "Kill the Batman".

Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:49 (eleven years ago)

definitely faded out of the general consciousness/media in the last week

though these guys will never give it up, i feel like a violent act will result, they just gonna continue to spin wackier and wackier theories and go down their own weird rabbit hole :/

There Goes Ryan's Scion (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:12 (eleven years ago)

Is there anyone who is pro-GG who isn't super dumb or disturbed?

kissaroo and Tyler, too (DJP), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:49 (eleven years ago)

I think it was overtaken by #streetharassmentvideogate and now #dunhamgate

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:54 (eleven years ago)

lagoon super otm in some post upthread where he called them mean ants

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:12 (eleven years ago)

seems like as time passes it will become more and more about attacking the most fun target of the day

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:14 (eleven years ago)

http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2lam1q/progg_andrew_sullivan_will_be_live_on_colbert/

lmao

caucasity and the sundance kid (goole), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:26 (eleven years ago)

surprisingly reasonable responses there huh

festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:30 (eleven years ago)

KIA is the grown up face of gg, from all i've read

Clay, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 00:23 (eleven years ago)

lol grown up

Nhex, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 03:17 (eleven years ago)

well compared to the chan boards and the chaos of Twitter at least it's somewhat civil.

Clay, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 03:24 (eleven years ago)

http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/4/7157433/brianna-wu-death-threat-reward

might not be thinking through the implications but I would totally donate to a kickstarter that doles out cash rewards for tips leading to the arrest of people who make internet death threats

anonanon, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 04:58 (eleven years ago)

Operation Light Up (AKA take the fight to Tumblr) is... kind of interesting, but the line "Twitter's 140 character limit means that it's totally unfit for discussion or refuting enemy arguments. It's a toy and distraction while the real conversation should be happening elsewhere, like the comments on news articles and youtube videos" is a vision into a screaming abyss.

Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 11:28 (eleven years ago)

did a Twitter search for "nick denton" earlier, im dead now

Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 12:52 (eleven years ago)

amazingly and horrifyingly, this is not satire:

http://i.imgur.com/BcrrRS3.jpg

bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 13:21 (eleven years ago)

gamergate - pushing you closer to madness, one image macro at a time

this things i believe (art), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 13:48 (eleven years ago)

i am now in the camp that would happily give up video games forever if it meant i could take them away from these irredeemable wastes

this things i believe (art), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 13:49 (eleven years ago)

they are like the most gullible, willing-to-be-led-to-facism chodes I have ever seen, like a legion of Dwight-from-The-Offices

NYC if you didn't know was taken over by skeleton hipsters in the past (stevie), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 14:02 (eleven years ago)

yeah the combo of intense paranoia and blind credulity has been really depressing to see

caucasity and the sundance kid (goole), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 15:14 (eleven years ago)

what is with this fucking company

http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/firefox-twitter-wades-into-gamergate/

caucasity and the sundance kid (goole), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 15:15 (eleven years ago)

http://theralphretort.com/gawker-owner-nick-denton-admits-gamergate-sabotage/

second google result for nick denton

♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 15:15 (eleven years ago)

my sources tell me that is Denton's real facebook post

mh, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 15:19 (eleven years ago)

It does sound like him, I've heard him use that "Kill the Batman" metaphor before. He's big on superhero movie references, an odd quirk for someone so anti-gamer.

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 15:31 (eleven years ago)

Does he sign his posts like a freaking email?

how's life, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 15:33 (eleven years ago)

i have to view this as an irony training seminar or something

https://twitter.com/Nero/status/530001957361303552

caucasity and the sundance kid (goole), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 15:44 (eleven years ago)


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