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

I donate to charity all the time regardless of what 'gates are in style

Similarly the FTC communication that they're getting excited about now is something that they're excited about because it's a way to piss off Gawker - but the FTC is looking at it in particular because Gamasutra was enquiring about YouTube advertorials six months ago.

Also of course lol at the polite tone of "You haven't done the thing we wanted, do you have another email address we could use?"

lol @ the gamerghazi graphic, featuring a blonde cartoon girl and no actual women

"NAMBLA has already rescued 167 puppies from animal shelters this year. But so-called "child-advocates" have rescued ZERO PUPPIES. Who are the real bad guys here?"

lol

the gamergate book is evolving:

We never got along perfectly well with the wider world, but we always worked to improve it. We worked to make it lulzier, to bend reality to our own purposes, to end that that was our foe in this great war. This great war across not only the Internet, but across the outer world. Our armies waged war against Scientology and their proto-SJW brainwashing. Hacker artillery shelled the sites of oppressive (real oppression, not SJ “oppression”) middle eastern governments in support of the ordinary men protesting the governments. When a corporate security firm came to crush us, we besieged them and revealed their darkest secrets to the world. When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.

When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.
When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.
When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.
When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.
When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.
When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.
When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.
When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.
When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.
When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.
When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.
When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.
When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.
When we heard those running Habbo Hotel were oppressing their users (the truly oppressed), we invaded the hotel and seized the pool.

heroes

hahaha

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed (fyi)

but also lmao

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbdkspfgLr1qzuqe9.jpg

I was just reading that link

still lolling

Whhaaat

http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/123/667/IRLswastigetfinland.jpg

I honestly can't imagine what it's like to be this stupid.

what is that?

looks like a swastika

I mean who are the people

Read the link

The internet is so fucking stupid

In early 2008, a Texan named Mary Alice Altorfer came across a “Pool’s Closed” sign in her neighborhood and called the local news station with a claim that it was promoting racial discrimination. Altorfer’s encounter with an internet meme in real life was soon turned into a news story and after the broadcast, a video clip of the report was uploaded onto YouTube. In the following days, members of Anonymous allegedly launched a harassment campaign against the woman.

It's a "real life 'swastiget'", apparently? I have no idea.

The Habbo Hotel raids by 4chan’s /b/ became so popular that they eventulally gained some offline recognition as well. In Finland, people rallied together outside Sulake’s headquarters (the parent company of Habbo Hotel) in afro wigs and suits, forming a real life “swastiget.” In the center was someone cosplaying the character Suiseiseki from the anime Rozen Maiden.

Read the link

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, November 25, 2014 1:34 PM (42 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Didn't mean for this to sound harsh, just that the link sums up what would be a very unwieldy explanation

one minute youre lightly trolling some online anime hangout the next youre forming a human swastika while cosplaying blackness, life comes at you fast

That it started from rumours of racial profiling and ended in that... I don't know, the psychology here is too deep for me.

As time went on, people would go on to cosplay the “Pool’s Closed” avatars at anime and internet culture conventions

that "charity" jpg manages to finish by quoting/picturing one of the biggest creeps i've seen pop up in this thing

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3YFqy1CUAANjWM.jpg

tried to explain Gamergate to some work colleagues today, it gave me a new appreciation of how ridiculous the whole thing has been

is that fucking businessweek cover real holy shit lol

goddamnit why can't gamergate go after a deserving target like whoever's been doing their terrible covers

FP'd

Pretty sure whoever it is their strategy for getting fired has backfired.

businessweek's covers are amazing fuiud

looking forward to businessweek's public apology for depicting sarkeesian vanquishing samus

It's not actually about ethics in games journalism, he's a very naughty boy
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/australia-culture-blog/2014/nov/28/alanah-pearce-tells-on-her-internet-trolls-to-their-mothers

(notice that they've proven that anti-gg activists have raised nothing for charity by, er, googling 'zero dollars and zero cents')

― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, November 25, 2014 2:24 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

omfgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

also yo all businessweek covers are boss as hell

this is p funny:

https://twitter.com/gamergatetxt/status/537183981176119296

https://twitter.com/gamergatetxt/status/539536948101390336

"the pure number of complaints won't necessarily affect our analysis"

https://storify.com/a_man_in_black/youtube-patreon-and-the-rise-of-the-professional-v

short version: people acting like mini-Limbaughs, crowing about gamergate and whatever else, are accepting donations via patreon and monetizing their ranting, making others want to do the same.

because it's a crazy small world, one of the founders of Patreon is that dude from ILM favorite, Pomplamoose

no way

in other recent pamplemouse news they grossed over 100k on a month long tour and ended up in the red then documented their expenses on order to educate us or something https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37

omg that dude shows up (eventually) in that storify! brave man, looks like

yeah, the best part of that pomplamoose tour is the part where they complain about their losses and don't mention that touring is not anywhere near how they make money

mostly venture-backed iirc

they do mention the patreon videos briefly

do they mention that the author is CEO & Cofounder at Patreon?

yeah, the best part of that pomplamoose tour is the part where they complain about their losses and don't mention that their expenses were completely OTT and ridiculous

haha, that, too

maybe "renting lights" is a code meaning "drugs"

today's best #actually

https://twitter.com/Brian_TGA/status/539855109099126784