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

makes your blood run cold doesn't it

I heard a segment on the BBC World Service yesterday that was an American reporter doing this naive interview thing in an economically-depressed UK town. I think coming to the politics of another nation from a state of ignorance is a cool take B)

I mean, at least as far as entertainment goes, until it becomes some Canadians telling you how Ron Paul seems pretty reasonable. That was a really bad conversation I took part in.

Fedora ze WEEDsmoker

Have these gamers heard of app.net or w/e? Is that still a running concern, the for-pay twitter alternative that is all software developers and pretentious web developers who wanted their own network? Maybe they can all migrate to that.

― mh, Wednesday, April 22, 2015 7:11 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Revenue couldn't sustain their paid developers, still working I suppose but last blog post was a year ago when they basically announced their plan failed.

I'd never have guessed

lol at "mom will take your games"

boston magazine published this. it's good!

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2015/04/28/gamergate/

they are not happy

https://www.change.org/p/boston-magazine-correct-zachary-jason-s-gamergate-article-game-of-fear

we, #gamergate, hereby petition you, matthew reed baker, to correct factual inaccuracies in zachary jason's #gamergate article "game of fear", the details of which we decline to specify

just ask milo, he can set you right or whatever

We recommend Milo Yiannopoulos, an established journalist who can correct these misguided assertations, as the point of contact.

"assertations"

these feebs

It is a word, albeit one that signals that you're probably 100 characters from 'tis.

ugh shame on his friends for encouraging his crazy stalker nonsense

After crafting the post for weeks, Gjoni shared his polished draft with about a dozen friends—mostly female game developers—as well as his mother, and asked them to weigh in on whether he should unleash it. He says about 10 of them gave him the green light. His mother, he claims, reluctantly approved, but was “very worried that I was going into it overly emotional.” One Gjoni friend I spoke with, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal, said, “I felt it was healthy to get it out there…. What harm would it do to get his feelings out?”

some of the other friends he spoke to

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WFZIk3nnBPQ/VR9jN9mPsrI/AAAAAAAACY8/mq6NLcBMbt4/s1600/16403614524_f24b846b4a_o.jpg

i can't even tell if that change.org petition is a joke or not

https://archive.is/piayJ#selection-211.0-213.1

Kluwe concluded it’d be wise to start a war with a man who writes 5,000 words a day and practices Gorilla Mindset principles. This was a disastrous mistake on Kluwe’s part. The more Kluwe threw at me, the more I laughed.

https://archive.is/piayJ

lol

that horrible decline in looks when you're not on television with professional lighting, cameras, and makeup

https://vine.co/v/ObjHlK2MTMa

bomb threat against a GG meetup in a DC bar last night. fucking gross.

False flag, surely?

well no, but they did immediately blame the threat on arthur chu. cos he had apparently emailed the bar earlier in the day telling them it was bad to host a right wing group (lol at trying to tell a DC bar to take a partisan stand on their clientele)

i'd really like to forget about this 'movement' but they are still just everywhere. a favorite ("favorite") game of mine is a little degree-of-separation check. i only really run across them on twitter since i don't go to any game webspaces anymore.

basically, if you see some dumb right wing fuckery or lunkhead #actually backtalk on twitter, check the RT and responses -- you will find GG there. conversely, if some videogame microcontroversy finds its way into your timeline, see who else is on it, pushing it -- you will find the right wing.

Social Justice Warriors made Joss Whedon quit twitter :(

u got it twisted: http://pastebin.com/kHLbNuHx

the main thing i got from that link is that captain america calls someone a cunt in the avengers movie? wtf?

Uh, that isn't real, right?

of course it's real, pastebin is Whedon's own site

Haaaaaa

Kluwe is really suffering in his nice house he has in California with all that horrible free time and money

http://laurajmixon.com/2014/11/a-report-on-damage-done-by-one-individual-under-several-names/

Not really about games (although they are involved), but definitely scary fandom stuff.

that's way beyond fandom; that's a sociopathic writer going after the competition!

It wasn't just attacks on competition though, and fantasy writers tend to be immersed in fandom unless they're a huge bestseller.

ffs

Hideo Kojima Shows off Metal Gear Figure With Soft Boobs

look man, the market demands it

HarpoBloodr0se

But I like soft boobs...=C

If people appreciate it, there’s a reason for it to exist.

not video games but I saw this earlier and couldn't stop laughing, I think it's the capitalization that got me

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

capitals are for emphasizing important things

http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAzLzA3LzM0L3NleHkuNTQ1MzguZ2lmCnAJdGh1bWIJODUweDg1MD4KZQlqcGc/96dc0384/2ca/sexy.jpg

itshappening.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAkWjT6Oops&feature=youtu.be

Whining Manbabies: The Movie

favourite thing about this is owen and aurini deftly demonstrating why interviewers in documentaries rarely appear in the same shot as their interviewees, as they sit there dumbly nodding at the edge of the frame

I can't believe they actually filmed themselves stalking at her office.

i can

so now anyone who pans their documentary gets SWATed, is that what comes next?

I would watch a documentary exposing the clowns making this documentary.

omfg the stardock guy actually agreed to appear
jesus

fucking jim goad
unreal

not surprised tbh