Tag: #GamerGate

The Consequences of Silence

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Yesterday the Law and Order episode about harassment in the gaming culture aired. I've not seen it, I don't have access to it, but based on the twitterfeed from Zoe Quinn (aptly named sighborg for the time being), it was a huge disappointment. Or rather, the upsurge in harassment from GamerGate following the episode was... Continue Reading →

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It’s been a horrible year

Most of the horridness has been a direct result of #gamergate. The vitriol an hatred pouring out of some of the manifestations of the movement have been awful. Women game critics and developers have had to cancel appearances and even evacuate their homes in the wake of a movement claiming to be focused on ethics... Continue Reading →

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The Creeping Cancer

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This is the first time that GamerGate has managed to make me seriously upset. As in really dejected and sad. I wrote a rant on twitter about it, and I think I'll expand on it here on discordia. "Today is a bad day. GamerGate is still in full swing and the more I read about... Continue Reading →

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Never ending

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In materials science, fatigue is the weakening of a material caused by repeatedly applied loads. It is the progressive and localized structural damage that occurs when a material is subjected to cyclic loading. - Wikipedia In short, if you bend a piece of wire enough times it will break. I'm sure you've done it at... Continue Reading →

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På Edolus finns det Thresher Maws

Just nu är det crunch på jobbet. Varandes Avalanche är det dock en crunch det går att leva med, åtminstone för vissa av oss. Work - life balance funkar bra där, kanske på grund av alla småbarnsföräldrar. Trots det har min brist på ork och tid fått mig att dra mig för att skriva om... Continue Reading →

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The Hate Machine

A set of games in the background, a controller up front. The symbol of feminism, a closed fist in the sign of woman, on top.

I ran in to a reddit post via Ian Miles Cheong, aka @stillgray, aka one of the many Social Justice Warriors an epitaph given by the same people who disguise the #GamerGate hashtag to be about journalistic integrity. The Hate Machine that popped into being still grinds on incensed by posts like this, entrenching people... Continue Reading →

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