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

Then again there were far less people on the internet back then, and the barrier to entry was far greater, so it was probably worth your time to use it for constructive purposes or genuine conversations.

― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, April 12, 2015 7:30 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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I can assure you many of us were having completely useless conversations on the internet, even usenet, in 1998.

I assumed you were trying to subtly jibe by acting like you'd find "sjw" on usenet in the 90s

I was kind of harsh, sorry, man. I feel like I'm reading past your posts sometimes because I know there's some sort of humor I don't get or something I'm missing I should probably wait to respond to until I pick up on.

Hah np.

I was on BBSes back in the day, but I don't have any recollection at all of the culture of it. Once the internet dropped w AOL et al I stayed away from chatrooms and only did AIM and IRC with friends and people I knew.

are you all following @MomsAgainstGam ? some of the funniest shit ever

https://twitter.com/StevenJCBuckley/status/590512241520160768

https://twitter.com/GamersForGaming/status/589627287349305345

tho the funniest convo i've come across from this universe lately has been this:

https://twitter.com/Chriss_m/status/590556383843586049

It's truly the best test of finding the completely tone-deaf gamers

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.

oh christ louise mensch weighing in on the comments on @chriss_m's hot take

i know!

Jules ‏@AnaLoGMunKy 19h19 hours ago

@Chriss_m Cant see myself being on twitter much longer. Without dissent, debate is impossible.

without death threats and doxxing, debate is impossible

Corey Vaughn ‏@Rekonocide 18h18 hours ago

@Chriss_m If this worked perfectly then maybe it would be fine, but we don't have AI with the ability to decide if something is hate it not.

guys can we teach computers to love?

Doing a PhD on US politics, journalism, YouTube and emotions. Media critic. I also teach and write a bit.

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