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

auerbach: Gawker, if you want to claim any moral authority on Gamergate, I would first issue a public apology to all you have wronged—from Asians to Heather Morris to Amanda Bynes—issue new clear guidelines to guard against any backsliding, and change the company name to mark a clean break with the toxic Gawker brand. Failing that, Gawker publisher Nick Denton should at least turn the site over to a journalist with a pristine ethical track record.

"toxic gawker brand" links to this article, the site of which has run a lot of pro-gg stuff: http://adland.tv/adnews/gawker-toxic-brands-who-partner-them/1291467968

the headline is "Gawker is toxic to brands who partner with them". the article itself is a pro-gg gloss on an AdAge article.

what's the headline of the AdAge article? "How Brands Should React to Gamergate: Don't"

http://adage.com/article/digital/gamergate-puts-advertisers-a-bad-spot/295555/

follow the blockchain

they keep bringing in the best people, seems like

https://twitter.com/LouiseMensch/status/527162616083668993

wow max didn't like the slate article that called out gawker i'm shocked

idk man make the case for me that my resignation will solve gamergate........

OMFG just actually reading the Auerbach piece, lol @ this grandiose moron, this isn't the fucking Oslo accords JMFC.

funny enough the real actual chud_fucker69 has been on twitter longer than the average gamergater

Holy shit that slate article is awful, shut your dumb goddamn mouth you complicit fuckstick

there is now such a concept as "gamergate moderates"

What Is “Geek Culture”?
Whatever it is, it doesn’t involve true geeks.

By David Auerbach

ha what

David Auerbrooks

idk i was just scrolling through his recent slate articles and that jumped out as something a silly person might write

that thing where a writer "sees all sides" of an issue only there aren't "sides" at all

Geeks, it seems, are at the bottom of God’s great chain. While “freaks” such as James Franco and Seth Rogen from cult TV show Freaks and Geeks have gone far, the geeks have not (although Martin Starr has carved out a career as a postmodern Eddie Deezen).

To be a real geek is largely to be invisible. We may hear about the “hackers” behind the Fappening or DDoS attacks on game servers, but these are trivial attacks next to what security wonks like Bruce Schneier discover every week, from the infamous “goto fail” bug to byzantine weaknesses in RSA Security. Most of these hackers aren’t out for fame or damage or money, but for the thrill of the chase itself—which is what it really means to be a geek.

i could c+p the whole thing honestly

thank you so much for this mordy you're so giving

i thought it really meant to bite the head off a living animal

unappealing assholes: the true victims

huh so there's a difference between scientists & engineers vs ppl who like comic books and are kinda awkward and stuff

incredible stuff

I thought it was hard to get paid to write

if you were a ture geek you'd do smart stuff good for not money

oh, so you like computers huh? how poor are you

wonka.jpg

So to sum it up, Fappening is trivial, we aren't listening to the moderate gamer haters. This Auerbach dude def seems like a dude I can trust about women's issues.

won't link to it but there was a popehat "balanced" gg article that suggested gawker "body-shamed" renee z for this of all things http://gawker.com/here-are-some-pictures-of-renee-zellweger-1648827025

the point about no sense of irony or context is so OTM

https://scontent-b-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10257071_10152468734997671_2830322233228154164_o.jpg

god that Slate article, apart from its myriad other problems it seems to go on FOREVER

http://i.imgur.com/LdNQgbb.png

XD

http://i.imgur.com/3L3L2XB.jpg

xp Conveniently for me I hate both marriage and gamers so it's nice that they've been combined into a single word

tbf Auerbach always has the Black Keys if this writing thing doesn't pan out

Gam is short for game

@socialunjustice

tbf Auerbach always has the Black Keys if this writing thing doesn't pan out

― ⌘-B (mh), Wednesday, October 29, 2014 9:08 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol assuming you weren't joking, it is not the black keys dude. that's DAN auerbach not david

I really, really want to beat these people up now.

You didn't before?

lol

that's why I added a second really

that's why there's a "2" after "hurting"

PLEASE can we stop the threats and bullying on this board? no wonder gamergaters feel so threatened

Shut up nerd, get back in the locker.

the bully is on the other foot now, misogamer!

But misogamer is the name of my Japanese maid cafe

#notallmisogamists

misogamy - the act of marrying someone you hate

lulz

misonymy: the act of making hateful new coinages

http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/28/7086163/adobe-distances-itself-from-gamergate-gaffe

Adobe was one of the few 'victories' for GG, but they really don't like it either.

misoGG

misotunney