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

"Mytheos" should have just gone the whole hog and called himself Horatio Hufnagel

i was unfamiliar with this massacre but boy does it sound frighteningly pertinent today
http://tinyletter.com/metafoundry/letters/metafoundry-17-twenty-five-years-later
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_massacre

the guy that threatened Sarkeesian's speech specifically called out that incident, claiming he was going to repeat it

https://storify.com/SJWIlluminati/juicebro-is-fucking-nuts

This was going around on Twitter tonight and it is insane

wouldn't have pegged that guy for an Ezra Klein fan (?????)

Um

important views

the super serum a-ha
it was good

I just
how stupid and naive a nerd would you have to be to not read that shit as mental illness?

esl running this anti-GG PSA announcement over and over on the stream of intel-sponsored gaming tournament:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ockuLwY6c8

lol the GGers in the comments of that video think it's in their favor

so the charity ablegamers, which supports disabled gamers, declined some money that a gamergate-connected porn star was going to raise for them (no, really). ablegamers responded that they had "no interest in being linked to a 'gamergater stream weaponizing porn'" (full response here: http://i.imgur.com/n9D0fl8.png)

naturally kotakuinaction's response was thoughtful, measure and - nah jk it was vile shit like this:

[]mordi33 2 points 2 hours ago

Hahaha... Jesus fucking Christ...
In other news, puzzle and strategy games need to be made easier so retarded people can play them.

[]The-Red-Panda -2 points 2 hours ago

Really? Not cool

[]mordi33 3 points 2 hours ago

How so? It's an apt analogy. Contrary to what SJWs think, not everything should be for all people

also ablegamers' site has been ddos'ed. good job everyone!

ETHICS!

I wasted some of my time over the weekend tweeting at some dude who had a kneejerk anti-feminist reaction to an article that was completely uncontroversial about diversity in computer science. I think he admitted to never reading the article at one point, and he claimed he was just tired of people from outside of the tech sector causing problems or some bullshit.

He spent a fair amount of time trying to qualify the writer (who writes for website Ars Technica) as "not in tech."

Also, I hate everything now.

Eh, I'd suspect that the video was at least crafted to be claimed by both sides - a lot of GG are quite insistent that theirs is the diverse side (because obviously SJWs are all actually white straight men white knighting), and stating an identity as a gamer will be seen by them as a pro-GG move - they are still very very hilariously hurt over the 'Gamers are dead' articles.

See also this (if you can stand it)

https://manboobz.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/gamermanifesto.png?w=600&h=933

*looks at "manboobz.files.wordpress.com", decides not to click link*

We are Gamers
We are alive.
We don't understand how semi-colons work.

that wehuntedthemammoth site is a lot of fun

http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2014/11/29/the-five-creepiest-gamergate-fan-art-tributes-to-christina-hoff-sommers-aka-based-mom-with-bonus-annoying-gif/

ha, DJP, manboobz is what We Hunted the Mammoth used to be called. I'd guess it was changed because it's not a very appealing name

https://twitter.com/Brissbrass/status/542067178674343936

ONLY IN AMERICA

https://twitter.com/Brissbrass/status/542051464227868672

B)

just out here l i v i n

lmao both of those are so good

how does anyone manage to think drugs are cool with guys like that talking like this about how they enjoy drugs

truthbomb

xp leaving thread rethinking choices

the singer from disturbed is throwing his considerable authority behind gamergate:

DAVID DRAIMANVerified account
.I SUPPORT #GamerGate. PEOPLE/THE MEDIA, ARE TOO DAMN POLITICALLY CORRECT FOR THEIR OWN GOOD. DONT LIKE WHATS IN THE GAME? DONT BUY/PLAY IT

https://twitter.com/NotFaulty/status/541904986939351040

lol, a+

"Please do not contact us again, ever." can this apply to all gamergate-related activity from now on please?

"that you may be unaware of" is cracking me up.

to be fair, the disturbed dude has good reason to think the "don't like it, don't buy it" strategy works. at least when it comes to albums.

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4OVAWfIcAA1QLz.jpg

inspiring stuff!

have we mentioned itt how the colours on the gg mascot's shirt (and in their logo) are apparently a reference to a 4chan rape joke?

yes

thank god

people calling it "a 4chan rape joke" is kinda misleading tbh

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/piccolo-dick

i get it, but that's way too much effort to parse A to B

what to watch for this afternoon: nick denton has created a board to run gawker rather than doing it solo; gamergaters to take credit.

[–]zabchob [score hidden] 52 minutes ago
Interesting. Looks like this was precipitated at least in part by perceived poor performance by editorial director Joel Johnson. I'm not familiar with Mr. Johnson, does anyone know more about him or his work in that position?

[–]HandofBane [score hidden] 6 minutes ago
I think Johnson was the one who wrote that completely off-the-rails article in response to Biddle and Read getting called out about the bullying comments, where the infamous "we have lost thousands of dollars with potential for millions" line came from.

[–]Rocket_McGrain [score hidden] 3 minutes ago
Ah this makes sense as to why he sold him out with personal language.

He's angry at him for admitting defeat, if this is true that is.

If it is, it's great news.

They are firing anyone who speaks the truth.

so bizarre that gg still thinks gawker gives a fuck about anything they do or say. the solipsism is next level

well there's a little something to it. from the memo:

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2014/12/8558256/nick-denton-steps-down-gawker-president-names-seven-person-managing-bo

Executive Editor: Tommy Craggs

Tommy inadvertently sparked this whole reshuffle, but not out of any personal ambition. If anything, I feared he wouldn't take a position that a friend had so recently occupied. It’s only because of his sense of obligation to colleagues that he’s accepting the appointment.

What Tommy did was simply to set me thinking, through something he said during a conversation just as Gamergate was subsiding. “I just want to break a fucking story.” Or maybe it was “I just want to fucking break a story.” One of the two.

Anyway, it got me thinking. Yes, that’s exactly it. That editorial freedom we’re so proud of: just do something with it. Something meaningful, more meaningful than a toxic flame war that showed only the internet’s capacity to divide, and none of its capacity to reconcile.

Then I went off the rails, as I do, and asked myself: damn, is Gamergate really our story of the year? You are only as good as your last story, that’s what they would say on Fleet Street. Yes, we do need to break a fucking story, or fucking break a story, whichever it was. And we need to grab hold of our own company narrative, change the conversation in the only way we know how, through sensational scoops and unfettered opinion.

https://38.media.tumblr.com/73894728ac00df1b0bc0b716be874202/tumblr_ngelghkU3e1qlt757o1_1280.png

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oh god i'm pretty sure that's already been posted here, shut it down

kind of feel like it's a slippery slope between "gamergaters are scum" and "gamers are funny"

which they kind of are, but I know a few people who definitely fit that gamer aesthetic but are really great people? I don't know, it's definitely not my thing

the line between "I am doing this for fun" and "I literally have no idea how I appear to others" is crossed by these dudes way too much, though