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

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

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/3732604558/9fe9a3dfc6004073618f49babc355382.jpeg

Game designer, writer, self publisher, freelancer, rakish fop, gentleman bastard, ten times more charming than that Arnold on Green Acres
#atheist #RPG #Writer

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

a ctrl + f reveals we've done grimachu already

the thread is eating itself, sorry everyone

hoo boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d6nRUBKdB4

made it through like half of that.

that might be the most pitiable thing I've ever seen

looks to be like 3 reasons

yeah i made it through the first three reasons

"because of feminism, people believe me when i speak" cool but probably not true
"boys treat me well online" i thought you weren't into white knighting or w/e
"because i'm a girl people won't think i'm a loser shut-in" also probably not true

for the girls in that video, actually #gg is about taking aim at who they think were the popular kids, or at least more popular than them. the resentment is palpable, as is an absolute absence of empathy for anyone but themselves.

...nerds...

these are children. children

https://twitter.com/Kingofpol/status/540203204777353216

yup literal children

TheKentuckian ‏@Warwick7th Dec 3

@jeh704 @Kingofpol trouble with Fox is, if it isn't political and easily framed, they will run over you. GG isn't easily framed anymore.

lol

if only there was some one line summary of what GG was actually about

THE GULL

https://twitter.com/danthat/status/544471298379096064

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B45Zk3OCYAAL-LZ.jpg

lol

the cover's pretty good too:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B45VHUOCUAA-Mwv.jpg:large

https://medium.com/@turnoffthenews/the-brief-and-silly-history-of-metalgate-30e2a9b8c9c8 lol

Have seen a couple of Total Biscuit's videos, he comes across as one of those people who has un/consciously developed a Jeremy Clarkson-esque conversational spiel/patter that suggests banter of some kind is occuring, but in fact cloaks only dull commentary on games of Starcraft 2, and sounds like the sort of person you would least want to be cornered into conversation with at the office christmas party.

He won Pope Dewrito's Gamer of the Year Award.

he probably also makes 6 figures being a bloviating video game vlogger on youtube

why is the pope giving gamers awards

it's the mass effect

^ ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooffffffffffffffffff nice

https://twitter.com/MuckRock/status/544928755991330816

duhhhh

https://twitter.com/Chriss_m/status/544539950730190852

dude

actually it's about me

https://twitter.com/Nero/status/544451050712080384