Corruption in gaming journalism discussion and update thread. - General

I still find the stalker comment hilarious given that hiring a PI to investigate is neither illegal or uncommon when it comes to a lawyer defending his client.

I've been out of the loop for the last couple says; has anything major happened? I saw reference to allegations about Gawker, and Milo seems to be on the warpath, but I don't really gave any idea what the guck happening.

That has to be a joke right? Nobody is that dumb.

[QUOTE=Eonart;46351215]Reminder that this is the type of people that are on the opposition. [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1CqLVyIEAA9oie.jpg:large[/t] Don't give up![/QUOTE] ... I'm honestly struggling to find what's 'scary' about this. Maybe she cut something else out of the email, but the only thing that could even be [I]construed[/I] as concerning is the usage of 'we'. Is that the problem? Or is it scary because it's- ooh- spooky scary ~[B]Gamergate[/B]~? [editline]28th October 2014[/editline] Spooky Scary Gamergate would be a fantastic parody cover, actually.

Is it happening ? [img]http://i.gyazo.com/0784c15ff8057cd4b99f1468bb86eb90.png[/img] @killerabv [spoiler]Do I want to start a shitstorm and tell you who ?[/spoiler]

[QUOTE=Eonart;46351215]Reminder that this is the type of people that are on the opposition. [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1CqLVyIEAA9oie.jpg:large[/t] Don't give up![/QUOTE] This is beyond absurd.

[QUOTE=Eonart;46351215]Reminder that this is the type of people that are on the opposition. [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1CqLVyIEAA9oie.jpg:large[/t] Don't give up![/QUOTE] Has she actually started referring to herself as LW3?

She's clearly just doing this for attention. why does she continue to get it?

[QUOTE=Eonart;46351215]Reminder that this is the type of people that are on the opposition. [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1CqLVyIEAA9oie.jpg:large[/t] Don't give up![/QUOTE] Imagine how horrible life must be in her warped and twisted vision of reality.

Shooting themselves in the foot again, or actively trying to make even the majority of GG people aka "nicer people than harrassers" look as bad by reconstruing their messages as creepy hits? Who knows, nowadays.

Are they still working under the assumption that there are only 200 people behind gamergate?

the interview is at X:35 so 10 mins or so from now.

I try not to follow the whole GG thing all too much for fear of losing my sanity. I recently read one of TB's tweets in response to apparently being accused of being pro-bullying or misogynistic or something equally bad. I searched for the (apparently very popular person) because I wanted to read the accusations out of curiosity and I had to stop before I found it. How can it be that any anti-GG tweet by a group that is all about anti-harassment ends up as a circlejerk of toxicity, hate and insults? [t]http://puu.sh/cuhI7/1dd65e4f05.jpg[/t] [t]http://puu.sh/cuhJW/6e2dc2266a.png[/t] What he posted was (nearly) nothing but facts and not a single one of them tries to refute any of them. They just circle-jerk about how UTTERLY INSANE it is to dare say that the majority of tweets were not harassment. I honestly tried to see reason in the anti-GG side and they aren't necessarily wrong as there are a lot of stupid things GG(ers) have done, but that is definitely not how you do it.

Glad to know that Maya "I'm such a misogynist" Kramer is standing up for women! [editline]28th October 2014[/editline] Also, still loving how anti-GG seem to say 'Don't question #Gamergate' all the time when their literal fucking motto is "Listen and Believe". Gamergate has never been against questioning, just against random, pointless criticism that is essentially thinly-veiled insults.

2 minutes.

okay okay okay, my gripe I'll shit on Dreamfall chapters is not primarily women.

>Portal 2 has a female antagonist >Glados >Female Oh boy here we go

I've seen interviews with fucking KKK members that were longer and less biased than this. No, seriously. Check it. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYXZQ9BRiGw[/media]

So much bias and so little time. I am so angry about this. It's so obvious that they didn't want to give any time of the day to Sommers' viewpoint. I hope someone with more integrity will get on this shit, this was such bullshit.

[QUOTE=kaloszer;46352424]>Portal 2 has a female antagonist >Glados >Female Oh boy here we go[/QUOTE] Portal 2 Although to be fair, it's heavy-handedly implied that Glados is based upon [sp]Caroline[/sp].

Sommers said (in the incredibly little time given to her) that the narrative is beginning to shift and that some websites had put up decent articles on GG. Is that really true?

[QUOTE=Xenomoose;46352480]Sommers said (in the incredibly little time given to her) that the narrative is beginning to shift and that some websites had put up decent articles on GG. Is that really true?[/QUOTE] Yes. Unfortunately, since the only websites that can afford to do a pro-GG articles are the ones that are too small to be among the mainstream, nobody bothered to read them.

They could not handle that CONTROVERSIAL ABUSE.

[QUOTE=eatdembeanz;46352528]Yes. Unfortunately, since the only websites that can afford to do a pro-GG articles are the ones that are too small to be among the mainstream, nobody bothered to read them.[/QUOTE] Hopefully since she mentioned them some people will actually try to look that shit up. I doubt it, but there's always hope. God damn, I'm livid. I mean, I should have expected this bullshit from MSNBC, but if this becomes a trend with other mainstream sites then ho-lee shit I will be shaking with rage.

[QUOTE=Xenomoose;46352575]Hopefully since she mentioned them some people will actually try to look that shit up. I doubt it, but there's always hope. God damn, I'm livid. I mean, I should have expected this bullshit from MSNBC, but if this becomes a trend with other mainstream sites then ho-lee shit I will be shaking with rage.[/QUOTE] It's video games drama, mainstream "old" media doesn't actually give a fuck about this stuff. Of course they're not going to give anybody time or anything. They probably get shit all in terms of ratings for this stuff.

Hey, I know guys! Let's make a video game targeted for journalists, market it for journalists, and then when they play it the game will say "Journalism is dead! They're all just snoopy arseholes making up bullshit for a scoop! And they all hate women because look at this misogynist article some journalists published once!" and then be outraged when they're understandably upset.

[QUOTE=Xenomoose;46352575]Hopefully since she mentioned them some people will actually try to look that shit up. I doubt it, but there's always hope. God damn, I'm livid. I mean, I should have expected this bullshit from MSNBC, but if this becomes a trend with other mainstream sites then ho-lee shit I will be shaking with rage.[/QUOTE] All swedish media has reported against it. Everywhere from small to big. Big devs and schools with educations focused on programming and gamedev have signed some petition for "diversi" which is some grass roots startup based on some weird communication model by some swedish students.

Someone just pointed out an article on Gawker celebrating a woman having sex with a dolphin. I just.... *hurling noises in background*

Kingofpol got Greg Lisby (the guy superbunnyhop interviewed) coming to his stream soon [url]https://twitter.com/Kingofpol/status/527136827611037696[/url] Milo and Erik Kain will be on there too i think.

[QUOTE=Heldure;46351795]She's clearly just doing this for attention. why does she continue to get it?[/QUOTE] Because she's personal friends with Alexander. I don't think people realize how connected Alexander is.