Corruption in gaming journalism discussion and update thread. - General

What's up with mayonnaise not being a gender all over the place. Did I miss something? I see this said everywhere.

[QUOTE=gudman;46822580]What's up with mayonnaise not being a gender all over the place. Did I miss something? I see this said everywhere.[/QUOTE] I think it's a Spongebob reference, or at least it started this way. [t]http://i.imgur.com/8p1clyA.jpg[/t] Then someone got mad about it. [t]http://i.imgur.com/LZkZW0J.png[/t] [t]https://i.imgur.com/pBhZdHC.png[/t] Then they deleted their tumblr.

[QUOTE=uber.;46820542]Statement from Angryjoe: [url]http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/topic/25598-final-ajsa-gg-thread-angry-joes-gg-position/[/url][/QUOTE] Hopefully this will stop the needless hate against Joe.

without context i would've thought mayonnaise was another word for white since tumblr/tumblrets likes to shit on white/cis/het people

[url]https://twitter.com/alex_navarro/status/549995447851315200[/url] Patrick Klepek left Giant Bomb

[QUOTE=Helelos;46823186][URL]https://twitter.com/alex_navarro/status/549995447851315200[/URL] Patrick Klepek left Giant Bomb[/QUOTE] Would have been a lot better had Jeff not said all that stupid shit earlier. Honestly though I would not be surprised if they found someone worse to replace him.

[QUOTE=Thlis;46823208]Would have been a lot better had Jeff not said all that stupid shit earlier. Honestly though I would not be surprised if they found someone worse to replace him.[/QUOTE] nothing was worse than patrick. he was so far detached from the rest of the giant bomb crew, and there's a chrome extension to make his content disappear off the face of the site. thinking about resubscribing but there's still the issue of alex nevarro also being one of the guys all about blacklists. [url=https://archive.today/jg4eq]oh nevermind fuck it here's a zoe quinn article on giant bomb[/url] i didnt ever want to enjoy giant bomb anyway. is this some sort of user article or something or is she a fucking writer or what?

Just a heads up, the Thunderclap needs 18 more people. [URL]https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/19630-gamergate-2015?locale=en[/URL]

Not anymore, it's got the 3000 people it needs.

Charlie Brooker mentioned Gamergate in his 2014 round-up on BBC 2 just now, if a bit very briefly.

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[QUOTE=TheJoey;46823432][...] [url=https://archive.today/jg4eq]oh nevermind fuck it here's a zoe quinn article on giant bomb[/url] i didnt ever want to enjoy giant bomb anyway. is this some sort of user article or something or is she a fucking writer or what?[/QUOTE] No direct mention of GG and the list is actually pretty interesting (as far as I could play without the Unity web player plug-in). Assuming she didn't try to subtly promote things by people she knows without disclosure, this article appearing there isn't really a bad thing. They'd do well to differentiate between "news" and blog or opinion entries though.

[QUOTE=TheJoey;46823432][url=https://archive.today/jg4eq]oh nevermind fuck it here's a zoe quinn article on giant bomb[/url] i didnt ever want to enjoy giant bomb anyway. is this some sort of user article or something or is she a fucking writer or what?[/QUOTE] It's just an end of the year list that they got a bunch of people they know to write. I wouldn't read too much into it (but they do also have lists from Jenn Frank and Maya Kramer, so draw whatever conclusions you want). Anyway, I'm glad to see Patrick go. I guess like lots of other people out there, I disliked whatever content he produced. But seeing as this leaves a gap in content on the site, I wonder if they'll hire someone else and if there will be another minor shitstorm if they hire another man.

speaking about zoe quinn, she sure changed alot in a decade from one of two of her (now deleted) livejournals [URL]https://archive.today/oXBXm#selection-12265.1-12265.556[/URL] [QUOTE]And lesbians and/or feminists that hate men, shut the fuck up. You're a sexist. If you make it all about gender, you're no better than the men of the 50's. Take the time and get to learn stuff about a person if you're going to hate them. That way, if you're going to be a bitch, then you can really get in to their psyche too. And have a reason. And reasons are always good. That, and the actually good guys (however rare they may be) will remain free to be good and not have people up their asses for no particular reason. Don't be sexist - be assholist![/QUOTE] more fun things: [url]https://archive.today/ea5nJ[/url] [url]https://archive.today/tkXPF[/url] [url]https://archive.today/xVoPb[/url] [QUOTE]But seriously. Feminists make me ashamed to be a girl. Between them and the stereotypical little sad-sack, co-dependant, seventeen/cosmopolitan reading bitches who love nothing more than to play head games with everyone and do exactly what is expected of them while pretending to be liberated and bitching at me for being weird because I act like a guy sometimes, I don't know what to do anymore. Women are pissing me off.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]I'm a satanist (not in the scare-grandmas-and-be-a-goth way, in the REAL way.I don't actually believe in hell or the devil or anything else in christian mythology), an existentialist, an artist, an anti-feminist (or at least what it is today), socialist, arsonist. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE]I swear to god if I hear one more feminist bitching about how girls posing naked on sites like SuicideGirls is objectifying women, I'm going to stab them in the face. You know what? You're a sexist for saying they CAN'T. You're supposed to be supporting them because it's what they want to do and it doesn't hurt anyone. You're a stuck up cunt if you say they can't do it because it "hurts womenkind". You know what hurts womankind? Those girls that have sex and change their mind the next day and scream rape because they're too uncomfortable with their sexuality, probably because there are people like you running around calling them whores and objects. Then the girls that actually are raped have to sit there and get a brutal cross-examination from defense attourneys and feel like _they're_ on trial. That hurts womankind. But feminists would probably rush to their sides saying "It's not her fault, that evil man with his evil penis casted a magic testosterone spell on her and she couldn't say no." Bullshit. Wasn't feminisim about getting EQUALITY, not trying to get all men to bend over and wipe your ass because some dude at work said you had a nice ass. That sounds like…. OH! Sexisim! But apparently it's ok to do that to them. And to women who are open with their sexuality. They've gotta be whores (even if they aren't having sex with anyone)[/QUOTE] [editline]31st December 2014[/editline] [QUOTE]THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T DO: 1. Anything near, around, or in my butt. 2. Let someone hurt those I love and get away with it 3. Cheat on someone[/QUOTE]

Sure, it's interesting digging into the psyche of someone's life, but keep in mind it's someone's life. That kind of borders on creepy. Don't think it's necessary at all that someone would dig into her personal life that deeply.

[QUOTE=EmperorVagak;46827313]Sure, it's interesting digging into the psyche of someone's life, but keep in mind it's someone's life. That kind of borders on creepy. Don't think it's necessary at all that someone would dig into her personal life that deeply.[/QUOTE] she put it on a public website that is the equivalent of a blog. if it was a private own-eyes-only journal/diary ([URL="http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/cat/security.html"]Livejournal has that ability[/URL]) that would make sense but it isn't one.

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[quote] You know what hurts womankind? Those girls that have sex and change their mind the next day and scream rape [/quote] oh I'd love to see her reconcile this with her public character of the last year

[QUOTE=Genericenemy;46824397]Charlie Brooker mentioned Gamergate in his 2014 round-up on BBC 2 just now, if a bit very briefly.[/QUOTE] [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3EoNsGHZD0&feature=youtu.be&t=55m50s[/URL] 55:50 he was doing some rhyme thing and rhymed "Woman hating, gamer gating"

[QUOTE=Wii60;46827381][URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3EoNsGHZD0&feature=youtu.be&t=55m50s[/URL] 55:50 he was doing some rhyme thing and rhymed "Woman hating, gamer gating"[/QUOTE] ugh, probably been said before but the gamergate=misogyny thing just seems like a classic example of a big lie

hey looks like pc gamer wants to talk to gamergate: [URL]https://archive.today/xHeEB[/URL] never heard of the guy, but let me find the editor responsible for this article on twitter and try to talk to him for the first time oh here he is! [URL]https://twitter.com/CThursten[/URL] k here we g- [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7TtWEdy.png[/IMG] oh been blacklisted from another person thanks to the AGG blocklist.

How can someone use the AGG blocklist and not know how much of a tremendous fuckup it is?

So, let me take a look at that article. [QUOTE]What is it about my experience that meant I wasn’t offended by the notion that the word ‘gamer’ was depreciating in value?[/QUOTE] I don't know, but it seemed a lot of journalists were offended by the notion that the word "games journalist" was depreciating in value. Ask them I guess. [QUOTE]What is it about my experience that means I respond well to the presence of politics in games, where you respond negatively? [/QUOTE] That is like the most vague statement I've ever heard. [QUOTE]What is it about my experience, in short, that means I respond well to change?[/QUOTE] How do you come to the conclusion that "gamers" don't? Maybe they just don't respond so well to being told that they love slicing up women and being called misogynists in the process. [QUOTE]Because I believe that Anita Sarkeesian has challenging but necessary things to say about the industry, we can’t talk.[/QUOTE] Talking about overused tropes? Yeah, sure. Jumping to the conclusion that video games and its community are sexist? No. But most gaming websites never really tried to take a critical look at her videos anyway. Apparently that includes PC Gamer. [QUOTE]Because I believe that the biggest problem in games journalism at the moment is a lack of diversity—PC Gamer included—we can’t talk.[/QUOTE] I refuse to believe that there is a lack of diversity in games journalism when there are Christian gaming websites rating a video game based on its ethics. Oh, wait. You mean your site? Well, why don't you hire more women then? Also we can't talk cause you're literally blocking more than ten thousand people on twitter. GGWP!

[QUOTE=Wii60;46827242]speaking about zoe quinn, she sure changed alot in a decade from one of two of her (now deleted) livejournals [URL]https://archive.today/oXBXm#selection-12265.1-12265.556[/URL] more fun things: [url]https://archive.today/ea5nJ[/url] [url]https://archive.today/tkXPF[/url] [url]https://archive.today/xVoPb[/url] [editline]31st December 2014[/editline][/QUOTE] This is just barely relevant. Ok so Zoe Quinn has changed a lot, but who hasn't? I've seen people on this forum switch sides at the drop of a hat, of course I'd give her 9 years to change up her act. This doesn't help us. It's not something we chan show to her which will make her go "oh! hah, you got me! It was all a charade!". But do you know what she will say? I suspect it will be something in the line "oh, you guys found stuff I posted when I had different opinions so you can attack me more". You're playing into their narrative now. DON'T play into their narrative.

[QUOTE=Helix Snake;46827599]How can someone use the AGG blocklist and not know how much of a tremendous fuckup it is?[/QUOTE] because all of the people that have been saying why and how it's a fuckup are blocked, so they can't tell them v:v:v

[QUOTE=Wii60;46827569]hey looks like pc gamer wants to talk to gamergate: [URL]https://archive.today/xHeEB[/URL][/QUOTE] The comments here seem much less retarded than those on Polygon.

[QUOTE=Wii60;46827569][...] oh been blacklisted from another person thanks to the AGG blocklist.[/QUOTE] Just search for [I]from:@CThursten[/I] to see his tweets as normal.

[QUOTE=_Axel;46828133]The comments here seem much less retarded than those on Polygon.[/QUOTE] I hope so, I've always seen PC Gamer as a little more "mature" of a publication than something like Polygon. Hopefully they retain that.

Fucking hotwheels man, this is hilarious [img]http://i.imgur.com/92xNZU9.png[/img] How soon untill some clueless idiot makes an article saying 8chan is trying to dox a disabled gamer

Yes, let's stop talking about Max but... [url]https://vine.co/v/OwI5eUQZLLg[/url]