“Yes, Yes. I am a feminist. Proud to be a feminist. My mom raised me to be a feminist. My father raised me, he was a different generation but he raised me to respect and defend everyone’s rights, and I deeply grounded my own identity in that, and I am proud to say that I am a feminist,” he said during a portion of the interview that was not aired. “The things we see online, whether it is issues like gamergate or video games misogyny in popular culture, it is something that we need to stand clearly against.”

After all this time I hear gamergate and I still don't know what that whole thing is.

The Gamergate controversy began in August 2014 and concerns sexism and progressivism in video game culture. It is most notable for harassment against several feminists in the video game industry, including game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, and cultural critic Anita Sarkeesian. The campaign of harassment was coordinated in IRC channels and online forums such as Reddit, 4chan, and 8chan by an anonymous and amorphous group that ultimately came to be represented by the Twitter hashtag #Gamergate. The harassment included doxing, threats of rape, and death threats as well as being related to a mass shooting threat in protest of an invited speech featuring Sarkeesian.
Gamergate has been described as a manifestation of a culture war over gaming culture diversification, artistic recognition, social criticism of video games, and the gamer social identity. Some of the people using the Gamergate hashtag allege collusion among feminists, progressives, journalists and social critics, which they believe is the cause of increasing social criticism in video game reviews. Some hashtag users have said the goal for their actions is to improve the ethical standards of video game journalism. These concerns have been widely dismissed by commentators as trivial, based on conspiracy theories, unfounded in fact, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics. Users of the hashtag launched email campaigns targeting firms advertising in publications of which they disapproved, asking them to withdraw their advertisements.

I was unaware that there was a building called Gamergate.

Quote from: Deadtrap on October 22, 2015, 03:07:12 PM

After all this time I hear gamergate and I still don't know what that whole thing is.

Hope this helps.

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The Gamergate controversy began in August 2014 and concerns sexism and progressivism in video game culture. It is most notable for harassment against several feminists in the video game industry, including game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, and cultural critic Anita Sarkeesian. The campaign of harassment was coordinated in IRC channels and online forums such as Reddit, 4chan, and 8chan by an anonymous and amorphous group that ultimately came to be represented by the Twitter hashtag #Gamergate. The harassment included doxing, threats of rape, and death threats as well as being related to a mass shooting threat in protest of an invited speech featuring Sarkeesian.
Gamergate has been described as a manifestation of a culture war over gaming culture diversification, artistic recognition, social criticism of video games, and the gamer social identity. Some of the people using the Gamergate hashtag allege collusion among feminists, progressives, journalists and social critics, which they believe is the cause of increasing social criticism in video game reviews. Some hashtag users have said the goal for their actions is to improve the ethical standards of video game journalism. These concerns have been widely dismissed by commentators as trivial, based on conspiracy theories, unfounded in fact, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics. Users of the hashtag launched email campaigns targeting firms advertising in publications of which they disapproved, asking them to withdraw their advertisements.

Essentially, Gamergate was a movement by neckbeards on reddit, 4chan, etc. against people like Sarkeesian who argue that video game culture is often misogynistic.

Did you really link the wikipedia page, which is locked and easily the most one-sided piece of work that makes plenty of politicians' statements demonizing their opponents look silly?

I mean, just shit, any retard that thinks critically could tell that source is garbage.

People felt sympathetic for Zoe Quinn in Gamergate? Didn't she have sex with game reviewers or something? She's stupid.

Quote from: Thunder on October 22, 2015, 09:37:27 PM

Quote from: Luciana on October 22, 2015, 09:33:43 PM

People felt sympathetic for Zoe Quinn in Gamergate? Didn't she have sex with game reviewers or something? She's stupid.

She doesn't deserve the constant harassment and threats tbh. Weather or not she a ho.

True, but she sold her body for positive reviews or something, so like, she doesn't deserve any sympathy in the field of gaming.

Considering how many people have never heard of Gamergate (because EVERYTHING needs a "gate" at the end of it. Thanks american media) until it was over, I'd say it never was.

I don't know what stance Canada would take on said things. Just wag their finger and say "it's wrong!"? Or pull an Australia and ban everything left and right?