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NuclearDem

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8. GGers give the rest of us gamers a bad name.

Reply to Bjorn Against (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 09:23 AM

Dec 2014

As much as it isn't publicized, a fair amount of the community is pushing back and expressing disgust over it. I remember how Angry Joe, one of my favorite reviewers, went on a tirade almost a year ago during the original Anita Sarkeesian outrage, shaming and deriding the misogynistic parts of the gaming community.

On top of that, a gaming forum I've been a member of since my middle school days has been admirably unified in disgust over the issue. It's not even some backwater website, but a major, well-respected pillar of the sci-fi gaming community.

The tide is turning.

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As a gamer I need to speak out against the hate group known as Gamergate [View all] Bjorn Against Dec 2014 OP

Wow excellent OP ismnotwasm Dec 2014 #1

I also want to say something about all the people who claim to be "moderate gamergate supporters" Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #2

+1 Veilex Dec 2014 #23

My son doesn't seem that worried about it starroute Dec 2014 #3

Heh bekkilyn Dec 2014 #4

Thanks for posting about Gamergate!..n/t whathehell Dec 2014 #5

Bravo mercuryblues Dec 2014 #6

i have watched the gaming industry for over a decade with two sons participating in gaming. seabeyond Dec 2014 #7

To. be clear, I have not been silent about sexism in games Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #9

i do believe it is in our culture as a whole. why wouldnt it equally be in the gaming community, seabeyond Dec 2014 #10

I don't disagree with that at all Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #12

probably there has not been that organized attack. but then, this is just what i am talking about seabeyond Dec 2014 #14

I agree with that Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #16

yes. you, the men in my life, many that speak up on du. seabeyond Dec 2014 #17

The catcalling video bekkilyn Dec 2014 #22

GGers give the rest of us gamers a bad name. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #8

Which site is that? Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #11

Sure, it's called Hard Light Productions. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #13

Thanks, I have not heard of that one before Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #15

Another good community bekkilyn Dec 2014 #20

Yes, I am a proud social justice warrior Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #21

To add to your comment that the tide is turning... Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #18

Women gamers everywhere bekkilyn Dec 2014 #19

Good post - It's important to review the history of this organization. el_bryanto Dec 2014 #24

The journalistic ethics claim is just laughable Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #25

Nods - i hadn't heard that story but have no trouble believing it el_bryanto Dec 2014 #26

That is what many of them attempt to claim Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #27