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![Gamergate (harassment campaign) Article Talk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Gamergate (disambiguation). Gamergate or GamerGate (GG)[¹] was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. [2][³] It was conducted using the hashtag "#Gamergate" primarily in 2014 and 2015.[1][4][5][6] Beginning in August 2014, Gamergate targeted women in the video game industry, most notably feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian and video game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, among others.[7][8][9][10][11] The harassment campaign included doxing, r--- threats, and death threats.[12][13][14] Gamergate proponents ("Gamergaters") stated that they were a social movement, but lacked well-defined goals, a coherent message, and leaders, making Gamergate difficult to define.[15][16][17] Gamergaters claimed to promote ethics in video games journalism, claimed to be protecting the "gamer" identity, and opposed what they asserted as "political correctness" in video games.[18][19][20][21][22] Read Date Target Gamergate, online harassment campaign in 2014-15 that targeted women in the video game industry. The attacks were attributed largely to white male right-wing gamers who railed against the rise and influence of women and feminism in the industry. Gamergate served as a recruiting tool for the growing alt-right movement and helped spur the online “Pizzagate" conspiracy theory, which soon spawned the wider QAnon conspiracy movement. …………………………....…..……….…..... Attack type Victims Motive View source Inquiry XA 28 languages ✓ Perpetrators Internet trolls, particularly from 4chan, Internet Relay Chat, and 8chan View history Tools ✓ Gamergate August 2014 - 2015 Women in the video game industry See all media Online harassment campaign Zoë Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu, and others Gamergaters created conspiracy theories falsely accusing Quinn of an unethical relationship with video game journalist Nathan Grayson.[23][24][25] More broadly, they alleged unethical collusion between the press and feminists, progressives, and social critics.[17][26] [27] These claims were widely dismissed as trivial, conspiracy theories, baseless, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics in gaming and journalism.[28] [29][30] Gamergate supporters frequently denied that the harassment took place, falsely claiming it to be manufactured by the victims.[31][32] Misogyny anti-feminism anti- progressivism FBI investigation Gamergate has been described as a culture war over cultural diversification, artistic recognition, feminism in video games, social criticism in video games, and the social identity of gamers.[28][33] [34] [35] Many supporters of Gamergate opposed the increasing influence of feminism and so-called "social justice warriors" on video game culture. [2][36] Gamergate led figures both inside and outside the gaming industry to focus on methods of addressing online harassment, ways to minimize harm, and prevent similar events. [37] [38] [39] [40] Gamergate has been viewed as a contributor to the alt-right and other right- wing movements.[21][41] Video game developer Brianna Wu](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/691/215/331.png "What the actual f--- are we supposed to do about this")
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![Original post Anonymous 09/03/140 ed 1 07:08 №261 372435 씌613724凶쯔261372S 씌 372208 씌 1372 1 쯔201372 2 2 1372624竺20137204 씌 1372678竺201372723 씌81372 SZ-26 37279§ File: zoequnt.ipg (73 KB, 480x640) So basically, the industry and journalists are letting this s--- happen. Zoe f---- 5 guys, possibly more, and her complete unfaithfulness apparently isnt important to her integrity because apparently feminism lets women do whatever they want. We need to punish her for this s---. Next time she shows up at a con/press conference/whatever, we move. Well outnumber everyone, nobody will suspect us because we'll be everywhere. We dont move to kill, but give her a crippling injury that's never going to fully heal and remind her of her f----- for life. A good solid injury to the knees is usually good to this. rd say brain damage but we dont want to make it so she ends up to retarded to fear and respect us EVERY STORY RENEW EVERY DEVICE.GIVE A GIFT THE NEW YORKER $1 A WEEK NON U.S HOME VIDEO NEWS MUSIC FASHION PHOTO TRAVEL SPORTS TECH FOOD NEWS CULTURE BOOKS & FICTION SCIENCE & TECH MAGAZINE ARCHIVE SUBSCRIBE Freest Miyak SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 ZOE QUINN'S DEPRESSION QUEST ZOE QUINN TOLD US WHAT BEING TARGETED BY EVERY TROLL IN THE WORLD FEELS LIKE By Mike Pear Sep 12 2014 BY SIMON PARKIN Earlier this month, an anonymous message was posted to the discussion-board Web site 4chan. In it, the author threatened to hurt the video-game developer Zoe Qinn: "Next time she showsILLUSTRATION BY ISTVAN BANYA up at a conference we But the less public, more anonymous type of internet comments ventured beyond intemperate and into shocking. That's when the mainstream media got involved. This subset of angry teenagers started sa conference we [..] give her a crippling injury that's never going to fully heal a good solid injury to the knees. I'd saya brain damage but we don't want to make it so she ends up too retarded to fear us"Language like this was also used by sock-puppet Twitter accounts, but most of these tweets have since been deleted, and the accounts have been banned. some really scary s---. One 4chan user wrote "Next time she shows up at a Identical quotes, from the paraphrasing give her a crippling injury that's never going to fully heal a good solid injury to the knees. I'd say a brain damage, but we don't want to make it so she ends up too retarded to fear us." "My source is someone else's equally biased article" Mike Pearl, VICE, 2014 Bonus [Le, what they choose not to tell you □ Anonymous 09/03/14(Wed)04:07:45 No.261 372490 P2 □ [Deleted] Anonymous 9/3/14(Wed 4:07 No.261372435 □ Anonymous 09/03/14(Wed)04 09:19 No.261 372649 >>261372490 >>261372508 >>261372591 >>261372602 >>261372624 >>261372649 >>261372678 >>261372723 >>261372757 >>261372795 You) >>261372816 >>261372818 >>261373078 >>261373103 >>261373310 F--- off □ Anonymous 09/03/14(Wed)04:09:03 No.261 372624 PAY ATTENTION TO ME No one cares, Zoe □ Anonymous 09/03/14(Wed)04:08:47 No.261 372602 No one cares about you anymore Zoe | Anonymous 09/03/14(Wed)04.08.38 No.261 372591 CP F--- off f------ shill. Are you f------ retarded? | Anonymous 09/03/14(Wed)04 07:58 No.261 372508 f--- off shill she's not even important anymore. no one cares zoequnt.jpg (73 KB, 480x640) google iqdb So basically, the industry and journalists are letting this s--- happen. Zoe f---- 5 guys, possibly more, and her complete unfaithfulness apparently isn't important to her integrity because apparently feminism lets women do whatever they want. We need to punish her for this s--- Next time she shows up at a con/press conference/whatever, we move. We'll outnumber everyone, nobody will suspect us because well be everywhere. We don't move to kill, but give her a crippling injury that's never going to fully heal and remind her of her f----- for life. A good solid injury to the knees is usually good to this. I'd say brain damage but we don't want to make it so she ends up to retarded to fear and respect us f--- off f-----](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/829/005/2d8.jpg "Can't even do original research on typography")
![[added on reflection] Let me also say on other thing. There are a number of us in academia who love games, care about games, and believe games are important. We have been working for years to make games a legitimate tool for education and for study, and we were making progress. People were starting to take games seriously. And then came GamerGate. I have seen the careful progress of a decade come crashing down, and now, when I go to talk about games to industry groups or fellow academics, GamerGate always comes up as an example of how terrible and immature people who play games are. It will take years and years to repair the damage, and it is absolutely devastating to the serious study and application of the power of games to real problems. We are going to have trouble getting grants, getting foundations to fund games, and getting people to take us seriously. It is devastating and makes me very sad.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/927/545/2ab.png_large "Humanities stop researching games?")
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