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Intel pulls ads at site critical of #GamerGate Rob Beschizza at 8:13 pm Wed, Oct 1, 2014 SHARE TWEET STUMBLE COMMENTS Gamergate, the online backlash targeting a female game developer and critics of sexism in games, has a surprising new friend: Intel, the world's largest chipmaker According to game news publication Gamasutra, the company pulled ads from the site after being "flooded" by complaints from gamers upset at its criticism of the protest. "Intel has pulled its advertising from website Gamasutra," Intel spokesperson Bill Calder told Recode. “We take feedback from our customers very seriously especially as it relates to contextually relevant content and placements Gamasutra @gamasutra Follow @BuckSexington Yes, our partners at @intel were flooded with complaints over a recent opinion piece, and they did pull an ad campaign わReply Retweet ★ Favorite More FAVORITES A sprawling and rancorous knot of hashtagged rage, Gamergate is ostensibly a campaign against journalistic corruption, but comprises mostly of foot-stamping misogynist anger directed at developer Zoe Quinn, critic Anita Sarkeesian, and game journalists seen to be in cahoots with a feminist conspiracy to censor manly videogames. Quinn, author of interactive roman à clef Depression Quest, was targeted after an angry ex-boyfriend published a lengthy manifesto about her that falsely insinuated sexual quid pro quos with game journalists. Sarkeesian ran a successful crowdfunding campaign that raised $158,922 for a series of feminist video critiques, a popular installment of which was released last month. Each woman has since been subjected to an endless hum of menace online and off, with Quinn receiving abusive phone calls, having her websites hacked, and enduring her personal information being published online. Sarkeesian received a death threat that convinced her to flee her home The email complaint campaign, however (dubbed Operation Disrespectful Nod), was one of the crusade's more civilized tangents. Targeting advertisers who partnered with major game sites Kotaku, Polygon, Rock Paper Shotgun, and Gamasutra, it took aim at journalists who were critical of the Gamergate cause-including Leigh Alexander, who is also a Boing Boing contributor Though it also attracted everyday gamers attracted to the anti-corruption messaging Gamergate's broad appeal-if not its volume--began to shrink when the involvement of well-organized online trolls was exposed and conservative culture warriors pushed a more explictly anti-feminist agenda. The move by Intel--a key player in the computer gamee industry-represents a coup for a cause that seemed to be on the verge of shriveling

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Freakenstein Moderator

Oct 02, 2014 at 12:34AM EDT

Okay so this short has sources, that's a start.

Now we need to start working on sources that do not spawn from fallacies, the worst one of all, lying. How long has it been since we knew that Anita faked her being targeted at her home? That had to have been circulating for a while at least, come on now.

pshaw83

Oct 02, 2014 at 03:52AM EDT

Give Gamasutra credit… even after losing one of their major sponsors, they're still keeping up with this spiteful crusade against gamers. Apparently they care more about their stupid politics than they do feeding themselves. Huh.

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