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GamerGate - This Is Satire

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HE VERGE TRENDING NOW 6. New Snowden documents show that the NSA and its allies are laughing at the rest of the world ▼ LOG IN I SIGLONGFORM VIDEO REVIEWS TECH SCIENCE ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN a BUSINESS , US & WORLD . FORUMS . PREVIOUS STORY The Mad Catz LYNX 9 is a bold and unique mobile gaming controller NEXT STORY This is Pono, the $399 high-end audio player Neil Young created CES 2015 CULTURETECH GamerGate linked to the murder ot Corey Mattison By Josh Lowensohn on January 19, 201510:10 am Email y @Josh DON'T MISS STORIES FOLLOW THE VERGE f Likelly Follow Subscribe Follow f Share on Facebook (1,256) | y Tweet (1,005) 3' Share in Share (15) ? Pin New information about the arrest of Plaxo co-founder Minh Nguyen for the murder of Corey Mattison has emerged linking the killing to the international criminal organization known as GamerGate. The murder, first reported yesterday in TechCrunch, was originally believed to be motivated by a personal vendetta against Mattison, who had recently married Nguyen's ex-wife. However, investigators have since found new evidence linking the killing to a global conspiracy designed to silence feminist video game critic and future Nobel Prize winner Anita Sarkeesian As has previously been reported in The Verge, GamerGate has been linked to a growing number of increasingly disturbing crimes GAMERGATE including discussing corruption in the video DROWNS game media and dissenting from third wavePUPPIES feminist orthodoxy. Fears that GamerGate had infiltrated and coopted terrorist cells around the world were confirmed after former NFL Punter and GamerGate critic Chris Kluwee received a dildo in the mail at his home. This incident resulted in the formation of a cross-agency task force comprised of roughly one thousand individuals representing the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF and NSA. Although the exact nature of the task force's work is still classified, leaks have indicated that the group is focusing their efforts on GamerGate's leader, the hacker know as 8chan UP EMAIL NEWSLETTER The best of The Verge, delivered daily- sign up for The Verge Newsletter The evidence that connects Mattison's murder was provided to investigators by Brianna Wu, a game developer and transcendental being who is currently in hiding at an undisclosed location in her living room. According to investigators, Wu was able to Email address SIGN UP

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Freakenstein

Freakenstein Moderator

Jan 20, 2015 at 10:47PM EST

I don't know if it's satire, man. "A transcendental being hiding in an undisclosed location in her living room" sounds pretty real.

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Foundryguy

Foundryguy

Jan 20, 2015 at 10:11PM EST

This is great.

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