TwilightBard: Why oppose the Gamergate movement like people have? Why try to paint the movement as misogynistic, racist, that we just want our toys to be our toys and no one else can play in the sandbox (Sandbox, seriously it's a fucking beach bigger then the coast of North and South America put together). What do people get out of this, what do people get from the twitter fights, and the circling wagons? Why is it so impossible to get people to accept this, and why has one subgroup who wasn't even the prime focus of this start jumping in like it has?
I think it's because they genuinely believe that #gamergate is misogynistic, racist, that we just want our toys to be our toys and no one else can play in the sandbox.
Look at it this way: pretend you're a game journalist for a major online gaming publication. What sort of gamers do you generally deal with? The kind that get into flame wars in comment sections and send hate mail to writers when they publish a review/opinion piece they disagree with, I'd expect.
Let's say you're also a game journalist with some tendencies (or at least sympathies) toward radical feminism. You've probably followed all the blowups around AS's videos, Zoe Quinn's alleged abuse over Depression Quest, and maybe even that whole Susan Wilson Kickstarter thing, and interpreted all those things as evidence of deep-seeded misogyny in the videogame community. Don't forget, radical feminism tends to assume that anything and everything is somehow corrupted by this alleged "patriarchy," unless there's some evidence to the contrary.
I think a lot of journalists just saw how this thing started--with a lot of negativity surrounding a female developer and her sex life--and assumed they knew exactly what was going on, since they believe a)gamers tend to be assholes and b) gamers tend to be misogynists. Then there's the fact that #gamergate is attacking both them and their friends, and most everyone is automatically going to side with their friends over random strangers, even if the random strangers might have some legitimate points.
Let's also not forget that #gamergate isn't JUST calling for journalistic integrity, it's also been very vocal about its distaste for SJWs and their agenda. And if you're an SJW and you believe you're fighting for the rights of women in a sexist culture, what does opposition to your cause look like? Misogyny.
Those are my thoughts, at least.
As for the "Gamers are Dead" articles, I think that just as gamers have been slowly building up anger towards journalists for their agenda and their suspected corruption, journalists have been slowly building up anger towards gamers for their alleged misogyny and culture of harassment (again, because as a journalist with tendencies towards radical feminism, that's probably how you see gaming culture). The "Gamers are Dead" articles was their blow up, and gamergate was ours.
Sadly, they neglected to realize that he who holds the green, ultimately wins the war, and while the pen may indeed be mightier than the sword, it is not mightier than the ad revenue (or lack thereof) :P.
jefequeso: That game already exists. It's called Postal 2 :P
Seriously, I'm not even being snarky. I'm certain that's exactly what they set out to do.
keithdrop: Yes, Postal 2, but even more politically incorrect, like have the postal dude use women;s severed genitalia as a silencer for his weapons.
Not to be crass, but I think you'd need more than just the genitalia itself to make an effective silencer. Unless we're talking about the inside portions as well...
ok, I'm going to stop thinking about this.
