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GamerGate needs to stop, now.

This morning, Antia Sarkeesian had to cancel a talk at a Utah university thanks to a bomb threat. At the weekend, Brianna Wu and her husband had to vacate their home for their own safety. Gamer Gate needs to stop, now.

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-Foxtrot3473d ago (Edited 3473d ago )

Nope

Why should a group which main point is to expose corrupt journalism stop...the shit happening with Anitam Zoe and Brianna is not GamerGates fault. The group wasn't set up to target them and make threats so I wish people would stop treating it like it was.

GamerGate should keep going until it's job is done.

I'm trying not to sound heartless but because Anita has made her mouth go so much, even after the everyday shit the majority of us get from the internet, she just kept going and going and now the media have exaggerated this to the high heavens.

Milo Yiannopoulos, Cliffy B, David Jaffe, Peter Molyneux, Tim Schafer, Phil Fish, Geoff Keighley etc have taken a shit load of abuse over the years but you want to know what they don't do, make things worse by making there mouths go. They say what they have to say and then shut up.

Ghost_Nappa3473d ago

Have you ever actually seen the things Phil Fish says?

-Foxtrot3472d ago

I suppose but then again like Anita he expresses his opinions on a social network site and gets called out because of it. However with Anita she gets called out for it and goes back for more...and more...and more until people threaten her so much she runs off to the police and plays the victim card.

Dannycr3473d ago

Yeah, Phil Fish is not a good example, he's actually the complete opposite, but I 100% agree with what you said.

3-4-53472d ago (Edited 3472d ago )

This is going to be used in politics...

It already is.

They have shady political backing behind the scenes with some of the larger sites.

I've been seeing it for a while, but wasn't sure.

I'm 99% sure, there are people who have "influence" on the side of Sarkisian and they are using it as a political tool for the elections.

Is it any coincidence they this stuff happens to ramp up right before elections ?

Nothing smells......

* It happens to land on MSNBC & Yahoo in back to back days.

Yea something doesn't smell right.

They are having these lies pushed forward.

* They push out the lies, without giving anybody a chance to counter-argue like you would in a factual debate or a legal proceeding.

IN COURT.....this would be thrown out in a heart beat.

Leave it up to public opinion...the public who are easily fooled.....and you get a bigger mess than their should be.

Their is NO HONESTY in what is going on.

40-50 random internet trolls don't represent anybody but themselves.

Rachel_Alucard3472d ago (Edited 3472d ago )

@Foxtrot

Phil Fish is the man who brought us such timeless quotes as "Choke on it" and "compare your life to mine and then kill yourself." Cliffy B is just an obnoxious douchebag and all he ever does is run his mouth on various social media sites, and he's constantly harassing and putting down other devs. Peter Molyneux is famous for making loads of false claims and promises (see fable series). The only ones I agree with on that list is David Jaffe, Tim Schaffer even though he exaggerated heavily and spinned his kickstarter funding goals. Milo I'm not sure who that even is but a quick Wikipedia search links to quotes such as "Men are better at tech, deal with it" and "You get your tits out for a living, I don't presume how to do your job, don't do it to me."

Well then

rainslacker3472d ago

I gave you a well said bubble because I agree with your overall sentiment, which was well worded.

However, some of the people you mentioned do bring some of the abuse upon themselves. That abuse being criticism of course. I would never condone the use of threats against another person. It's silly, and the fact that internet threats are more often than not meaningless just worthless altogether. It's screwed up how all of a sudden a select group of people are running scared because of internet threats.

Anyhow, Anita didn't cancel her conference because of the threats, she cancelled it because the police wouldn't break the law and search for guns being carried by attendee's of her talk. Media needs to get it's facts straight if they're going to go and blame an entire group of people, and maybe do some actual investigative journalism before posting a story. It shouldnt' be hard. In any given article on N4G on this issue, people will post plenty of articles and evidence about what's what.

VegasDawg3472d ago

That sounds like one lunatic, to blame an entire movement is just retarded.
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The press is running scared and now they have resorted to making up stories. You need to end with your pathetic propaganda and stop twisting the news to support your agenda. Shame on you. I mean how stupid so you think we are?

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annoyedgamer3473d ago

Oh look MSDNC got in on the act..why am I not surprised? Isnt it one of their hosts that wore tampon earings on air?

yarbie10003473d ago

The Times reports that MSNBC averaged 392,000 key demo viewers per night in the first quarter of 2009. Last quarter that number was down to 125,000, representing a loss of two-thirds of their total audience.

http://www.breitbart.com/In...

Msnbc has been irrelevant for a long time

JD_Shadow3473d ago (Edited 3473d ago )

Can we stop pretending, though, that this is a conservative vs. liberal issue. There are people on both sides of the political spectrum that are on the side of #Gamergate. For instance, I am on that side, and I've been a subscriber to The Young Turks for a long time.

This is a gamer vs. the media and the crazies that want to label anyone who dares to disagree with them as misogynistic issue. And remember, these gaming media sites have a vested interest in killing this controversy in any way they can, and there is no low they will not stoop to, apparently.

SilentNegotiator3473d ago (Edited 3473d ago )

The media is heavily liberal controlled, though, and there seems to be a disgusting trend of liberal-minded people being okay with lies/exaggeration and corruption for the "greater good".

College sexual assault statistics, pay gap claims, rate of homosexuality...they all CONSTANTLY get exaggerated and warped by the media. They all come with the good intentions of bringing equality, but that doesn't make them right.

The 1 in 5 figure? The product of a survey in which less than HALF of the people responded.
Pay gap claims (3 quarters to the dollar or something like that)? The survey generalizes all full time employees but doesn't account for average hours (full time men work about 9 more hours on average), what actual job is being worked, etc.
The 10% figure? Come on now...does ANYONE outside of Los Angeles have a rate of 1 in 10 homosexuals in their group of acquaintances? lol

But you can't fight those statistics because you'll just get called a sexist, homophobe, etc. Women DO get assaulted, women DON'T make as much money as men, and homosexuals ARE common, so those figures are taken as gold.

In short (TL;DR), Liberals control more of the media and have been doing a lot of exaggerating and false equating to fight -ism's lately. And the media is after Gamergate, ignoring its goals to equate gamers to sexists instead. I'm not saying that this is a "Liberal vs Conservative" thing, but Liberals are definitely more prominent in this attack on Gamergate.

JohnathanACE3472d ago

@darkpower

Haven't you noticed that a lot of conservative websites are in support of Gamersgate while liberal websites condemn it? Not to mention that the feminists attempting to spread their propaganda through the gaming media are leftists.

ShaunCameron3472d ago

Unfortunately it is a liberal vs. conservative issue. Especially when liberals control the media, the education system, the entertainment industry and general public opinion.

JD_Shadow3472d ago

So you're saying I cannot be both a progressive AND a supporter of Gamergate? This is an exclusive club for conservatives only?

Keep in mind that we had FOX News some time ago condemn video games over the Newtown, CN school shootings, and Glenn Beck had no good things to say about GTA4 back when he was with HLN. It's not like the conservatives are going to be our friends, either.

In fact, the only one in the mainstream, if you could call it that, that is actually doing investigative coverage is Milo from Brietbart, and I wish it was someone else who uncovered the GameJournoPro list. But I do understand that TotalBiscuit is also pro Gamergate, and he's FAR from right wing on political issues.

So I ask again, am I going to be excluded from this movement just because I'm from another side of the political asile?

SilentNegotiator3472d ago (Edited 3472d ago )

NO ONE said that you couldn't be both, darkpower. There is just clearly more liberals gunning for gamergate than there are conservatives. And (as Shaun puts it) "when liberals control the media, the education system, the entertainment industry and general public opinion" and they're the ones spreading the lies, it's largely a liberal problem.

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Baka-akaB3473d ago

Yeah this is silly , some of us arent even american and dont care for either the dems or rep .

ShaunCameron3472d ago

That's because we already got ours in our own backyard. Labours and Tories, Liberals and Conservatives, Social Democrats and (insert prominent right-wing party here, etcetera.

StifflerK3473d ago

The threats against Sarkeesian and Wu were uncalled for, and I wholeheartedly hope the police catch 'those who are responsible.'

But neither of the threats mentioned gamergate at all - so why the false accusation???

We're all individuals, we are accountable for what we choose to do , right?
How exactly is assigning the blame of the actions of an individual on to an entire group of society in any way fair, logical or reasonable??? (Especially without any shred of evidence whatsoever.)

If you truly, truly cared about equality, and wanted a better future for everyone - why be so selective?
Boogie was doxxed and had death threats sent to him yesterday (by anti GG people) despite being neutral.
Brianna Wu was openly insulting disabled and autistic people yesterday on twitter.
And still no one has said anything against Quinn and Kramer for doxxing, hacking and sabotaging a CHARITY FOR WOMEN.

Is that the type of behavior you think is acceptable?
If not then why not speak out against that too???

annoyedgamer3473d ago

I wish these kids would pipe down and realize that sending death threats are immature and serve to do nothing but hurt the cause.

Godmars2903472d ago

Except in "some" cases you're not talking about GG "Kids". Rather its anti-feminist with issues who are just being arbitrarily linked to GG.

Ripsta7th3473d ago

The police are gona end up arresting them for setting up these threats , which we know was done on purpose by them

StifflerK3473d ago

You might find this interesting:-

http://www.avoiceformen.com...

A Utah State Uni official doubts the validity of Sarkeesian's current threats as do the FBI. Similar to her previous threats, the FBI state there is no actual intent behind them.

Currently they believe the perpetrator was not from the University, and it's unlikely they're even from the USA.

Also - another person sending threats to Sarkeesian was revealed to be a reporter from Brazil who was attempting to increase traffic to his website.

http://a.disquscdn.com/uplo...

http://a.disquscdn.com/uplo...

Looks like the truth is starting to come out!

Godmars2903472d ago

@StifflerK:
The sad distressing thing is that such truth isn't and of itself "newsworthy" enough to be reported on by those looking for sensational stories.

Big_Game_Hunters3473d ago (Edited 3473d ago )

Ah those fake death threats again.
Am i the only that just plays the games i like now days and not even know what gamergate is?

DefenderOfDoom23473d ago (Edited 3473d ago )

I guess some people believe that ANITA S and a few female game developers have more power than UBISOFT , ACTIVISION, ect... What a joke !!!
You really want to stop GAMERGATE. Go after the big multi million dollar corporations !!
Also some main stream press covering this latest threat , and turning into a "right to carry a gun issue" , even during death threats.

insomnium23472d ago

Those "big and evil corporations" are what keep people employed.

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin2618d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905063d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5063d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905063d ago (Edited 5063d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5063d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5063d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5063d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495063d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5063d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5063d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn2654d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One