Hype Fuels Hate: How Gamers Fail Their Medium

Sven Wohl writes: "A lot has been written these days about fandom: How it’s toxic behaviour damages what I’d call the geek culture overall. With each passing outrage, be it over Captain America, reviews for a videogame or just reporting on them, I feel more and more detached from a community that I’d call my home – at least on the internet. While being a dick to someone on the internet isn’t something new, I feel like the huge hype machinery concocted by the marketing for movies and videogames, is at least partially responsible for the increase in toxic behaviour in the community."