Disclaimer

Sending people death threats or abuseive messages is bad OK........... seriously the fact I had to say such a damn obvious thing to begin with should tell you how insane this has started to get.



I speak for myself not gamergate, If you want to discuss this further with me there are the comments here, the PM system and even my twitter or even my Tumblr

Any truly entertaining abuse I get because of this article I will be publishing potentially as a separate blog, you have been warned.

If you are going to send me any kind of threats or abuse, be original and entertainning, I'm a Dota 2 player so being told to go kill myself is a weekly occurence.

OK so I was trying to hold back on writing about this, I really was. I wanted to wait till the nuclear fallout settled and there was a clear idea of what the hell had happened. I'm done with silence now. I'm done with waiting because other's aren't waiting they're casting they're hats in.

This was not the blog I wanted to publish today, I wanted to talk about my experiences with the Oculus Rift, but looks like it's coming full force into the C blogs so being silent only lets ignorance win.

On To the Article

It looks like I won’t get to because the balloons gone up. Some idiot out there has declared this a war. “There is no neutral on a moving train” or “your Either with us or against us” I was trying to remain somewhat neutral or more correctly in the 3rd faction of “It looks like some people have done some real messed up crap why is anyone defending them ?”

So lets start with the obvious myths and see if I can clear some stuff up.



“It’s all about Zoe Quinn sleeping with 5 guys how dare you slut shame her”

Here’s a simple thing.

Infidelity shaming =/= slut shaming

Infidelity shaming is pointing out someone screwed up and broke the trust of another person. It would be slut shaming if Eron and Zoe had an open relationship and both were clear on this. They didn’t therefore it was infidelity.

So if you still want to get mad, yes how dare people be slightly annoyed that one person cheated on another repeatedly and allegedly almost caused them to have a nervous breakdown because of trying to cover it up.

Here’s the thing though Zoe Quinn and her actions are part of a separate thing which turned into gamergate and is to an extent still going on at the same time. This was Zoe Gate or the Quinnspiracy and it is still going on. It’s a whole muddled affair of DMCA abuse against multiple websites. It does however have a connection to Gamergate via the issues surrounding coverage of The Fine Young Capitalists campaign to help women make a video game and press coverage round that.

In reality Zoe is a far smaller part of Gamergate than people would have you believe.



Again for clarity, Do not send abuse to Zoe Quinn and Do not send death threats OK



“OK what about Anita Sarkeesian, she’s a big part of this right ?”

Well yes and no, the extent Anita is part of this are actions surrounding her such as having a critic of hers banned from twitter and the numerous articles blaming gamers for the death threats she received because it conveniently fitted the media message of gamers being super evil monsters.

Oh and Anita is also an advisor for a media think thank that’s been funding a some journalists and game designers work via patreon and some writers. Also with links to a promotion system called critical discussion known for promoting the work of certain writers.

Oh and Anita’s boyfriend is one of the main staff at the think tank.

Anita is just another side branch off the insane chaos of Gamergame.

As for the death threats.



"I want to bite the side of your neck and drink your blood"

"but instead I'll drink the blood out of you [word removed on taste grounds] after I rip it open"

Well I’d say that sound more like a person who loves vampire related things and is angry at Anita, I mean it’s not like she’s made a video about True Blood or anything right ?



Yep gamers did it..................... couldn’t have been an insane True Blood fan................ Gamers am I right guys what basement dwelling neckbeards they all are.

“You’re just scared people are going to take your games away you paranoid tin foil hat wearing weirdo”

Here’s the thing, I wasn’t scared of that. I’ve not been scared of that because as I keep saying there is room in gaming for diversity. Now I’m not too happy with the self proclaim gate keepers of diversity who seem to only want to accept a very rigid acceptable portrayal of characters rather than you know actually a diverse range of people. “The fighting Fuck toy” “the Damsel in distress” “The Man With boobs” “The white guy who happens to be black”................ seriously what the hell is wrong with some of these people, the same people who produced this suggesting one of the best female characters in recent years were character less mutes.



Apparently having games with women who are business leaders or world leading geneticist s don’t count because the women have big boobs.

You know what I’m presently playing ? Defiance the video game, You know what that has in it as part of the main cast ? A lesbian couple, one of which is a brilliant doctor and the other is a skilled mechanic. Oh and did I mention one of them is also an alien ?

Here’s the thing when I’m hearing quotes like “Oh video games need to change to be considered art” or “Oh people obviously don’t want video games to be considered art, why won’t you let us make games into an artform” or even crap like this.



I just have to say what is wrong with people, if you don’t want people to think you’re taking their games away or changing them to something unrecognisable then don’t tell them you’re killing games or they need to change, how simple is that you fucking morons ?

As I keep asking and no-one can yet answer, why do games need to change to be considered art ?

Oh and before anyone says "but won't someone think of the children because of that nudity" I was recently trainning to become a teacher. I was told by my mentor while taking a PSHE (Personal Social and Health education lesson) ,which also talks about social and cultureal issues, to include art depicting nudity to allow the students to develop an appreciation of art and show artistic renderings to prevent the idea of body shame. So yeh, if you wish to state an objection please do but bear in mind I've had qualified teachers tell me to include similar work in lessons to 12 year olds to foster an understanding of art. If you want to object then you are asking me to treat you are more sensitive and than a class of 12 year olds. got it ?

Who says what is art and what isn't ?

What arbitrary things need to be hit for something to be art ?

Is there a line between art and "proper" art or is a childs drawing just as much a piece of art as something in a gallery, sure there are quality differences but both are still art right ?

“The video games journalism mailing list is nothing”

Here’s the thing, what’s coming out of that list is a co-ordinated selection of articles.

All those appeared within 3 hours of the video they relate to going live. If you don’t want people to suggest there’s some serious collusion and a PR agency having heavy influence then it seems rather insane to do something like that.



“Gamergate will kill diversity in games”

Well no, I think people can vote with their wallets as they always have done. Here’s part of the problem though. As much as some people seem to want it, people don’t seem to want to play the games certain people think are important and should be played because um......... Socially progressive symbolism ?

Where as gamergate or at least plenty in it pretty much simply want artists to be allowed to do whatever crazy crap they want and not feel like they have make some super progressive pseudo intellectual nonsense. I’m sorry but Gone Home was a huge cliche’d story and minimalistic gameplay the only reason people have heard of that while Dinner Date is less well heard of is the socially progressive “Edgy” story of having a lesbian characters.

I’m fine with different kinds of games existing just don’t try to vilify those who don’t enjoy the very specific brand you want to be the popular one, let people vote with their wallets.











"But you're harming peoples careers here"

Well yes both sides are.

Here's the funny thing it had to happen at some point.

The Boycott list and actually forcing a reaction is happening because individuals haven't been taking responsibility.

Here I'll let Movie Bob give you an example.

I mean how dare people be asked to behave professionally eh ?

The funny thing is I've not yet called for anyone to be fired, yes people have done in the gamergate movement, I have constantly said they should have a chance to say sorry and then see what they do next and if that apology holds weight or if it becomes a cycle of perpetual apology ,







"But you have no power or influence"

No I don't, i write blogs some people read on here and run a tiny review website with traffic of all of 100 people a day if that. I'm small fry and I know it.

The problem is I'm but one drip in an Ocean at present and so many little people acting together can do big things. A drop of water does no harm but the Ocean in a storm can cause serious damage.



The funny thing is simply looking at the gamergate side and trying to understand it and can be a huge thing.



I know plenty of people will ask about separating the artist from their art and I have to say it's up to the individual person if they want to do this or feel they should.





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