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THE FIRE RISES!

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The SJW assault on gaming

INTRODUCTION:

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re:Silverstring and this "gaming is dead" meme they want to push.

Turns out the idea was floated over a year ago in a journal article by Adrienne Shaw, then discussed in a Google discussion group by members of Silverstring, that Anita Sarkeesian consults for. We're examining possible ties between these PR agents/firms, and political lobbying groups that might be backing them. We're also looking into how much of high profile donation campaigns and fundraising (like Sarkeesian's Kickstarter) are orchestrated and donated to by PR firms as part of their initial putsch for clients).

This PR group Sarkeesian is tied to is fairly creepy. Heavily ideological, they hold retreat workshops for SJW concepts, with a sharply activist tone. Reminds us of Jesus Camp. They do workshops for game devs where they discuss "dismantling hegemonic masculinity in the gaming industry", and do weird training activities like "State Torture Jenga". "Hegemonic masculinity" -- it's like they're quoting Gramsci's prison notebooks. Creepy.

Gramsci's idea "hegemony":

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http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/marxism/marxism10.html)

For context, why are male gamers being targeted by SJWs:

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http://reason.com/archives/2014/02/02/is-there-a-cyber-war-on-women/singlepage

Silverstring's blog reads:

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"We talked a big game at DiGRA about dismantling hegemonic masculinity through intimate friendships. Tearing down those emotional walls that are part of the infrastructure of gendered oppression. Pursuing that male emotional fulfillment that Samantha Allen writes about as essential to the liberation of women. Meghan echoed my call for a games criticism and academia camping trip. Can we just leave the building? Not always. As we kept saying when we designed State Torture Jenga, something compels the players to keep manipulating the architecture. There is no such thing as inaction. There’s just the daily work of trying to turn these structures inside out."

LINKS:

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"The Playful is Political" on manipulating industries to conform to feminist ideology:

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q5kX3LeX1pEz9kn-QPE0YJkNP5rLtBWZozZlTpqRMJg/edit?pli=1

Silverstring retreat ativities "State Torture Jenga":

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http://silverstringmedia.com/blog/2014/8/20/a-to-z-a-digra-letter-series-part-4

Adrienne Shaw's writing are heavily influential on Silverstring

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"Adrienne Shaw is an assistant professor in the Media Studies and Production Department at Temple University's School of Media and Communication. Her primary areas of interest are video games, gaming culture, the politics of representation, and qualitative audience research."

http://adrienneshaw.com/

http://smc.temple.edu/contact/staff-directory/name/adrienne-shaw/

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Shaw's Government/Military funded research, US Air Force and IARPA "CYCLES" program, Director of National Intelligence:

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http://www.asc.upenn.edu/News/NewsDetail.aspx?nid=1011&ntype=student

http://www.albany.edu/news/19508.php

http://www.1stplayable.com/1st-playable--research-games.html

http://www.iarpa.gov/

http://www.dni.gov/index.php

Shaw's Publications:

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http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/gaming-at-the-edge

Dismantling "hegemonic masculinity in gamer culture":

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http://adanewmedia.org/2013/06/issue2-shaw/

Race, gender, and gamer identity

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(the first 3 lines of the conclusion are interesting, targeting white/cis/male gamers for elimination from gamer culture):

http://imgur.com/a/x6HiE#12

(Original behind paywall):

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http://nms.sagepub.com/content/14/1/28.abstract

Related:

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https://www.westminster.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/182116/005.-Talking-to-Gaymers-Adrienne-Shaw.pdf

Google discussion forum about retiring the "gamer demographic", members of Silverstring participating (Zoya Street):

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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/game-words-incorporated/VxYXZhDqv8I

http://www.haywiremag.com/?p=101

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Silverstring Financial Ties (under construction):

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http://lucasjwjohnson.com/

https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/277492/activities

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Name Jurisdiction & Number Date Additional Information

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SILVERSTRING MEDIA BC-0110548169 2011Ja27 Pt_Prpshp Active

SILVERSTRING MEDIA INC BC-0000959998 2013Ja14 Corp Active VANCOUVER <=== *2013 became incorporated

http://i.imgur.com/PtbqKGa.png

*Announced incorporated:

http://silverstringmedia.com/blog/2013/7/1/the-new-silverstring

Maya Kramer ties to Silverstring:

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http://pastebin.com/qWX5qTvB

http://i.imgur.com/gLmUiW1.png

http://i.imgur.com/3PZltSa.png

http://i.imgur.com/irzIBLn.png

http://i.imgur.com/mVCzf5w.png

http://i.imgur.com/DdNvFvv.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/pbGwdZ0.png

Asian twitter spam services:

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http://i.imgur.com/CL9zBH3.jpg

Founder:

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LUCAS JOHNSON <=========================== ** FOUNDER of Silverstring **

#403 - 2525 W 4TH AVE

VANCOUVER

BRITISH COLUMBIA

V6K 1P5

CA

+1.7785588331

Personal website:

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http://lucasjwjohnson.com/

Related projects:

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/firesidemag/fireside-magazine-issue-three

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1602825661/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1602825661&linkCode=as2&tag=wordandthin06-20

http://silverstringmedia.com/store/azraels-stop

http://silverstringmedia.com/blog?category=Transmedia%20Theory

http://lucasjwjohnson.com/things/

https://twitter.com/lucasjwjohnson

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