While some sites like Shoryuken have banned discussion of #GamerGate and The Verge has completely closed off their entire comment section in light of #GamerGate, other sites that want to foster and maintain free speech are doing the opposite of the censorship-heavy media outlets.

Quantum Entanglement Entertainment, currently working on an unannounced game project, has opened a dedicated #GamerGate forum for discussing the topics of ethics in media journalism, corruption within the gaming industry and the censorship of artistic and creative freedom.

Quantum Entanglement’s CEO Denis Dyack opened the dedicated forum just today to allow open discussion of #GamerGate. The section is available on the official Que-ee forum.

Dyack writes in the opening post…

“For those who follow #GamerGate, we wanted to everyone know that we encourage discussion on this topic in our forums – we have community members on both sides of this debate here and have seen civil and thoughtful discussion.”

This follows-up on another containment thread that was available on the Que-ee forum where the discussion stretched to more than 400 replies. It certainly wasn’t on par to The Escapist’s mega-threads, but discussion and civil debate were still allowed on the site.

Some other gaming websites also allow for the growth and spread of dissecting, scrutinizing and communicating the nuances of the gaming industry and the concept of corruption within the media circles. Obsidian Entertainment has a dedicated forum thread for #GamerGate, which stretched so long that they needed to open a second one. Facepunch Studios also has a dedicated #GamerGate discussion thread, where they regularly pick apart the ridiculous comments made on Twitter and other social media services that depict just how outlandish some of the topics being pushed to the forefront of the media’s agenda have become. And even the Angry Joe Show – in the face of Joe at one point regularly getting into arguments and lashing out at those using the GamerGate hashtag – has a dedicated thread for all things #GamerGate.

The reality is that when gamers have the opportunity to discuss a viral element breeding under the skin of the hobby they love, and seeing it tear away at the life-force that makes the hobby thrive and prosper, gamers will enact their natural instinct to fight back against any perceived evil. This intrinsic value extends beyond the realms of national regions or cultural borders; gamers the world around have joined forces across the internet, in real life, and even via the old snail mail to make their voices heard. No matter the race, creed, orientation or color, gamers have made it known that they aren’t the shield of agenda-pushing sociopolitical authoritarians and they don’t take the fight lying down.

While the discussion of ethics in journalism is a never-ending one, gamers should take some solace in knowing that there are some developers out there who have your backs and they’re willing to fight the good fight alongside you.

You can check out Que-ee’s #GamerGate thread right here.