I saw the tapes so what say you? It was like the Patterson–Gimlin Bigfoot footage, but pretty authentic. Also who gives a fuck, an idiotic spat between former lovers was then turned into some really important thing when everyone was interested in extending the drama as it was profitable for everyone involved.
The only thing gamergate was was the point at which the wild west nature of the internet disappeared and the general obsession of society and the structures that govern it, ala politics, etc., with politeness. I grew up on an internet where I would be called slurs or insulted on the daily on obscure Russian forums which shall not be named, in the spirit of friendly negativity. Whether you think that is good or bad, I am not arguing about that but it is how it is what it is.
As far as I know the "game" in question was never reviewed* on Kotaku or whatever website people were brandishing their pitchforks and torches at, merely mentioned in an article as something interesting that people should check out. Apparently the writer of that article knew the person who made the game, which made a bunch of people on /v/ and kotakuinaction very mad
*it was more of a free interactive browser game/art piece/thing, so it was never sold and as such never reviewed in traditional games media
This literally never happened and was made up by smoothbrained morons on 4chan
I saw the tapes so what say you? It was like the Patterson–Gimlin Bigfoot footage, but pretty authentic. Also who gives a fuck, an idiotic spat between former lovers was then turned into some really important thing when everyone was interested in extending the drama as it was profitable for everyone involved.
The only thing gamergate was was the point at which the wild west nature of the internet disappeared and the general obsession of society and the structures that govern it, ala politics, etc., with politeness. I grew up on an internet where I would be called slurs or insulted on the daily on obscure Russian forums which shall not be named, in the spirit of friendly negativity. Whether you think that is good or bad, I am not arguing about that but it is how it is what it is.
:PIGPOOPBALLS:
As far as I know the "game" in question was never reviewed* on Kotaku or whatever website people were brandishing their pitchforks and torches at, merely mentioned in an article as something interesting that people should check out. Apparently the writer of that article knew the person who made the game, which made a bunch of people on /v/ and kotakuinaction very mad
*it was more of a free interactive browser game/art piece/thing, so it was never sold and as such never reviewed in traditional games media
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