Slate - GamerGate explodes: Gaming journalists declare the gamers are over, but they are. ["The attacks on the press have ranged from well-reasoned to offensive to paranoid, but the gaming journalists

BlackMRA-edtastic · 2014-09-04T19:06:16+00:00

Amazingly he managed to avoid discussing attacks were specifically on young white males spawning another hashtag #NotYourShield where diverse gamers lambasted the press for using people of color and women in that capacity. This is looking like a win against misandric feminism but this piece was written by a man who'd fit in that category having written "A Letter to A Young Male Gamer" a week earlier. No wonder he didn't specify it was men under attack. I think he's seen the writing on the wall and has chosen to clean up his act.

DavidByron2 · 2014-09-04T20:23:26+00:00

Well he made the ironic point about them shooting themselves in the foot but he has no idea about the background.

The antagonism of the gaming press is more to do with their feminist ideology and the fact that feminists have contempt for men who make up the majority of gamers. This isn't isolated to games journalism. Feminists have been attacking men in tech conferences and within both the skeptic and atheist communities for a few years now. There's a common pattern. Kudos to gamers for rejecting this hateful attack. The other groups seem to (so far) have taken it lying down.

jpflathead · 2014-09-04T23:05:50+00:00

He is able to observe that within 24 hours all these rags published the same "death to gamers" article but never examines how that could be possible in that time frame unless there was some behind the door coordination going on that speaks directly to the corruption laid out in GamerGate.

modern_rabbit · 2014-09-04T21:14:24+00:00

"Game journalists are rage-quitting their meal ticket."

Clauderoughly · 2014-09-04T21:56:39+00:00

I find it highly amusing to watch game journalists cutting their own throats while at the same time shooting themselves in the foot.

I never thought that would even be possible, yet here we are.

Methodius_ · 2014-09-04T23:56:07+00:00

Interestingly enough, he claims that Boogie was attacked by MRAs with no source. But also claims he was attacked by SJWs, with a source. I checked his Twitter and found no evidence that he was attacked by an MRA. What a shocker. Anyone know what he's talking about?

Nomenimion · 2014-09-05T02:24:30+00:00

As usual, this article ignores all the false-flagging that feminists are doing, and takes them at their word when they claim to have been harassed.

MidNiteR32 · 2014-09-04T23:40:23+00:00

Interesting semi-fair article. But knowing it's from Slate, they tend to push a lot of feminist dribble on there. I'd be cautious.

rg57 · 2014-09-05T04:17:55+00:00

I wonder if the gamer community will divide like the atheists did.

gettingthereisfun · 2014-09-04T20:06:14+00:00

If “gamers” really are dying, no one told the marketing departments for these publications

Who are these "gaming journalists" anyway and why are they important? The gaming industry will always be driven by developers competing for the $$$ of teenage boys, and thus will always deliver what their audiance wants. If a subset of the media don't like what this produces...who really gives a fuck.

Luriker · 2014-09-05T01:12:31+00:00

What the hell does this have to do with men's rights?

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