1990

Nope. But The Brietbart guy and his #gg ethics warriors have vowed to keep digging.

1991

It’s almost like it’s a baseless witch hunt so convinced she’s guilty about something that they’ll keep digging until they find it, despite no evidence actually surfacing to suggest it’s true.

Definitely about ethics, folks.

1992

More specifically just ethics in regards to blog journalists and indie developers.

EA, Ubi, Activision, IGN and Gamespot seem to be squeaky clean as far as this “movement” is concerned.

1993

The only accusation that riled me up was that she was DMCA’ing videos that were negative press for her game, while ignoring positive ones. I think that one is still true, though I don’t know. The proof that I saw was some website saying that they got a DMCA notice from the copyright holder to take the video down.

1994

You’re a few pages behind: http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?74268-Games-Journalism-2014-The-Wherever-the-hell-this-has-gone&p=3631635&viewfull=1#post3631635

Did the accusation that ZQ screwed up the charity get refuted? Hard to keep up.

Meanwhile, the bullying continues on both “sides”, as the SJWs have silenced @thunderf00t by constantly filing frivolous reports against him, triggering Twitter’s auto-suspension.

1995

I always just thought the corruption of EA, Ubi, Activision, IGN and Gamespot were a simple given. Isn’t pretty much everyone in the gaming community on the same page as far as they’re concerned?

1996

Anita just finished talking at XOXO fest and is tweeting some parts of her talk. Namely, the lengths people will go to fake things about her to make her look bad.

For example: https://twitter.com/edteck/status/510924420492181504

One particular line though, which just so happens to be (sadly) applicable to this thread: “One of the most radical things you can do is believe women when they tell you about their experiences.”

1997

Zoe ‘DDOSed’ the charity by tweeting a link to it it crashing from the traffic, or possibly some random person ddosing it.

This is TFYC official statement:

Regarding our grievances with Zoe Quinn, an associate of hers, posted my Facebook information. Zoe did not add any information to the post, nor did she post my phone number or email. The subsequent death threat I received via email was not orchestrated by Zoe. Nor was the DDOSing of our website or the banning of us from Twitter. She was simply the most famous voice in a choir of people that did not understand the project.

Context: The Fine Young Capitalist’s “Colombian Production Partners” that they don’t specifically name in their initial pitch are the company where Matt the TFYC guy is the Executive Producer, Autobotica. Matt’s name was also hidden at the time. I think the initial skepticism of the project being coached as a charity were warranted, and can totally understand a bunch of people being skeptical of it before it was more transparent. The money they took in will be going to Autobotica.

And just for the record on other claims, despite all the internet journalists doing Good Work, Anita did in fact report death threats to the FBI:

1998

I think Sail Havana stuff is hidden because of my block. There were lots of replies that would not be properly threaded to my initial post so you can try just looking at my mentions from last night.

1999

It’s not the first time someone didn’t believe me because I didn’t have a notarized document. It’s just easier for some to think something is so rare that it’s impossible for them to actually encounter anyone who has gone through it. The alternative is to admit there is a problem. If you admit there is a problem, then the next step might be to stop arguing about whether there is a problem and actually talk about steps that might help to solve it. It’s more fun for some to argue the problem isn’t there or, better yet, not their problem.

2000

What are you doing to stop world hunger? Or is it #notyourproblem?

2001

I actually volunteered for a year straight out of college to assist the under privileged. I continue to assist with service throughout the year as well.

2002

World hunger specifically. You have some disposable income. You could make a difference. Why aren’t you doing so?

2003

What makes you think I don’t?

2004

You’d say so specifically, and I’d go on to extend the objection to n causes that we could both agree are more worthy and pressing than your hobbyhorses. Ultimately if you choose not to do everything you can to help the perilously poor in all the various ways that they could use it, then maybe we can agree that people are entitled to not give a fuck about the things you preach about without having a nasty label stuck on them.

2005

I don’t know why you’re being such an asshole, but I do donate, and volunteer. And I did say so, the underprivileged includes the hungry. Do your research.

2006

The whole point is that you can do more. As a Westerner, if you can do more and choose not to, you’re reifying your privilege. And one day, someone who is somehow more shrill than you will parachute into your face and start shrieking about how you’re a red-in-tooth-and-claw kyriarchic colonialist classist ableist oppressor who needs to check your privilege and dip into your pocket book, and going by your ethics in this thread you’d be in the #gamersgate boat if you thought (or acted as if) their complaints weren’t your problem.

2007

For comparison, GameSpot gave the Xbone version a 7.

2008

That’s a different author though, a different perspective.

2009

Speaking of shrill.

This is a thread about Games Journalism in a Video Game thread, stay on topic. Your argument reeks of desperation since it could be leveled at any human who has lived, ever. People’s personal experiences, unique situation, and profession all inform what causes they want to put effort into. Many of us here enjoy video games as a hobby or work in a related field and as a result would like to see the object of our passion improve and evolve as we ourselves have. Could I volunteer to para-drop into IS torn Iraq as a relief worker? Absolutely, but I won’t. That does not invalidate my or anyone’s ability to discuss the presence of misogyny in the video games industry. I am sorry that you feel there are worthier causes. Perhaps you should be tackling those worthier causes instead of posting ridiculous scenarios in a thread about Games Journalism in a Video Game forum. I think Nesrie mentioned working in the tech industry. Why wouldn’t she want to write about improving the industry for her experience and for those that follow in her steps?

-Todd