I find this whole situation barely worth commenting on. If they make my BF5 character a chick who tosses baked goods at the enemy instead of shooting them, I won't mind.
This is what I think. Journalistic integrity is an issue but not just for gaming journalism you can find it more broadly in other niche areas as well journalism in general.
However, when an instance of questionable journalism became a lightning rod for people to rally around... a small group of those people carried it too far.
I wasn't paying attention to it much but I've heard that some accusations of sexism were thrown around.
When Fecility Day was doxxed that caught my attention.
She expressed her feelings of discomfort about some of the happenings related to #gamergate and why she was reluctant to talk about it.
Then soon after some dick-wad makes her fears a reality.
As I said journalism that covers gaming isn't the only place where one can find shady practices but if I were to start screaming about the mainstream media then also started calling female journalists or famous people covered by the mainstream media whores and sluts I've just entirely distracted from "ethics in journalism" as my cause.
s for objectification of female characters in video games. Let's not kid ourselves just because a person cannot name some examples off of the top of her head it doesn't gamers can't. Let's not kid ourselves.
For every Alyx Vance or Lara Croft there are a dozen female game characters or npcs who are examples objectification of the female form in video games.
Yes there is a problem in video game journalism. However, you've got a small group of people doing heinous things while saying "It's only about ethics in video game journalism"
Like it or not that small group of people have made it more than just "ethics in journalism"
It's a fucking mess now.
And while ethics in journalism is a broad issue for the profession, rather than just in this particular segment. Anyone who thinks we can have a discussion about it now without a cooling off period and an effort to stick to an issue without calling attention to someone's sexual attractiveness (or lack there of) is fooling themselves.
Having clarified my thoughts I'll take my own advice and "Up the Shut Fuck" about the subject.
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I don't know what's dumber, the gamergate phenomenon, or right wing sites trying to make political hay out of it. Tough call.
Ah, so it's oppression, when someone is not allowed to issue death threats towards someone they don't like.
The reality is that this is nothing more than a group of neckbeard buffoons who feel they need to 'make a stand' because they are being pushed around.
Underneath that layer, the truth is; no one is pushing these pathetic idiots around. They are witnessing a group of people who were pushed around and said group of people are making a stand for themselves. These bloated arm chair experts are frankly jealous because they can't do something similar for themselves.
Also, their rage is further fueled by the countless times they've been turned down. Well, stop being a pig (mentally and physically) and I am sure there will be plenty of girls who will go out with you.
What's more dumb than reflexive opposition? If a right wing site comes out against pedophilia are you going to touch children?
This black and white view of the world is a problem, and its funny coming from the left since this is what they always accuse the right of doing.
OP you never struck me as a complete piece of shit before.
He's really dedicated to this gamergate thing. He's posted pages and pages of stuff about it over in the PC gaming forum.
Ah, so it's oppression, when someone is not allowed to issue death threats towards someone they don't like.
The reality is that this is nothing more than a group of neckbeard buffoons who feel they need to 'make a stand' because they are being pushed around.
Underneath that layer, the truth is; no one is pushing these pathetic idiots around. They are witnessing a group of people who were pushed around and said group of people are making a stand for themselves. These bloated arm chair experts are frankly jealous because they can't do something similar for themselves.
Also, their rage is further fueled by the countless times they've been turned down. Well, stop being a pig (mentally and physically) and I am sure there will be plenty of girls who will go out with you.
That's funny. I wonder what the women in Gamergate would say about those statements.
Care to hazard a guess on the gender breakdown of gamergate? What percentage of it are women do you think?
Makes up 1/3 of the movement, along with minorities making another third of that pie.
Is this based on any actual data?
I can only say based on personal experience, as I have been watching it from the very beginning. If it helps, you should check out the hashtag #notyourshield, as most women and minorities seem to use the tag. Most women, it seems to me, don't want to be known due to "tit for tat" actions on both sides, hounding at their employers that they're supporting a "hate movement" and trying to get them fired for it.
Nevertheless, I could try to find some data on it if you would like?
I'd be very interested, but my guess is that there's not much credible data available.
I personally strongly doubt 1/3 of the gamergate movement is made up of women.