Game Journalism - Unfit for purpose?

[Seboist]

My eyes glazed over as soon as I saw that it was written by Tadgh Kelly. He's been full on "gamers are dead, why are you people always oppressing us with your need for FUN" from second one of GamerGate. Please don't give the beta males any more attention, it makes them start preening their feathers and strutting.

On the bright side, consider this an acknowledgement of defeat: They'd already proclaimed GamerGate was dead! over! FINITO!!1!, back when Zoe Quinn trotted out her 4chan logs that no one outside her little circle of dysfunction cared about.

Hey, please do not confuse Americans with the cesspit that is our federal bureacracy. That's an enormous beast that lives all on its own and we have no witchers who can slay it.

Well, Joystiq goes down the tubes.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/10/20/editors-note-we-are-always-fighting/?a_dgi=aolshare_twitter
The gist so you don't need to click: "The only story I've seen fished out with the GamerGate hashtag is legitimate harassment."

I recently removed joystiq from my bookmarks when they ran a pro-anita hit piece. I saw hints of them slowly progressing into SJW nonsense prior to that but hesitated.

Replaced it dualshockers and gematsu ever since.

 

[Unkindled]

Watching the little interaction between Basedmom and @max_read, on twitter. The butthurt is palpable, lol:

https://twitter.com/max_read/status/524387039899578370

 

[Veleda.980]

No-name blogger from Gawker insulting a philosophy professor for being inconsequential. There you have it. Hipster "journalism" in a nutshell.

 

[Damariel]

Dear Mr. Tom Watson.... just ask your colleague Erik Kain what #Gamergate really is about and stop pissing me off. [Warning]
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomwats...ate-anger-and-outrage-gender-power-and-money/

 

[HellKnightX88]

https://archive.today/cmqyo

We went from dead to tired guys and gals... it's official, we're zombies! Now please excuse me while I go munch on some brains, woman brains of course because as a gamergate supporter I'm a misogynist.

 

[Damariel]

@HellKnightX88 https://twitter.com/TheHoldenReport/status/524500642560479232

Ohh shit Stephen!! you're tired of Gamergate? Then get lost and let us win.

I didn't expect to see Anita's video there ;P

Spoiler

 

[HellKnightX88]

@HellKnightX88 https://twitter.com/TheHoldenReport/status/524500642560479232[/url[/QUOTE] See, that guy gets it!

 

[Damariel]

Jesus...why this TV station is so retarded?!

Edit 1: And just because kicking someone in the stomach with a group of friends is so trendy in last few days...Guardian decided to join in.
http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...nternet-toughest-game-woman-enemies?CMP=fb_gu
Edit 2: And kicks more than others to make them forget that it showed up late for the party
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/21/gamergate-angry-men-harassing-women?CMP=twt_gu
Ahh Jessica Valenti...Sargon will be pleased.

Spoiler

 

[Unkindled]

First Wu, then Sarkeesian, and now we've gone full trifecta.

Now do you think it's a coincidence that MSNBC, one of the more American liberal news channels is bringing the three stooges on tv to speak? Because it's not, people.

 

[Damariel]

[video=youtube;pdRAyG-BuFE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdRAyG-BuFE&feature=youtu.be&a[/video]

 

[Unkindled]

:rofl: Zoe Quinn as southpark's satan made this whole video.

 

[Damariel]

@Unkindled No I don't think it's coincidence but I see conspiracy everywhere right now so don't quote me on that.

 

[Unkindled]

@Damariel Alunnar

I think you meant to say "Quinnspiracy"
:cheers:

:ice: lol

 

[Garrison72]

The press is getting desperate. The more they try to explain this whole thing away with sound bites and slander, the more they make themselves look bad.

"gamers are misogynists!"
"gamers are sexist!"
"gamers are dead."
"wait, no...now they're just tired!"
"did we mention gamers are sexist?!"

In the absence of hard evidence, none of this shit passes. Not in regard to gamers or the industry as a whole.

 

[C0bR]

https://archive.today/cmqyo

We went from dead to tired guys and gals... it's official, we're zombies! Now please excuse me while I go munch on some brains, woman brains of course because as a gamergate supporter I'm a misogynist.

Stephen seems like a decent dude, but he's a coward. All he had to do was fire Grayson (arguable for me) and Hernandez (clear as fuck) and people would go back to not giving a shit about Kotaku.

 

[Damariel]

@slimgrin @Unkindled Meanwhile on the other side...
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-...-that-anywhere-in-the-terrified-liberal-media

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/10/17/Supporting-GamerGate-Does-Not-Make-You-a-Bully

Edit: Really Ben? You still want to fight?Are you not tired?!
https://twitter.com/BenKuchera/status/524560510269005824

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Edit 2:

Watching the little interaction between Basedmom and @max_read, on twitter. The butthurt is palpable, lol:

https://twitter.com/max_read/status/524387039899578370

Wow how do I missed this?! "Gamergate calls you a mom...they're sexist rape wanting white males so you don't deserve to have a word about Feminist!!!" ....What?! Respect is nonexistent in this one.

 

[Unkindled]

@Damariel Alunnar

I think he's just jealous because his mom doesn't love him either, lol.

 

[C0bR]

They are all oozing projection imho

 

[Damariel]

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sd7m8b

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

What exactly is the problem with what Zoe Quinn said there? I think she was pretty sensible. She said it's complicated.