A summary of some of the major happenings this week from the GamerGate consumer revolt and related controversies. Covers Kotaku and Polygon’s shenanigans, Sad Puppies being blamed on GamerGate, the study on games and sexism, and OpEarthquake.
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gitgud timeline:
https://gitgud.net/gamergate/gamergateop/tree/master/Current-Happenings
Sources:
‘Gamers’ don’t have to be your audience. ‘Gamers’ are over. – Leigh Alexander
https://archive.today/mTQX6
The End of Gamers – Dan Golding
https://archive.today/THwxj
Proof of when Yang worked at RPS:
https://archive.today/EZLbW
A Game where you have Sex with your Car – Nathan Grayson
https://archive.today/Cvyag
Kotaku Writer Paid $800 To Dev He Was Sleeping With, Without Disclosure – Billy D
Kotaku Writer Paid $800 To Dev He Was Sleeping With, Without Disclosure
Michael McWhertor and Jason Schreier and legodimensions
https://archive.today/l8xec
Ian Miles “Prower” Cheong calling them out on it.
https://archive.today/iFRRL#selection-9069.0-9069.100
David Zhou squatting another domain
https://archive.today/0OHWV
SadPuppies links
https://archive.today/qBMkc
How to get Correia nominated for a Hugo PART 2: A VERY SPECIAL MESSAGE
SAD PUPPIES 3: the 2015 Hugo slate
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/04/11/media-drops-the-ball-on-hugoawards-sadpuppies/
Sexist Games=Sexist Gamers? A Longitudinal Study on the Relationship Between Video Game Use and Sexist Attitudes.
https://archive.today/4xz28
Leigh Alexander salt over study:
http://archive.today/7coRv
OpEarthquake idea thread:
[OP Earthquake] The idea to treat "trending hashtags" like a MMO and trend #AreYouBlocked? on Thursday, April 9 6pm PDT (9pm EDT, 1am GMT, 3am CET) from KotakuInAction
(there was one on 8chan too, but those die quickly)
The claim about the new blocklist:
https://archive.today/QzbXn
Fart with stats:
https://archive.today/moXuH
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