GamerGate thread

**Galkaeater** · 2014-12-01 02:11

Originally Posted by tyven

Is victory I sight? Has it been decided what constitutes victory? Are the annoying broads still being annoying?

Who ever is the first to catch the golden snitch.

**Mazmaz** · 2014-12-01 04:49

Originally Posted by Tymon

There's no such thing as victory when they control all aspects of the media.

The only thing you could possibly construct as victory is to make them abide by their own rules. This is what is happening now, so you should be satisfied with that.

Personally out of the entire situation the only thing that made me legitimately upset was that SJWs could viciously doxx and harass some of the more prominent GGers/developers and have their position publicly and nearly unanimously justified in the "media," yet when it gets reported that GGers (in most cases this was outed as being Anonymous or fringe blackhats doing it for the lulz but let's ignore that for now) were doing it, it's subhuman civil rights violations on the level of the Holocaust.

That double standard is total bullshit, and now they're having to own up to it. That is what satisfies me.

feminists are the new jews guyz

**Blubbartron** · 2014-12-01 04:51

Originally Posted by Mazmaz

feminists are the new jews guyz

Aren't literally dozens of the primary feminist thinkers jewish women?

**Mazmaz** · 2014-12-01 05:07

Oh, so you do subscribe to the theory that jews control the media. Thanks for that lol

**Blubbartron** · 2014-12-01 05:43

Originally Posted by Mazmaz

Oh, so you do subscribe to the theory that jews control the media. Thanks for that lol

I was actually trying to make the witty pun that feminists aren't the new jews, they're old jews.

**Acevalefor** · 2014-12-01 05:46

I missed the joke too, Blub.

So it is agreed that Kotaku is bad because they said "fuck off" with the journalism circus act, and everyone else in gaming journalism are the good guys (gals?) now?

**Clash Perez** · 2014-12-01 07:33

Little girl can't handle the world on her own, and has to have a dog get her out of the situations she gets herself into? How insulting is that? No True Feminist could possibly support such blatant patriarchal messaging.

**Priran** · 2014-12-01 07:52

Originally Posted by Mazmaz

A game feminists can get behind

Mediocre puzzle platformer getting positive reviews because you can go to the menu and watch movies about the Inuit. Yay feminism. Just go watch a documentary.

**Clash Perez** · 2014-12-01 09:25

Jokes aside, it did look interesting from the clip provided. I like the style of the art, and it looks like it might have an interesting story to tell. Probably not enough so that I'd pay full retail, but that's all but a handful of games for me, in this age of Steam sales. It's been a long time since I played a puzzle platformer that held my interest on gameplay alone, but those with compelling storytelling will get a play through from me.

tl;dr - I'd check it out, though feminism has nothing to do with it.

**Tymon** · 2014-12-01 10:00

Originally Posted by Acevalefor

I missed the joke too, Blub.

So it is agreed that Kotaku is bad because they said "fuck off" with the journalism circus act, and everyone else in gaming journalism are the good guys (gals?) now?

No, not really.

VICE, Gamasutra, Vox, and some others are awful. VICE in particular is one of the worst cesspools of any kind of journalism I've ever personally seen. Gaming notwithstanding.

**Priran** · 2014-12-01 11:08

Originally Posted by Clash Perez

Jokes aside, it did look interesting from the clip provided.

That's not a joke, the whole of the ~Inuit Experience~ is that through progressing through the game you gradually unlock sections of an actual live action documentary about the Inuit that have nothing to do with the gameplay and are accessed through a menu item called Cultural Insights.

**Lyall** · 2014-12-01 11:11

Playing the game unlocks DVD extras that basically make up a documentary.

10/10 GOTY

Edit: I'm not sure how I feel about it as a whole. The game seems to be getting two differing sets of reviews: The "so cultural, amazing" side and the "this game isn't fun, the controls are awful, the AI is suicidal and the hitboxes are inconsistent" ones.

As someone who enjoys video games, I know which review I'm more inclined to listen to. I haven't played the game, personally. I've got no idea how it actually handles. That said, the videos I've watched basically show a Limbo-esque, Brothers-esque platformer that looks pretty but is fundamentally flawed.

Is this similar to the motte/baileys thing? "This game is great, look how cultured it is!" Yeah, but it plays like ass. "But it's so cultured! We have to give it points otherwise you're oppressing a people who helped contribute to the game!" Yeah, but it plays like ass. "But it's culturally enriched ass!"

**Charismatic** · 2014-12-01 18:03

#based

This is what I want to see more of.

**Kibble** · 2014-12-01 19:29

Originally Posted by Priran

#GGer is assaulted and chased from his home by friends of his girlfriend who convinced her he's a misogynist. Check the comments from anti-GGers for several times the recommended daily allowance of irony.

**tyven** · 2014-12-01 21:14

that can't be THE video

**Acevalefor** · 2014-12-01 22:13

Originally Posted by tyven

that can't be THE video

I feel like I could have understood the audio better if it was being played through a guitar amp with 3 effects pedals distorting the shit out if it.

**Kibble** · 2014-12-02 09:45

Originally Posted by tyven

that can't be THE video

Here's the YT video with a copyright claim from him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh7wk0kexoQ

**Drex** · 2014-12-02 19:38

Originally Posted by Lyall

Playing the game unlocks DVD extras that basically make up a documentary.

10/10 GOTY

Edit: I'm not sure how I feel about it as a whole. The game seems to be getting two differing sets of reviews: The "so cultural, amazing" side and the "this game isn't fun, the controls are awful, the AI is suicidal and the hitboxes are inconsistent" ones.

As someone who enjoys video games, I know which review I'm more inclined to listen to. I haven't played the game, personally. I've got no idea how it actually handles. That said, the videos I've watched basically show a Limbo-esque, Brothers-esque platformer that looks pretty but is fundamentally flawed.

Is this similar to the motte/baileys thing? "This game is great, look how cultured it is!" Yeah, but it plays like ass. "But it's so cultured! We have to give it points otherwise you're oppressing a people who helped contribute to the game!" Yeah, but it plays like ass. "But it's culturally enriched ass!"

not really, that's just looking at different aspects of the game

motte and bailey is when someone alternates between a meaningless but easily defensible argument (feminism is about equality of the sexes!) and an agenda-laden, indefensible argument (we need to arrest men on the street who whistle at women because i'm scared) depending on who is "watching"

**Not Kuno** · 2014-12-05 00:28

http://40.media.tumblr.com/438811351...hc69o1_500.png

**NynJa** · 2014-12-05 01:37

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/06/supa-hot-fire.gif

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