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Extremism in Gaming

robot_boob | Mar 25, 2024 | 4

Recent information has come to light that multiple government agencies are “to monitor extremism and terrorism recruitment through gaming communities” and “fighting for just equitable online spaces.” They are government agencies and officials with frightening names, like The Department of Ho...

Kotaku Loses Editor-in-Chief Over New Focus on Gaming Guides

AlexGherzo | Mar 21, 2024 | 3

Kotaku is in a bit of trouble. Today, Kotaku’s editor-in-chief, Jen Glennon, resigned. Glennon announced this on X without going into detail, aside from saying, “Jim Spanfeller is an herb.” If you don’t know who that is, she’s referring to James J. Spanfeller Jr., the CEO of G/O Media Inc....

The Return of GamerGate | The GamerGate 2 Report

Nerdwars222 | Mar 21, 2024 | 6

All I wanted to do was laugh at some pronoun fluids and Canadians doing land acknowledgments and calling themselves “settlers.” Instead, I present to you a comprehensive, multi-part series on Gamergate, Sweet Baby Inc., and wokeness in video games. Please, play nice. During the dangerous process...

A Message From a Humble Nerd

jesslind | Mar 16, 2024 | 6

As with anything on the internet, or even in real life, drama ensues when there are many voices vying for the megaphone. In this case, the controversy over Sweet Baby Inc. and GamerGate 2.0 continues, but not in the way most would expect. Matt Walsh, one of the Daily Wire personalities, is in the th...

Dan Vasc Started Gamergate 2.0

AlexGherzo | Mar 14, 2024 | 7

If you listen to games journalists, their favorite boogeyman, Gamergate, has been resurrected thanks to the attention Sweet Baby Inc. has garnered over its woke gaming content. Curators were started, videos and articles were made, and The Daily Wire even took notice, with every screeching internet h...

Anita Sarkeesian Shuts Down Feminist Frequency

AlexGherzo | Aug 2, 2023 | 4

Remember Anita Sarkeesian, the activist who became famous for railing against video games and the guys who play them for being misogynistic and then feigned surprise when these people decided they wanted her out of their hobby? She’s bowing out of the debate she essentially created. In a recent bl...