![]() You can watch a supercut of the episode in the video below: In the episode a female game developer is showcasing her latest game (Notably lacking any form of conflict) at a conference where she is abducted by a group of fans of the fictional game Kill or Be Slaughtered (An obvious take at the Call of Duty franchise), leading the Special Victims Unit to track down her whereabouts. An episode by the name of “Intimidation Game” aired on the 11th featuring scenario that very much reflected the current state of video games at the time. In a slightly more humorous yet damaging portrayal of Gamergate in mainstream media, we’re now going to turn our heads towards the world of Law and Order: SVU. Evidence had been shown pointing towards the firing being linked to GameJournoPros along with the blacklisting back in October, but this was the first time that Allistair had spoken up about GJP and the various members on the list. TechRaptor, a site that had been strongly supportive of Gamergate since its beginnings, interviewed Allistair Pinsof (Former editor for Destructoid) about how he was allegedly blacklisted from gaming journalism as a whole after being fired for looking into a corrupt IndieGoGo campaign. Gamergate’s mailing tactics work was starting to pay off as things started to reach the political realm, but this would be just the beginning of Gawker’s shift into trouble.įebruary begins with a look into some of the underlying effects of the GameJournoPros mailing list. Not only did they update their guide on company disclosures, but the FTC also went and published an article on the concept of native-ads (Ads that resemble the site or medium that’s in use), listing Gawker as an example amongst Buzzfeed and Wired. Meanwhile, the fruits of Operation UV (A project designed at drawing attention to how Gawker Media used affiliated links in their articles linking to a product on Amazon) lead to the involvement of the Federal Trade Commission. Online outlets claimed Gamergate as the source of the posters, but a look into the origin of the posters point it to being linked to an L.A.-based art group imitating the style of street artist Sabo. Black and white posters of Anita Sarkeesian were plastered in the area around the convention hall E3 was taking place, with the caption “FEM FREAK” catching the eyes of viewers. But while people were looking into the games on the inside, someone was taking the fight on the outside. The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) once again returned to LA showing off a slew of new video games that would be released within the next year or two, with both announcements of returns of classic franchises like Doom or Fallout and the reveals of new titles like Firewatch or Horizon: Zero Dawn. While December may be the biggest month for video game releases, June is the biggest month for video game news. More game developers like Denis Dyack (Metal Gear Solid 2, Eternal Darkness) and James Desborough (Dungeons & Dragons 3.5, Call of Cthulu 6) spoke up for Gamergate, and the buds of the biggest Gamergate event of the summer were brewing in the background. Meanwhile, on the more positive side of things, Gamergate meetups in Paris, British Columbia, Tel Aviv, Montreal, Denmark, and Victoria without a hitch (And not a word of a bomb threat). The worst thing about the whole situation is that the original story may have been a hoax just to trick both Gawker and Conde Nast, but the damage was done as five more editors would leave Gawker that month. A few days later, Max Read (Editor-in-chief) and Tommy Cragg (Executive Editor) would resign from Gawker as a whole in response to the deletion of the article and would reveal information showing that the article staying up would cost them another large loss in advertiser money (Calling back that the mailing campaigns were working in Gamergate’s favor). The article itself was heavily criticized from several sides for extorting someone’s sexuality for a story, leading to the article’s deletion a day later. Not one to learn from past mistakes, Gawker put out an article on July 16 th, stating that a financial officer for publisher Conde Nast had met with a male gay porn star and solicited him for sexual favors. ![]() They had already reached a certain level of infamy when they were being sued by pro-wrestler Hulk Hogan, but they reached a particularly new level of attention in July. Sure, it’s one of the few things both the Pro-Gamergate and Anti-Gamergate sides can agree to dislike and rag on. I may have been bashing on Gawker Media too hard through this blog.
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