Who is Killing Video Games?

   

Sargon of Akkad

 

Published on Mar 10, 2015

Those people defending academic feminists accuse #GamerGate of "killing videogames" because these academics are having problems being taken seriously and getting funding.

We're supposed to be bothered by this.

Note Re-rendered it due to complaints about low sound volume. Sorry about that.

Sources:

GG is killing Vidya!
http://jas720.tumblr.com/post/113166275189

Total Biscuit's Twitlonger about Media Influence
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sl499g

Zennistrad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2aBSyjFX6g

GamerGhazi is populated by zealots
https://twitter.com/salomon_hadren/status/537741158177193984/photo/1

TotalBiscuit's Twitlonger about "media affecting people"
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sl499g

"Anon social scientist"
https://www.reddit.com/r/GamerGhazi/comments/2yeh1f/in_answer_to_where_are_the_scientists_who_study/

Threat to me
https://twitter.com/Sargon_of_Akkad/status/574865129252253696

I got doxxed
https://twitter.com/RestlessArmor/status/531766702401650689/photo/1

GamerGate Political compass
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8zxp3WCYAIjyPS.png:large

Government crime statistics
http://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/State/RunCrimeStatebyState.cfm

Violent crime rate reduction
http://www.wanttoknow.info/g/violent_crime_rates_reduction

Children living in violent households
http://chrisuggen.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/prevalence-of-violence-in-households.html

Video game sales have quadrupled since the 90s
https://depts.washington.edu/critgame/wordpress/2010/04/fyi-video-game-statistics-by-the-entertainment-software-association/comment-page-1/

Games don't need diversity - DiGRA research
http://www.digra.org/digital-library/publications/he-could-be-a-bunny-rabbit-for-all-i-care-identification-with-video-game-characters-and-arguments-for-diversity-in-representation/

Do you identify as a gamer?
http://nms.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/06/15/1461444811410394

End of Gamers
http://dangolding.tumblr.com/post/95985875943/the-end-of-gamers

Playful is Political
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S-QQML7a3dbJ5JJDd5-EmQ6nOnYewNGmkn7VQ_G_oxk/edit#

Maya Kramer's Cuties killing video games
https://twitter.com/legobutts/status/506832205570519041

Andrew Grant Wilson, Maya Kramer and Zoya Street of Silverstring
https://archive.today/URSCG
https://archive.today/RAJOU

Katherine Cross has spoken for DiGRA
https://archive.today/ZMtMj

Professional Cretin is the secretary of Feminist Frequency
https://i.imgur.com/3krmDzG.png

Silverstring wrote the story to Crypt of the Necrodancer
http://silverstringmedia.com/consultancy/

Which Feminist Frequency herself promotes on her Steam curators page without disclosure
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/femfreq/curation/app/247080/

Squinky
http://squinkyhatesvideogames.tumblr.com/
http://floerian.tumblr.com/post/102738388578/if-youre-going-to-make-a-narrative-game-if-you

The Patreon "Death to Video Games" brigade
https://www.patreon.com/squinky
https://www.patreon.com/legobutts?pat=1
https://www.patreon.com/mattiebrice


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