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"On GamerGate: A letter from the editor"
Oct. 18th, 2014 09:41 amDid I mention already how this shit is getting way out of hand? Yeah, pretty sure I did do that. (By the way, when I say "this shit" I am, of course, not talking about that article itself, but the asinine #GamerGate bullshit that is the subject of the article, just to be crystal clear.)
Also, I didn't even know that the term apparently originated from, or at least was popularized by, Adam Baldwin... someone who has long been a voice of importance in the video game industry??? Apparently? ō_ô Oh well, if nothing else, he fits right in with all the other asshats like Breitbart and the rest who are proponents of this shit, I guess.)
Found this via Wil Wheaton, in a weird roundabout way via Tumblr, via Facebook. And before you (of the hypothetical variety) get all uppity about how Wil Wheaton has just as much or as little say in this sort of thing as Adam Baldwin does... have you been paying attention to Wil Wheaton at all for the past decade or more? The dude's a nerd through and through (and, obviously, I say that in the best possible light), so I'm much more apt to listen to his take on this sort of thing than some random douchebag like Adam Baldwin or whoever.
Lastly, and I think this is the nail in the coffin as far as I'm concerned, #GamerGate (before getting that label thanks ostensibly to Mr. Baldwin) apparently had its origins in goddamn motherfucking 4chan. That, right there, should be all you need to know about this horseshit, if you're familiar even a little bit with 4chan. Note how a lot of those links in that Google search there also implicate 4chan as the source of the recent celebrity photo leaks scandal (and that, indeed, that very Wikipedia page also implicates 4chan in the scandal)? Yeah, these are the same assclowns who are now faffing around about "corruption in the game industry" or whatever. What a fucking joke.
So, yeah, in conclusion, fuck #GamerGate in the ass with a cattle-prod wrapped in necrotizing fasciitis-infused razor wire. That's my take on the whole thing, anyway.
Also, I didn't even know that the term apparently originated from, or at least was popularized by, Adam Baldwin... someone who has long been a voice of importance in the video game industry??? Apparently? ō_ô Oh well, if nothing else, he fits right in with all the other asshats like Breitbart and the rest who are proponents of this shit, I guess.)
Found this via Wil Wheaton, in a weird roundabout way via Tumblr, via Facebook. And before you (of the hypothetical variety) get all uppity about how Wil Wheaton has just as much or as little say in this sort of thing as Adam Baldwin does... have you been paying attention to Wil Wheaton at all for the past decade or more? The dude's a nerd through and through (and, obviously, I say that in the best possible light), so I'm much more apt to listen to his take on this sort of thing than some random douchebag like Adam Baldwin or whoever.
Lastly, and I think this is the nail in the coffin as far as I'm concerned, #GamerGate (before getting that label thanks ostensibly to Mr. Baldwin) apparently had its origins in goddamn motherfucking 4chan. That, right there, should be all you need to know about this horseshit, if you're familiar even a little bit with 4chan. Note how a lot of those links in that Google search there also implicate 4chan as the source of the recent celebrity photo leaks scandal (and that, indeed, that very Wikipedia page also implicates 4chan in the scandal)? Yeah, these are the same assclowns who are now faffing around about "corruption in the game industry" or whatever. What a fucking joke.
So, yeah, in conclusion, fuck #GamerGate in the ass with a cattle-prod wrapped in necrotizing fasciitis-infused razor wire. That's my take on the whole thing, anyway.
