Games, Gators, and Nazis. . .

Jeez, where to start?

A couple months ago, a lying shitbag (who, if you read his stuff, may legitimately be mentally ill) decided he was going to harass the ever-loving shit out of his ex-girlfriend. He tried in a couple of different places, but found no traction. Then he found *chan, and a fertile ground for said harassment. At this place, not only did he find people interested, but he found them willing and able to more carefully craft the bullshit screed he would release defaming this young lady, who (and this is an important factor) happened to be a video game designer.

Time warp a short bit, and this harassment had spread online a bit to the point where a different (celebrity) scumfuck (hint: he played Jayne on Firefly) joined in and coined the term “GamerGate”. And wham bam let’s harass some fucking women, #GamerGate was born.

If you know what #GG is, then you’ve paid more attention than a lot of people. If not, it’s an “anonymous” “movement” supposedly dedicated to “improving ethics in gaming journalism”. In reality, it’s a pretty small number of people dedicated to driving women and feminists out of the video game industry via continual harassment and repeated threats of rape and death.

Now, the followers and supporters of this movement will scream bloody fucking murder that #GG is ALL about fixing the corruption in gaming journalism. And they keep this battle cry up, without acknowledging the fact that none of their actual targets are the games journalists or the big game developers.

No, their targets have been, and continue to be women who design small indie games and women who speak out about the sexism that is present in modern video gaming. Now, if it’s really about ethics in gaming journalism, why do they continue to go after these targets? Targets, who, by the way, have been driven from their homes out of fear from the threats, and in one case, cancelled a speaking engagement because of a murder threat that the FBI determined was not unusual for the speaker to receive. Think about that. Not unusual. . .

They continue to target these women and their supporters because the ethics line is a wispy smokescreen at best, easily penetrated. Seriously; there are chat logs and other evidence demonstrating that this was all about harassment.

So why do these people do this? I figure it’s one of three possibilities:

1. They have only seen the surface claims of the movement and have seriously bought into the whole “ethics in gaming journalism” line, and consciously or unconsciously ignore the more vile stuff the movement is truly about. Sadly, this group mostly refuses to accept the truth, because they don’t want to admit to supporting a legitimate hate group.

2. They are lying scumbags (and this covers the majority who post most often) who hate women, and want to push them 100% out of the industry so they can continue to wallow in their hatred and sexism. Imagine the He-Man Woman Haters Club except filled with people who genuinely think women should shut the fuck up and do nothing but service the men folk when they want it.

3. Trolls. A small number of them are legitimate trolls who are simply using #GG as the platform for this month’s trolling. Next month, they’ll use something else.

Now don’t go thinking this is a new phenomenon. It is not. It’s just picked up a unifying name finally. But this shit has been going on for a very long time (since the dawn of humanity, really). The simple truth behind #GG is that some people are shitty, shitty people who know nothing but hate. This raw truth is why #GG has attracted terrible people to its side, including – no shitting you – actually Neo-Nazis and White Power folk. And the hardcore supporters (one of whom is a staunch Holocaust denier by the way) welcome these people. Yes, they welcome the addition of actual fucking Nazis.

Think about that.

Think about it even more considering this. Two of these white supremacist scumbags are making $9,000 a month from #GG supporters on the promise of making videos that defame one of the more prominent spokeswomen against sexism in video games. Their monthly filming doesn’t start until they reach $15,000 a month. So they’re making $9,000 a month on the promise of delivering hate speech. 405 scumbags are giving them this money, because a woman dares to say “Hey, can we maybe treat women better in video games?”

But it’s actually about ethics in gaming journalism. . .

At least as much the shit I took this morning. . .

So let’s address their alleged true concern, ethics and corruption in gaming journalism:

Yeah, there is probably some corruption and bribery going on there. No argument. So the big question is what can we legitimately do about it without being hate-filled scumbags who only bother to harass women?

I don’t know. I don’t care. Why? Because it’s fucking VIDEO GAME JOURNALISM. It shouldn’t even have the word “journalism” in it, because it’s about reviews for video games. Do you know how important that is? Not. It’s not fucking important. My dog scratching his ass is literally more important than this bullshit. Boo fucking woo some game got a 9 instead of a 10. Get some god damned perspective you ignorant shitfucks.

Speaking of perspective, did you know (according to #GGers) that “gamers” are the most oppressed group of the last 50 years. And that #GG is like that guy facing down the tanks in Tiananmen Square back in 89? This is the kind of BS #GGers are putting out there. They are so very amazingly desperate to try and portray themselves as oppressed victims fighting some Lord of the Rings epic battle against Sauron the Social Justice Feminist Warrior. They are scrambling around trying to co-opt the language of genuinely oppressed peoples.

It’s ridiculous and pathetic, much like the followers and supporters of #GG.

So this whole “movement” is nothing but a hate group. If you support it, I want you to step away from the computer and console for a little while and ponder the fact that you might be a hateful scumbag.

Also, and this is a personal issue with the whole thing. You’re not gamers. You play video games of all stripes. That’s not gaming! If you’re not throwing dice to see if you hit or if the fireball turns you into charred leftovers, YOU ARE NOT GAMING!!

So I’m going to try and introduce a new hashtag:

#REALGAMERSTHROWDICE

I’m taking our word back.

Now go stop being Nazi-loving scum and direct that energy to important shit.