| sidmeiernintifan said: I don't think this is related directly to the gamergate, Zoe or femminism. This is related directly to the articles many "video game journalists" wrote about how gamers are dead and are no longer important, and how gamers are losers and nerds. Those articles did happen because of the gamergate. This article by Leigh Alexander ended up costing Gamasutra a lot of money. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/224400/Gamers_dont_have_to_be_your_audience_Gamers_are_over.php This is absolute common sense. Videogames are a hobby like cars, train modeling or fishing. A company dedicated to that will not give money to people who think car fans are despicable idiots, like Leigh Alexander thinks of gamers. |
Thankfully, unlike Leigh Alexander, most games developers and companies know that the internet has and always will be a bastion for anonymous trolls. And that the proper recourse is to ignore those idiots, or publicly shame them if possible (or when necessary, involve the police). The improper recourse is to bury the overarching issue of journalistic integrity, because of an issue rampant in every aspect of the internet. I think it's kind of despicable to throw all gamer's under the bus, just because...trolls and hatefilled schills. Since when, in any other topic of discussion, do we actually care what those people say?
It's not just games, it's every freakin topic. You will find people who are either genuinely awful, or simply shock trolling. Paying them lip service is the dumbest thing you can do. So, why is it impossible to have a discussion about journalistic integrity AND women's rights? And I think, quite frankly, the answer is journalists don't want true research going into their shady shit, so they shift the focus elsewhere. Easy pickens. Imagine how many articles about racism, sexism, bigotry, etc... you could make, if the only comments you ever read were the trolls/haters?
