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WagnerPaiva on 21 August 2014
SqueakySamurai said:

Zoe Quinn, developer of Depression Quest has been accused of cheating on her boyfriend with at least five other men.

One of the men is Kotaku writer, Nathan Grayson.

The fact that this has been nowhere in the gaming media outlet is incredibly unfair. When male developers make one sexist joke or one "offensive" tweet, they are forced to quit, yet here we have a female developer cheating on her boyfriend with five men and using sex to get ahead in the industry we see nothing.
Her boyfriend posted video evidence of her admitting that she cheated on him.

The only sites that seem to care have been 4chan, tumblr and reddit, with reddit threads having mass banning when trying to discuss the issue.

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/2dz0gs/totalbiscuit_discusses_the_state_of_games/

This is just another fine example of the corrupt gaming industry and how they ignore any story that makes them look bad, I hope VGchartz sees the injustice she's done and makes an article about it.

At the same time? Not cool.



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greenmedic88 on 21 August 2014

She wasn't a victim but the backlash from the general public, and by general public I mean the gaming public is turning her into a victim.

So no, it's not being "ignored," if anything it's being overplayed, given the public response/outcry.

Without knowing the nature of her relationship and frankly, not even caring because it doesn't pertain to me at all, it sounds like it wasn't a committed relationship. If not, who cares if a guy or a girl is sleeping with a dozen other individuals outside of a primary relationship other than "traditional" (Puritanical, whatever) pundits whose conservative sensibilities have been offended?

I don't care. And neither should you if you aren't soft and squishy and can help it.

And if your are, I didn't see no ring on her finger.



WagnerPaiva on 21 August 2014
Areym said:
Just when you think you've seen it all. That is a load, a wad of horseshit. How is she getting away with this?


This world is full of hipocrisy, that is how.



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greenmedic88 on 21 August 2014

And yeah; without going all Sigmund Freud over someone I don't know and have never met or spoken to, it sounds like Zoe has some emotional, possibly psychological issues to deal with, with regards to her personal interactions, but then again, who doesn't?



famousringo on 21 August 2014

Meanwhile, elsewhere on VGC, there's a thread titled "Why aren't there any female users on this site anymore?"



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greenmedic88 on 21 August 2014
famousringo said:
Meanwhile, elsewhere on VGC, there's a thread titled "Why aren't there any female users on this site anymore?"

We have no thumbs up function on VGC, so...

Yeah. What a coincidence, right? I'm stumped.



NiKKoM on 21 August 2014

Reddit was perfectly clear why they closed their thread and removed info.. Its not because Zoe got in contact with them.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/2dzpmx/rgames_meta_discussion_500000_readers_zoe_quinn/

Also Reddit has a history with personal information being exposed and people receiving death threats, people getting fired, people arrested on false charges.. Etc.. Stuff that could make them shut down



 

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McGilliguts on 21 August 2014

I must say I find the very idea of sexual intercourse utterly abhorrent.



nitekrawler1285 on 21 August 2014

For me this is about unethical behavior. I'm sad that none of those five guys decided to A disclose to their readers their relationship so that the readers could decide if it was appropriate or B simply excuse themselves from covering her game at all(note I did not say positive or negative coverage). That is what should be happening here and isn't.

I'm also sad to see that she took down a youtube video under copyright infringement when it only contained pictures of her game made publicly available for use. That makes it seem more like she is trying to silence haters than having any actual copyright claims. Censoring is not something to be taken lightly.

If there were not prior reports about her abusing her relationships to have nay sayers censored it would be easier to accept this as a simple slut shaming. I don't think that is what is going on here. I think she is purposefully building these unethical relationships to further her business goals.





outlawauron on 21 August 2014
NiKKoM said:
Reddit was perfectly clear why they closed their thread and removed info.. Its not because Zoe got in contact with them.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/2dzpmx/rgames_meta_discussion_500000_readers_zoe_quinn/

Also Reddit has a history with personal information being exposed and people receiving death threats, people getting fired, people arrested on false charges.. Etc.. Stuff that could make them shut down

But we know they did talk about it all. I'd be shocked if this wasn't the case.



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