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Death Threat at Utah State

As someone who has made money in video game entertainment, I should probably be more versed in this thing. This whole overriding thing is just weird and stupid to me.
 
I have no idea who the speaker is, or what a "Montreal Style Massacre" is. From reading the comments section (many of who seem just shrill and condesending) I guess she's some lady who doesn't like video games (or probably more accurately, a subset of them), probably due to some feminist belief that she holds?
 
I have no idea who the speaker is, or what a "Montreal Style Massacre" is. From reading the comments section (many of who seem just shrill and condesending) I guess she's some lady who doesn't like video games (or probably more accurately, a subset of them), probably due to some feminist belief that she holds?

Type "gamergate" into Google. It's a huge controversy that's been going on for a while. It amazes me how much misogyny still exists in tech culture today. Just amazes me.
 
Type "gamergate" into Google. It's a huge controversy that's been going on for a while. It amazes me how much misogyny still exists in tech culture today. Just amazes me.

Well, just ask Gordon Hayward: women exist to get in the way of serious gaming. The only exception is those wonderful moms who allow their adult children to stay in the basement, unemployed, unshaven and unbathed so they can play 24/7.
 
Type "gamergate" into Google. It's a huge controversy that's been going on for a while. It amazes me how much misogyny still exists in tech culture today. Just amazes me.

You're amazed at misogyny in a male dominated industry? Fair enough I guess. Seems extremely predictable to me.

That being said, the whopping 5 minutes of research I did just left me more confused. This lady is famous for being a critic of what she considers anti-women tropes in video games, and it's pissed off a bunch of "hardcore" gamers for some reason. None of which I can really understand, mostly because I don't understand how a feminist critic affects them in any way.
 
That being said, the whopping 5 minutes of research I did just left me more confused. This lady is famous for being a critic of what she considers anti-women tropes in video games, and it's pissed off a bunch of "hardcore" gamers for some reason. None of which I can really understand, mostly because I don't understand how a feminist critic affects them in any way.

Think of all the reasons I annoy you.
 
You're amazed at misogyny in a male dominated industry? Fair enough I guess. Seems extremely predictable to me.

That being said, the whopping 5 minutes of research I did just left me more confused. This lady is famous for being a critic of what she considers anti-women tropes in video games, and it's pissed off a bunch of "hardcore" gamers for some reason. None of which I can really understand, mostly because I don't understand how a feminist critic affects them in any way.

I don't consider myself an expert, but here is some arm-chair psychology.

Some gamers (often male gamers) have poor self images- they use games and skill in games to build themselves up. When someone says (especially a woman) their games are "bad" or "wrong", they go berserk. In their view the foundation of their lives is literally being assaulted. Add in internet anonymity and you get death threats.

The many gamers don't really care about whoever this woman is.
 
I hope they catch this dude and he becomes someones bitch in prison. Poetic justice

I dunno, wouldn't surprise me at all if it's a female behind the threats - someone who disagrees with what they consider a "feminist agenda"

At any rate, I read or heard somewhere that the speaker has withdrawn from making the scheduled appearance
 
And not to trivialize the situation, but it does seem unusual for this type of threatened attack to be announced in this fashion.

But it looks like whoever made the threat accomplished their goal, at least in the short-term.
 
I could be wrong here, but haven't the courts established that guns can't be banned at a public university?

That was in Florida, and the decision was based on Florida law. Even then, it did not say guns could not be banned at specific/special events, it referred to a general ban that applied to guns kept locked in a car.

https://opinions.1dca.org/written/opinions2013/12-10-2013/12-2174.pdf

In particular, guns are still prohibited from dormitories and classrooms.

The commenters on the article at this link (besides making themselves look silly with their foul language) seem to think that a public school can just do whatever they want while ignoring state laws.

Why don 't you educate them?
 
I hope they catch this guy and prosecute him as much as they can.

I also hope the media never mentions his name once during the process.
 
Think of all the reasons I annoy you.

Well yeah, but other than a heavy sigh, a curse word, and saying the Lord's name in vein that's about as far as I ever plan to take it.

I'm more amazed at the abject anger over something that shouldn't generate much of it. A feminist wants to complain about mysogany in video games? If you're against her message, so what, let her talk. I would have never heard of her at all unless some nutjob didn't threaten her life.

If you believe video games are mysoginistic, change it. I do agree there's a legitimate problem when female designers aren't allowed to do what they want to in terms of being threatened or harrassed. I have no idea why anyone would care if someone makes a game called "Depression Quest." Really none whatsoever. I like movies and music, and people make bad movies and music all the time. If a game is bad, the market will decide, and even if it decides incorrectly (like the movie industry has done with all those terrible spoof movies in the past decade) so what. It doesn't ruin my enjoyment of other movies.

Now if you believe an industry you run is being unfairly criticized, it's fine to argue against it. The arguments don't shock me...it's the sheer vitriol of them that do. I've honestly never seen anything quite like it in terms of what (to me) a non-issue it is, other than bitter sports fans going back and forth with each other.
 
Type "gamergate" into Google. It's a huge controversy that's been going on for a while. It amazes me how much misogyny still exists in tech culture today. Just amazes me.

What do you expect in an industry that is so male dominated?
 
And not to trivialize the situation, but it does seem unusual for this type of threatened attack to be announced in this fashion.

But it looks like whoever made the threat accomplished their goal, at least in the short-term.

That's pretty sad. It's pathetic people like this actually exist.
 
Has "feminism" really come to trolling video gamers and makers for creating/having sexy avatars?

If that was her "interesting perspective" than she's irrelevant and didn't deserve any compensation offered by the University anyway.
 
In somewhat related news, video gaming apparently is now a competitive varsity sport at a few colleges and some - including Robert Morris University in Chicago, alma mater of Jazz legend Othyus Jeffers - are even offering athletic scholarships to talented gamers.

https://wsj.com/articles/a-college-offers-videogame-scholarships-for-league-of-legends-1409625331

September 1, 2014 10:35 PM
Liberal Education: At This College, Videogames Are a Varsity Sport
School in Chicago Offers Scholarships For 'League of Legends'

By Douglas Belkin

Prospective students compete for a spot on the nation's first varsity videogame team. At stake: a scholarship that might be worth $50,000.

https://m.wsj.com/articles/a-colleg...ips-for-league-of-legends-1409625331?mobile=y
 
Has "feminism" really come to trolling video gamers and makers for creating/having sexy avatars?

Women play games as well, and making them with that demographic would enhance the marketability of many games.

If that was her "interesting perspective" than she's irrelevant and didn't deserve any compensation offered by the University anyway.

Apparently she is relevant enough to be getting death threats on a regular basis, despite your analysis of the situation.
 
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