re: #182 HappyWarrior

I’ve played video games for about twenty five years. I hate the toxic subculture of sexism and racism that exists.

Gamer culture is just so depressingly nasty, and social acceptance of the hobby has only amplified it by drawing in the chuds who are there not for the gaming or the community but just for the free indulgence in said sexism and racism.

re: #192 Targetpractice

Serious question: Would you be as outraged if Razer dropped a man as a spokesperson after he responded to a tweet from a woman by calling all women “trash”?

It would depend on the context, especially in this case where Cattuzzo had dealt with rampant sexism and harassment even before her big tweet, and then the avalanche of death threats and even more misogyny after.

Even with that caveat, even without that specific context, I would definitely give less leeway to the guy in that case because more often than not, gaming environments encourage exactly that kind of behavior, even glorify it. Gamergate was (and in many ways still is) a thing after all. Misogyny is an issue that’s plagued gamer culture for decades and has become only more visible with time. And while I believe there have been cases of sponsored streamers dropped for various reasons, I rarely have seen one with this kind of statement claiming outright victimhood the way Razer Brazil’s did.