Why Are You So Angry? Part 4: An Autopsy on GamerGate
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transcript: http://innuendostudios.tumblr.com/post/124243386832/part-4-of-my-series-on-angry-gamers-this-one-waspart 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y8XgGhXkTQ
part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExEHuNrC8yU
part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSmDq5Czae0
part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCqQ9LxzTwM
part 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfPAoz9GnWMBibliography:
Perhaps the most comprehensive account of GamerGate’s origins with Eron Gjoni: http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2015/04/28/gamergate/
Brianna Wu leaves home: http://kotaku.com/another-woman-in-gaming-flees-home-following-death-thre-1645280338
Anita Sarkeesian leaves home: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/29/gaming-vlogger-anita-sarkeesian-is-forced-from-home-after-receiving-harrowing-death-threats/
Felicia Day doxxed: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/23/felicia-days-public-details-online-gamergate
SWATting: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/13/gamergate-hits-new-low-with-attempts-to-send-swat-teams-to-critics
4chan and IRC screencaps: https://storify.com/strictmachine/gameovergate
More IRC selections: http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2014/09/08/zoe-quinns-screenshots-of-4chans-dirty-tricks-were-just-the-appetizer-heres-the-first-course-of-the-dinner-directly-from-the-irc-log/
More GG origins on 4chan: https://archive.is/m2fmN
More on GG and its allies: http://jonstonechannel2.tumblr.com/post/99246356388/why-bother-with-gamergate
Gator post openly admitting the IRC was created to destroy Quinn: https://medium.com/@cainejw/a-narrative-of-gamergate-and-examination-of-claims-of-collusion-with-4chan-5cf6c1a52a60
Details on Operation Lollipop: http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/223102/4chan-plans-to-continue-hoax-hashtag-war-on-feminists-and-women-of-color/
GamerGate’s Operation Vox Populi: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F9icbZbVXbl1-BJ0EsPJn2jIMplqrgLJCBEi4SG4ntw/edit
Anti-progressive allies, e.g. weev: https://olaasm.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/at-the-intersection-of-gamergate-weevgate-abusers-their-knowing-apologists/
GG’s inability to tell two Asian men apart: https://storify.com/turnoffthenews/gamergate-can-t-tell-two-asian-men-apart
Popular Science on how angry commenters skew opinion: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/why-were-shutting-our-comments
GamerGate supporter Milo Yiannopoulos on the “social justice narrative” in Bioware games: http://www.breitbart.com/london/2014/12/15/review-dragon-age-inquisition/
Angry Joe on having to shut down GamerGate threads on his forum: https://archive.is/I976H
8chan hosting child pornography: http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/01/8chan-domain-seized-over-allegations-of-child-abuse-content/
Hacking and doxxing on 8chan’s baphomet: https://storify.com/a_man_in_black/baphomet
Brianna Wu having a GamerGater storm out of a panel:
Then he stormed out of the room, muttering and demanding I answer his questions. Police followed and barred him from talk. He left backpack
— Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) March 27, 2015
Making research unusable, and how a hate campaign works: jezebel.com
GamerGate and the “gamers are dead” articles (source of much of their criticism of Leigh Alexander): pixietalksgamergate.wordpress.com
How “moderate” GamerGaters amplified harassment: storify.com
GamerGate losing support after the Colbert Report:
@a_man_in_black this graph illustrates how GG suffered huge loss directly after Colbert’s show on GG (via @PixelGoth) pic.twitter.com/gsHJulpQNs
— Ted Lee (@teioh) December 7, 2014
GamerGate reacting with military language to Sarkeesian’s appearance on The Colbert Report: wehuntedthemammoth.com
GamerGaters moving on to Sad Puppies: dailydot.com
The harassment hasn’t ended: ohdeargodbees.tumblr.com
GamerGate’s origins on /pol/: medium.com
pol and white supremacy: np.reddit.com
Hashtag traffic overwhelmingly more fixated on Leigh Alexander than any other journalist: newsweek.com
Mattie Brice quits games journalism: themarysue.com
Tauriq Moosa leaves twitter: inquisitr.com
GamerGate’s refusal to do any kind of moderating: storify.com
Journalists failing to comment: ravishly.com