The Gamergator rhetoric of historical accuracy has come back to bite Kingdom Come on the arse (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
from ConstableJelly@midwest.social to gaming@beehaw.org on 24 Jan 15:46
https://midwest.social/post/22191367

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Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca on 24 Jan 15:49 next collapse

Gamergate is russian psyops astroturfing.

GammaGames@beehaw.org on 24 Jan 16:35 collapse

Currently? Originally it was a hate mob 4chan created to target women in the game industry

Edit: oh nice, the article covers that

a febrile harassment campaign, originally sparked by somebody’s clownishly toxic grudge against their ex, who sometimes advertise themselves as being about “ethics in games journalism”

Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca on 25 Jan 18:44 collapse

4chan is a well known stomping ground for kremlin propagandists.

ech@lemm.ee on 25 Jan 21:07 next collapse

Somehow had no idea about the director. Shame. I was considering buying the game on GOG, and from the sounds of it, it’s actually pretty good despite his involvement. Ah well.

DdCno1@beehaw.org on 24 Jan 18:02 next collapse

Couldn’t have happened to nicer people. Reap what you sow.

If you’ve ever had to deal with a Gamergate dogpiling campaign, you are probably high as a kite on schadenfreude right now. You are probably knocking back a huge mug of crocodile tears.

Ayup.

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net on 27 Jan 03:54 collapse

I completely forgot about the term SJW until this little dig into history.

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net on 27 Jan 03:55 next collapse

They cover more here

thegamer.com/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-controver…

1SimpleTailor@startrek.website on 24 Jan 16:48 collapse

I still enjoyed the first game but wasn’t one of the lead devs on KCD a capital G Gamer? I remember some… interesting tweets from him. Was he booted or did he change his ways?

Edit: Derp, should have just read the article before commenting. Fascism eats its own yet again.