August 27, 2014: #Gamergate Coined
No pithy exclamation this week, because we are too angry. While #Gamergate easily warrants an entire long-form investigative podcast all on its own, Emily did a fantastic job condensing it down to one infuriating hour for V. We look at both the surface and underlying reasons behind the reactionary far-right gamer movement, as well as its continuing fallout and the ways that it has irrevocably changed the entire modern world. For the worse. It's a bummer episode, folks. (Head over to the new CONstruction if you want an uplift after listening!)
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Sources
Fanlore: Gamergate
History of Gamergate: Death of a Gamer
TIME
Substack: plaguearist Does Gamergate
CNN
NY Times
GameDeveloper.com
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