{"id":558,"date":"2014-09-09T03:56:16","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T03:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horsetailnebula.com\/?p=558"},"modified":"2014-09-09T03:56:16","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T03:56:16","slug":"controversy-in-the-gaming-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.horsetailnebula.com\/?p=558","title":{"rendered":"Controversy in the gaming world"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just read this article<\/a> over at Salon.com…<\/p>\n

Over the past few weeks, the video game community has erupted into a full-blown culture war. On one side are the gaming journalists and developers, circling the wagons around feminist activist Anita Sarkeesian and feminist game developer Zoe Quinn, and on the other side are legions of self-proclaimed \u201cgamers,\u201d outraged that the games they love are being criticized….[snip]<\/p>\n

… Sarkeesian has been deluged with sexist hate of all stripes, from virtually every gaming community on the Internet. It reached a peak when she actually had to leave her home<\/a> following particularly detailed threats made on her by a Twitter user who knew her address and parents\u2019 names… [snip]<\/p>\n

The sexist gamers are the ones who feel most strongly about the issue, and are so loud about it you\u2019d think Anita Sarkeesian had personally gone around to every male gamer\u2019s home and smashed up their \u201cCall of Duty\u201d discs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anita Sarkeesian’s videos can be found at her YouTube channel, The Feminist Frequency<\/a>. Note that some of the videos come with a warning –“This educational episode contains graphic sexual and violent game footage.”<\/p>\n

Two videos that I especiallyenjoyed were the ones about Legos — how they were originally marketed as toys for the entire family, but gradually separated into “pink” and “blue” versions.<\/p>\n

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