Kotaku was a gaming blog that posted stuff like news about games, anime, cosplays, etc. It started out as a generally decent site, but over time it started to hate gamers and people who like games.
KotakuInAction was made on reddit to document how awful Kotaku has been. GamerGate happened which was focused on the ethical violations they and other gaming outlets made.
Over time we realized that what caused Kotaku and games journalism to become awful extended far beyond gaming news, it was in universities, mainstream press, and everywhere else. The split between the original KotakuInAction and KIA2 was because the mods wanted to limit what people could post about, and overturned a vote on it.
Due to reddit censorship most of the people from there now post on here, on a variety of political topics but still with a focus on games, entertainment, and journalism.
Giving them way too much credit I'm sure, but "ko" as a prefix in Japanese means "little" (example: "inu" is dog, "koinu" is puppy), so it could be a Japanese contraction meaning "little otaku".
Little Geek but Otaku is more of a obsessed super fan meaning. Like that fucktard who stalked then attacked his favorite idol singer and stabbed her multiple times in the chest and neck for return to sender-ing his gifts for being a creepy stalker turned attempted murderer....The Otaku label is Not considered a good thing in Japan.
Meh, it's a pretty neutral term. You wouldn't use it in the workplace or when introducing yourself to a woman, but like "geek" now in the West it's pretty common and plenty of girls call themselves otaku. (at least privately)
In the West being the key phrase. Being an otaku is not "cool" in Japan, and likely never will be. " Otaku " itself is a derogatory term and always has been, even if a few people consider it a badge of honor. In Japan, people tend to not be very open about their hobbies, especially if there's a perception that they'll be frowned upon like Anime and Gun Otaku's
Kotaku was a gaming blog that posted stuff like news about games, anime, cosplays, etc. It started out as a generally decent site, but over time it started to hate gamers and people who like games.
KotakuInAction was made on reddit to document how awful Kotaku has been. GamerGate happened which was focused on the ethical violations they and other gaming outlets made.
Over time we realized that what caused Kotaku and games journalism to become awful extended far beyond gaming news, it was in universities, mainstream press, and everywhere else. The split between the original KotakuInAction and KIA2 was because the mods wanted to limit what people could post about, and overturned a vote on it.
Due to reddit censorship most of the people from there now post on here, on a variety of political topics but still with a focus on games, entertainment, and journalism.
If only...
Right now they're a leftist politics blog that attacks the games industry.
They did this twice iirc
Giving them way too much credit I'm sure, but "ko" as a prefix in Japanese means "little" (example: "inu" is dog, "koinu" is puppy), so it could be a Japanese contraction meaning "little otaku".
Like -aki in Greek.
Skylos - dog. Skylaki - Puppy. Modern Greek, of course. See if you can catch that word while watching the first few minutes of For the Love of Benji.
And oh, that "y" is pronounced as a "long E".
Little Geek but Otaku is more of a obsessed super fan meaning. Like that fucktard who stalked then attacked his favorite idol singer and stabbed her multiple times in the chest and neck for return to sender-ing his gifts for being a creepy stalker turned attempted murderer....The Otaku label is Not considered a good thing in Japan.
Meh, it's a pretty neutral term. You wouldn't use it in the workplace or when introducing yourself to a woman, but like "geek" now in the West it's pretty common and plenty of girls call themselves otaku. (at least privately)
In the West being the key phrase. Being an otaku is not "cool" in Japan, and likely never will be. " Otaku " itself is a derogatory term and always has been, even if a few people consider it a badge of honor. In Japan, people tend to not be very open about their hobbies, especially if there's a perception that they'll be frowned upon like Anime and Gun Otaku's