Shit man, next year we're gonna be a decade old. Its also wild that you can trace the line of dominoes from us to the exposure of all the current day insanity, one event and regime-double-down at a time.
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There were a bunch that clearly were. I think Jeff Gherstman is a prime example of somebody that spent his whole life inside the gaming industry, and saw all the best and worst parts of it while developing an ironic and just barely edgy sense of humor that softened the blow of how shit the industry was, while clearly still being quite good with basically all games without ever actually being a pro at anything.
GamerGate corrupted a bunch of people who came after his generation of industry pros. Patrick Klepic was deep in the SJ nonsense, the Quinnspiracy, and attempts at Blacklisting. Meanwhile, Gherstman (despite having been fired for not corrupting his standards over his "average" scoring of Kane & Lynch 2), tried to stay entirely out of the fray. Klepic was newer in the industry, and Gherstman had been around for so long I think I remember seeing a video of him demonstrating the Dreamcast on "Regis & Kathy Lee"
But the people who came after Klepic? Jesus Christ, these people seemed to have never even been involved in play-testing, or even just playing games occasionally. At best, people like Anita tried to grift (I remember her picture with a pile of games that included fucking Bulletstorm) It's important to remember sometimes that the infamous Cuphead tutorial video came years after GamerGate.