Yup. This goes all the way back to at least the early 2010s, almost definitely even earlier. A lot of people point to Zoe Quinn as the cause of gamergate, but she was just the catalyst that finally got the ball rolling. The truth is Gamergate was always going to happen because there was a massive and growing rift between the cultural values of the players and the establishment gaming media that had come to represent them.

One of the best examples of this divide was Gone Home, a small indie game that received universal and wildly over-the-top acclaim from virtually every publication and outlet. The media coverage framed Gone Home as a quasi-horror game with a twist, giving it mostly perfect scores and a spot on several game of the year lists. A lot of players were duped into buying GH based entirely on the raving reviews, nearly all of which strategically omitted the true nature of the game. Players then quickly discovered that the “twist” was “it’s not a horror game at all but rather a primitive woke walking simulator about lesbians”.

This widespread betrayal is what prompted a lot of gamers to become highly skeptical and even combative towards video game journalists. They were activists who posed as gamers so that they could manipulate us in service of their own cultural and political agendas. As a result, many of us wasted time and money on shit media products. So we loudly declared war on these leftist dipshits who brazenly attacked us and our favorite hobby, and we’ve been racist, misogynist, homophobic Nazis ever since.

Yup. This goes all the way back to at least the early 2010s, almost definitely even earlier. A lot of people point to Zoe Quinn as the cause of gamergate, but she was just the catalyst that finally got the ball rolling. The truth is Gamergate was always going to happen because there was a massive and growing rift between the cultural values of the players and the establishment gaming media that had come to represent them.

One of the best examples of this divide was Gone Home, a small indie game that received universal and wildly over-the-top acclaim from virtually every publication and outlet. The media coverage framed Gone Home as a quasi-horror game with a twist, giving it mostly perfect scores and a spot on several game of the year lists. A lot of players were duped into buying GH based entirely on the raving reviews, nearly all of which strategically omitted the true nature of the game. Players then quickly discovered that the “twist” was “it’s not a horror game at all but rather a primitive woke walking simulator about lesbians”.

This widespread betrayal is what prompted a lot of gamers to become highly skeptical and even combative towards video game journalists. They were activists who posed as gamers so that they could manipulate us in service of their own cultural and political agendas. As a result, many of us wasted time and money on shit media products. So we loudly declared war on the activist dipshits who brazenly attacked us and our favorite hobby, and we’ve been racist, misogynist, homophobic Nazis ever since.

Yup. This goes all the way back to at least the early 2010s, almost definitely even earlier.

A lot of people point to Zoe Quinn as the cause of gamergate, but she was just the catalyst. Gamergate was always going to happen because there was a massive and growing rift between the values of the players and the establishment gaming media.

One of the best examples of this divide was Gone Home, an indie game received universal over-the-top (and completely dishonest) acclaim, duping a lot of players into buying what ended up being a boring walking simulator about lesbians. The media coverage framed Gone Home as a horror game with a twist, and it turned out that twist was “not a horror game at all, instead a woke lesbian walking simulator”.