Comic 234 - What's Gamergate
Posted on Tuesday, the 3rd of January at 11:00 PM, 2017
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I'm also still not entirely sure what it was about either. From what I could gather, it was about people hating female game journalists giving biased reviews, and everyone hating everyone who agreed with that and vice versa.
Yeah, that's pretty much all I could figure out. Because as is stated in the comic, everything I read was either vague, ambiguous, or had contradictory information to something else I read. No joke. On one side you had everyone condemning everyone who was against it, and on the other side you had everyone condemning everyone who was with it. And neither side seemed capable of understanding how anyone could be on the other side.
In short, my conclusion is that no one actually knew what it was about. I most certainly don't. So I think it's safe to say that the majority of people thought they did, but didn't.
Now, could anyone here please explain to me what the hell Gamergate was about. And please, be neutral in your explanation, and explain the point of view from both sides without demonizing anyone. Because I want to know!
When I heard it the first time I wondered what they were talking about gamersgate.com all the time, and also wondered why they had so strong opinions about them :-)
You've just made my day. :)