1. SPS Accounts:
    Do you find yourself coming back time after time? Do you appreciate the ongoing hard work to keep this community focused and successful in its mission? Please consider supporting us by upgrading to an SPS Account. Besides the warm and fuzzy feeling that comes from supporting a good cause, you'll also get a significant number of ever-expanding perks and benefits on the site and the forums. Click here to find out more.
    Dismiss Notice
Dismiss Notice
You are currently viewing Boards o' Magick as a guest, but you can register an account here. Registration is fast, easy and free. Once registered you will have access to search the forums, create and respond to threads, PM other members, upload screenshots and access many other features unavailable to guests.

BoM cultivates a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. We have been aiming for quality over quantity with our forums from their inception, and believe that this distinction is truly tangible and valued by our members. We'd love to have you join us today!

(If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you've forgotten your username or password, click here.)

PC Gamer - Misogyny & Video Gamers

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by RPGWatch, Aug 29, 2014.

  1. RPGWatch

    RPGWatch Watching... ★ SPS Account Holder

    Joined:
    Jul 28, 2010
    Messages:
    32,404
    Likes Received:
    38
    Remove all ads!
    [​IMG]PC gamer has a new article about Anita Sarkeesian being forced out of her house by that small segment of gamers.

    The latest Tropes vs Women in Video Games video continues the analysis of the objectification of non-playable female characters-this time with an eye to exposing common traits of violence against sexualised NPCs. Depressingly, its release prompted a torrent of misogynistic abuse made against creator Anita Sarkeesian, her family and her supporters. In their attempts to prove that sexism in video gaming isn't a problem, Sarkeesian's harassers posted threats that compelled her to alert authorities and leave her home to stay with friends.​
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Sep 19, 2015
    RPGWatch, Aug 29, 2014
    #1
  2. Shoshino

    Shoshino Irritant Veteran

    Joined:
    Jul 8, 2001
    Messages:
    2,086
    Media:
    66
    Likes Received:
    79
    Gender:
    Male
    She made it up, the Kdobbsz account was created the day she recieved the 'threats' only sent tweets to her, followed noone else and dissappeared the same day. She is notorious for lying or presenting misinformation to support her OTT anti male feminist agenda. Ignore her.
     
    Shoshino, Aug 29, 2014
    #2

  3. Nekator Gems: 3/31
    Latest gem: Lynx Eye

    Joined:
    May 2, 2009
    Messages:
    61
    Likes Received:
    1
    Sadly this attention wh*re is getting more and more attention (which is all she cares for.. and the money she makes with it).
     
    Nekator, Aug 29, 2014
    #3
  4. Beren

    Beren Lovesick and Lonely Wanderer Staff Member Member of the Week Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2002
    Messages:
    3,963
    Media:
    1,158
    Likes Received:
    251
    Gender:
    Male
    Oh for the love of ... she's such a joke.

    By the way, there's an image on the net that I can't post here due to the language of the tweets itself. But ...

    1. A twitter account with only 10 tweets, all of them making the supposed threats. Which can suggest a fake account.

    2. All the tweets are perfectly capitalized, perfect grammar and spelling, and all of them within seconds of each other, and none of them going over the character limit. Which suggests a pre-written script.

    3. The image itself, offered as proof of the threats, is taken a mere 12 seconds after the last tweet.

    Hmmmmm ... anybody smell a rat here?
     
    Last edited: Aug 29, 2014
    Beren, Aug 29, 2014
    #4
  5. henkie

    henkie Hammertime Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

    Joined:
    Jan 13, 2006
    Messages:
    2,662
    Media:
    38
    Likes Received:
    158
    Gender:
    Male
    It seems to be fashionable or something. Or at least there appear to be other women in the news lately as well that have faked aggression towards their person in order to get attention (for themselves, their game, their agenda).

    Great piece of journalistic work by PC Gamer, by the way. Way to check your story before you publish it.
     
    henkie, Aug 29, 2014
    #5
Sorcerer's Place is a project run entirely by fans and for fans. Maintaining Sorcerer's Place and a stable environment for all our hosted sites requires a substantial amount of our time and funds on a regular basis, so please consider supporting us to keep the site up & running smoothly. Thank you!

Sorcerers.net is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products on amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.