Why is casual racism/sexism more accepted in video games than other forms of media (these days)?

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you can idly flip to the tag at any time 24 hrs and find gems

https://twitter.com/Chriss_m/status/518990329127899136

goole, Monday, 6 October 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link

I... what?

πŸ’ͺ😈⚠️ (DJP), Monday, 6 October 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link

i think? vivian is the name of their anime girl mascot

goole, Monday, 6 October 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link

I get that, I don't get the "here's a topless picture of our imaginary girl that SOME people would say was sexual *scoff, scoff*"

πŸ’ͺ😈⚠️ (DJP), Monday, 6 October 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link

she's like, not even, real

the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 October 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link

has that stopped any of these grognards

Nhex, Monday, 6 October 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link

"It's not porn, you can't even see her penis!"

πŸ’ͺ😈⚠️ (DJP), Monday, 6 October 2014 23:48 (nine years ago) link

what is porn after all

lag∞n, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

A miserable pile of secretions

( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:28 (nine years ago) link

aw

lag∞n, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:27 (nine years ago) link

Nice xp

龜, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link

well done zappi

Nhex, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 02:04 (nine years ago) link

lol

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 04:24 (nine years ago) link

This is superb (and weirdly relevant to zappi's comment): https://mobile.twitter.com/GrahamWJenkins/status/519241098330669056

bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 07:05 (nine years ago) link

wow

Nhex, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 12:33 (nine years ago) link

oh shit, that gif!

⌘-B (mh), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 13:32 (nine years ago) link

β€οΈπŸ’šπŸ’œπŸ’™πŸ’›

πŸ’ͺ😈⚠️ (DJP), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 13:41 (nine years ago) link

lollll

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 13:52 (nine years ago) link

lmao

lag∞n, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link

i... i really dunno what to make of this (ok i kind of do). could go on right wingery or powerful cons' images

https://twitter.com/Kingofpol/status/518417164345556992

looks like someone made a long-ass webcomic about, idk, white nationalism or something.

goole, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:46 (nine years ago) link

that is some strange stuff right there

polyphonic, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link

lol at you are free now brah

lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:58 (nine years ago) link

Lol at the WHOLE THING

πŸ’ͺ😈⚠️ (DJP), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:57 (nine years ago) link

what's that rule about not being able to tell if something is extremism or parody anymore...

Nhex, Thursday, 9 October 2014 02:07 (nine years ago) link

you guys, a #GamerGate proponent just went super-saiyan hilarious:

https://twitter.com/nitramy/status/520248494112534528

πŸ’ͺ😈⚠️ (DJP), Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link

Conrad Verner ‏@ConradVerner 2h2 hours ago
@nitramy The parallel is a little excessive but I like the general concept of it

linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link

Nitramy ‏@nitramy 2h2 hours ago
@JagsDomainCrew Only pic of people linked arm in arm I could find.

ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link

someone tell me its not real

lag∞n, Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link

The "I'm from the Philippines so I didn't realize that was MLK" defense is undercut somewhat by the tweet bemoaning the fact that he couldn't find an appropriate pic from the EDSA revolution.

πŸ’ͺ😈⚠️ (DJP), Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link

http://nonadecimal.itch.io/socialjusticewarriors

Nhex, Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link

can i please find a new rabbithole, thanks.

yes i read this sentence today

" I'd like to see the so-called 'feminists' and SJWs in this scandal sit through a play of Hamlet end to end."

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/gamergate-interviews/12384-Xbro-GamerGate-Interview.2

goole, Friday, 10 October 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link

lol what

⌘-B (mh), Friday, 10 October 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link

im talkin the whole dang play end to end

lag∞n, Friday, 10 October 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link

not just like part of it

lag∞n, Friday, 10 October 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link

So glad to have Xbro's opinion, who is a household name and hence needs no introduction.

jmm, Friday, 10 October 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link

Ah, there was a first page, nvm.

jmm, Friday, 10 October 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link

How is this still going?

hyggeligt, Friday, 10 October 2014 22:03 (nine years ago) link

Because lol

πŸ’ͺ😈⚠️ (DJP), Friday, 10 October 2014 22:20 (nine years ago) link

its gooles fault as far as i can tell

lag∞n, Friday, 10 October 2014 22:22 (nine years ago) link

Gooles never say die.

EZ Snappin, Friday, 10 October 2014 22:28 (nine years ago) link

attachment is pain

goole, Friday, 10 October 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link

How is this still going?

Because patriarchy, more or less.

Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Friday, 10 October 2014 23:51 (nine years ago) link

i really dgi

mookieproof, Friday, 10 October 2014 23:53 (nine years ago) link

koopas all the way down

the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 October 2014 23:53 (nine years ago) link

gamergate will prove to be the infinite respawn point of internerd hardman hero-victim posturing, mark my words

Doctor Casino, Friday, 10 October 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link

I can't wait until I'm 75 and lolling at pathetic GamerGate post scrolling across my corneal implants

πŸ’ͺ😈⚠️ (DJP), Saturday, 11 October 2014 03:39 (nine years ago) link

"Yes. The internet will provide comfort after a thousand years of brutal alien rule."

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 11 October 2014 06:49 (nine years ago) link

Because Intel, to an extent. Intel put out a statement a day or so later saying "Didn't mean to offend anyone! Remember, there's no good reason not to give us money!", which presumably means that the guy responsible for the first decision is Sales Manager for Siberia at the moment - but they had just released a new (ahem) Intel Core Extreme, and presumably are enjoying a sales bump.

Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 11 October 2014 09:20 (nine years ago) link

http://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/520739878993420290

( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 11 October 2014 11:30 (nine years ago) link

Fuck.

how's life, Saturday, 11 October 2014 11:46 (nine years ago) link


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