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10-16-2014, 02:00 AM
http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/articles/1/7/1/4/0/6/7/e3-organiser-and-trade-group-esa-speaks-out-against-gamergate-141343846346.jpg/EG11/resize/300x-1/format/jpg/1714067.jpgThe Entertainment Software Association (ESA) - the top trade group in the US that's mostly known for organising and hosting E3 - has spoken out against the depressing and bewildering movement known as Gamergate.
The movement targeting women in the video games industry tried to pass itself off as a backlash against supposed corruption after a man falsely accused his developer ex-girlfriend of sleeping with a journalist for positive coverage (it's worth noting that the journalist in question never covered her work once they began a relationship). Somehow this spun out of control and Firefly actor Adam Baldwin crudely coined the term Gamergate because that's how scandals (or supposed scandals) are named these days (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w).
Gamergate spread so much that Feminist Frequency founder Anita Sarkeesian had to flee her home and cancel a scheduled talk at Utah State University upon receiving death threats (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-10-15-anita-sarkeesian-cancels-university-speech-following-school-shooting-threat) - at least one of which was specifically linked to Gamergate (https://twitter.com/femfreq/status/522218152071925760). The Utah State police decided that it couldn't not allow people to bring guns to a university. You know, second amendment and all that.
Read more… (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-10-16-e3-organiser-and-trade-group-esa-speaks-out-against-gamergate)
The movement targeting women in the video games industry tried to pass itself off as a backlash against supposed corruption after a man falsely accused his developer ex-girlfriend of sleeping with a journalist for positive coverage (it's worth noting that the journalist in question never covered her work once they began a relationship). Somehow this spun out of control and Firefly actor Adam Baldwin crudely coined the term Gamergate because that's how scandals (or supposed scandals) are named these days (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w).
Gamergate spread so much that Feminist Frequency founder Anita Sarkeesian had to flee her home and cancel a scheduled talk at Utah State University upon receiving death threats (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-10-15-anita-sarkeesian-cancels-university-speech-following-school-shooting-threat) - at least one of which was specifically linked to Gamergate (https://twitter.com/femfreq/status/522218152071925760). The Utah State police decided that it couldn't not allow people to bring guns to a university. You know, second amendment and all that.
Read more… (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-10-16-e3-organiser-and-trade-group-esa-speaks-out-against-gamergate)