Gamegate all the way down
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September 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Gamegate all the way down
Get to dust this bad boy off
July 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Get to dust this bad boy off
Isn’t the causality flipped? The same incel instinct that drove gamergate drives politics today—not that gamegate caused the incelification of politics
September 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Isn’t the causality flipped? The same incel instinct that drove gamergate drives politics today—not that gamegate caused the incelification of politics
Imagine time traveling to Summer 2016 and telling everyone we'll have a GameGate president by 2025.
February 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Imagine time traveling to Summer 2016 and telling everyone we'll have a GameGate president by 2025.
I say yet again, direct pipeline:
Elevatorgate > Gamegate > Me Too > our current fascist capitalist hell
All the same terrible men, all the same terrible arguments
Elevatorgate > Gamegate > Me Too > our current fascist capitalist hell
All the same terrible men, all the same terrible arguments
Anyone surprised that Republicans are fleeing the motte of "pedophile" to the bailey of "ephebophile" hasn't been paying attention. Here's @djgrothe.bsky.social, who ran the James Randi Educational Foundation, defending Epstein & his rapists in exactly that way 14 y ago skepchick.org/2011/04/lawr...
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I say yet again, direct pipeline:
Elevatorgate > Gamegate > Me Too > our current fascist capitalist hell
All the same terrible men, all the same terrible arguments
Elevatorgate > Gamegate > Me Too > our current fascist capitalist hell
All the same terrible men, all the same terrible arguments
I cannot think of anything more performative than being mad about an Anita Sarkeesian consulting credit in the year of our lord 2026.
These guys really are the most easily propagandized people on planet earth.
"Brown woman scary because some guy on 4chan said so 10 years ago"
These guys really are the most easily propagandized people on planet earth.
"Brown woman scary because some guy on 4chan said so 10 years ago"
Slay The Spire 2 Gets Review Bombed By Gamergate 2.0
An influx of new players are using Steam reviews to relitigate Gamegate
kotaku.com
May 8, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I cannot think of anything more performative than being mad about an Anita Sarkeesian consulting credit in the year of our lord 2026.
These guys really are the most easily propagandized people on planet earth.
"Brown woman scary because some guy on 4chan said so 10 years ago"
These guys really are the most easily propagandized people on planet earth.
"Brown woman scary because some guy on 4chan said so 10 years ago"
(hopped up on morning adderall & iced coffee): you ain’t seen nothing yet, watch this
#ElonMusk #Crypto #AntiVax #QAnon #HomeStuck #Bronies #GameGate #Gooning #Herbalife #Web3 #TEDTalks #BillyJoelFandom
#ElonMusk #Crypto #AntiVax #QAnon #HomeStuck #Bronies #GameGate #Gooning #Herbalife #Web3 #TEDTalks #BillyJoelFandom
March 5, 2024 at 5:42 PM
(hopped up on morning adderall & iced coffee): you ain’t seen nothing yet, watch this
#ElonMusk #Crypto #AntiVax #QAnon #HomeStuck #Bronies #GameGate #Gooning #Herbalife #Web3 #TEDTalks #BillyJoelFandom
#ElonMusk #Crypto #AntiVax #QAnon #HomeStuck #Bronies #GameGate #Gooning #Herbalife #Web3 #TEDTalks #BillyJoelFandom
Just like Gamegate was not actually about ethics in games journalism, and the anti-trans movement was not actually about the sanctity of women's sports, the crackdown on universities and student protests is not actually about reining in antisemitism.
April 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Just like Gamegate was not actually about ethics in games journalism, and the anti-trans movement was not actually about the sanctity of women's sports, the crackdown on universities and student protests is not actually about reining in antisemitism.
São ações que vão de pornografia de vingança até o que tem se chamado de estupro virtual. Vitimando garotas e mulheres. Um exemplo inescapável é o gamegate.👇🏾
April 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
São ações que vão de pornografia de vingança até o que tem se chamado de estupro virtual. Vitimando garotas e mulheres. Um exemplo inescapável é o gamegate.👇🏾
Gamergate 1.0 never ended.
The sexist harassment campaign infected every corner of video game discourse and laid the foundation for MAGA.
And the women who were in the crosshairs a decade ago are STILL BEING TARGETED.
Gamers will praise a game endlessly until they realize the devs are feminists.
The sexist harassment campaign infected every corner of video game discourse and laid the foundation for MAGA.
And the women who were in the crosshairs a decade ago are STILL BEING TARGETED.
Gamers will praise a game endlessly until they realize the devs are feminists.
Slay The Spire 2 Gets Review Bombed By Gamergate 2.0
An influx of new players are using Steam reviews to relitigate Gamegate
kotaku.com
May 9, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Gamergate 1.0 never ended.
The sexist harassment campaign infected every corner of video game discourse and laid the foundation for MAGA.
And the women who were in the crosshairs a decade ago are STILL BEING TARGETED.
Gamers will praise a game endlessly until they realize the devs are feminists.
The sexist harassment campaign infected every corner of video game discourse and laid the foundation for MAGA.
And the women who were in the crosshairs a decade ago are STILL BEING TARGETED.
Gamers will praise a game endlessly until they realize the devs are feminists.
I gave a victorian child mountain dew code red and now he won't shut up about gamegate
December 31, 2024 at 5:03 PM
I gave a victorian child mountain dew code red and now he won't shut up about gamegate
The reason why CR and some of these Japanese licensors now feel like they can get away not putting enough care into localization is at least partially because the demonization of translators that came with the rise of Gamegate shit made that significantly easier for them
July 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The reason why CR and some of these Japanese licensors now feel like they can get away not putting enough care into localization is at least partially because the demonization of translators that came with the rise of Gamegate shit made that significantly easier for them
NeverKnowsBest doing a revisionist 6 hour video about gamegate
August 28, 2026 at 12:48 AM
NeverKnowsBest doing a revisionist 6 hour video about gamegate
the "serial killer geek" movement of the late Nineties/early Aughts is a piece of "extremist" (and misogynist) counter-culture that bridges the gap between Eighties/mid-Nineties white nationalist terrorism, and the 4chan, GameGate, "ironic" white nationalist terrorist campaigns of the present moment
Ah, yes, for all you young people: there was a relentless effort to manufacture a consensus that Columbine was caused by Goth culture, industrial music, and videogames.
The neo-Nazism was buried, and anyone who pointed to easy access to guns was denounced as a liberty-hating tyrant.
The neo-Nazism was buried, and anyone who pointed to easy access to guns was denounced as a liberty-hating tyrant.
I remember when the Columbine massacre happened and very serious media and political figures deliberately hid the fact that the shooters were neo-Nazis and claimed that they did it because they were bullied (they weren’t) and that they wore black clothes.
Just thought I’d mention that
Just thought I’d mention that
August 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
the "serial killer geek" movement of the late Nineties/early Aughts is a piece of "extremist" (and misogynist) counter-culture that bridges the gap between Eighties/mid-Nineties white nationalist terrorism, and the 4chan, GameGate, "ironic" white nationalist terrorist campaigns of the present moment
jesus fuck, i used to be mutuals with brianna wu before gamegate. what the fuck kinda brainworms got into her?!
Theres also a dm of brianna wu admitting that she manufactured this conflict with bennie.
The gall for her to complain about gamergate while literally organizing a harassment campaign against a trans woman.
The gall for her to complain about gamergate while literally organizing a harassment campaign against a trans woman.
September 27, 2023 at 1:30 PM
jesus fuck, i used to be mutuals with brianna wu before gamegate. what the fuck kinda brainworms got into her?!
I wonder if the phase change from Gamegate 2 to 3 has a cutscene like Ludwig (they look like decaying horses).
April 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I wonder if the phase change from Gamegate 2 to 3 has a cutscene like Ludwig (they look like decaying horses).
Unfortunately, if the Frog Brothers grew up today they’d probably be gamegate incels. We are stifling budding goofball vampire hunters by not letting our children run wild outside
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Unfortunately, if the Frog Brothers grew up today they’d probably be gamegate incels. We are stifling budding goofball vampire hunters by not letting our children run wild outside
Gamegate 1.0 gonna have nothing on what is unleashed if they actually follow through
September 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Gamegate 1.0 gonna have nothing on what is unleashed if they actually follow through
Instead it's just ragebait gamegate dinguses vs people trying to make catholic levels of sexual repression woke and think jacking off twice a month is gooning.
November 22, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Instead it's just ragebait gamegate dinguses vs people trying to make catholic levels of sexual repression woke and think jacking off twice a month is gooning.
I genuinely *hate* that “GameGate is directly responsible for our current political climate” is not a crackpot conspiracy theory.
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 AM
I genuinely *hate* that “GameGate is directly responsible for our current political climate” is not a crackpot conspiracy theory.
Pre GameGate, this was the incident that taught me women are never safe in tech.
December 7, 2023 at 6:12 AM
Pre GameGate, this was the incident that taught me women are never safe in tech.