There’s been a lot of speculation over the past several days whether a “games journalist”, Tauriq Moosa was “hounded” off Twitter because of his views. There have been articles supporting this view, of course blaming GamerGate, in The Mary Sue, The Inquisitor, and even one of GamerGate’s most infamous critics, Brianna Wu, tweeted about the flounce. Of course I would be delinquent if I failed to mention The Usual Suspects.
It’s been claimed that GamerGate has “lost the battle of pubic opinion”. There may be something said for that but I wouldn’t really call it public opinion as I am certain, from my own experience that a great majority of the public has never even heard of GamerGate, or if they have, don’t know what GamerGate is about.
I had high hopes for the upcoming (in August) discussion being arranged by the Society of Professional Journalists to hear both sides of GamerGate. I was actually naive enough to believe that finally, GamerGate supporters would receive an impartial hearing and dispel all of the hateful rhetoric that’s been written and spoken about what GamerGate is all about. I have to say I’m disappointed.
Has gaming journalism become an anachronism? The reason I ask this question is that I don’t actually know anyone that base their purchases on reviews from gaming journalists. In fact, in having conversations with other gamers I have come to know over the Internet, especially since the inception of GamerGate, no one I have ever had any interaction with would say that in the last several years have they ever depended on a gaming magazine review to influence what they buy.
I’ve noticed that the once constant stream of hate directed towards gamers has seemed to dissipate in the last couple of months. I’ve been trying hard to determine why the marked decrease in vitriol and vicious attacks have become virtually nonexistent, at least from where I sit. Have the ant-GamerGate contingant given up? Have they realized that for all the negative media coverage they generated about gamers have come to no avail?
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