• sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
    51·
    5 months ago

    I unsubscribed to all the gaming subs around gamergate, holy shit everything went downhill so quickly and never really recovered. We’re seeing the effects of it to this day.

    I refused to participate in gaming communities online for a long time after that, only looked at my RSS feeds for news/official announcements. The migration to Lemmy last year has me participating in them a bit more again, as long as I don’t tell anyone I’m playing a Nintendo game, lol.

      • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
        4·
        5 months ago

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)

        Literally the event that accelerated the bullshit “Woke Video Games” pushback we see mouth breathers spewing in gaming spaces today. I believe this is what spawned r/KotakuInAction and the whole “It’s About Ethics™️ in Gaming Journalism” as well, but someone correct me if I’m wrong.

        These exact talking points and methods were then taken up by the alt-right to propel the culture war into the mainstream, and welcome to 2024.