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Understanding #Gamergate: Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian and the Social Justice Warriors by [Cameron, Scott]

Understanding #Gamergate: Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian and the Social Justice Warriors Kindle Edition

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The Gamergate controversy began with a blog post about the infidelities of game developer Zoe Quinn. The post caused quite a stir at Reddit and 4chan's gaming communities because Quinn's affairs were with figures in the gaming press. The commotion generated by the story escalated to the point that it caught the attention of the mainstream media. However, the gaming press initially chose to ignore it. Even today they pretend that Gamergate, arguably gaming's biggest story of 2014, doesn't exist.

What is Gamergate and why is it scorned by the gaming press? Who is Anita Sarkeesian and why does she have so many supporters in the gaming press? Who are the SJWs and how did they infiltrate the gaming press? This book attempts to answer these questions.

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File Size: 396 KB
Print Length: 43 pages
Publication Date: April 7, 2015
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Language: English
ASIN: B00VU7QZF6
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So small, but consider it a detailed instruction booklet.

ByDelilah Rhetton May 5, 2015

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If you are just getting into the gamergate controversy, or atleast finding out about it after the past year, I believe this will be a good introduction to what is happening.

The book is nice and detailed considering its size. Covering the start of the controversy with the Zoe post, leading into the "Gamers are Dead" articles, to the main stream of Social Justice Warriors like Quinn, Wu, Sarkeesian. It than went into the controversy involving the success of the Kickstarter "Tropes vs. Women" and how its used to construct a misogynist narrative to the non-gaming majority. It even surprised me at the end with how it covered the rise of SJW's in the industry, how they use privilege to make a double standard for discussion and debate. The best of that section being a discussion of McIntosh's "25 Invisible Benefits" and how it paints women as "fragile creatures". Overall it covers most of what's important to the discussion of gamergate and ends up sounding much more detailed then the intricacies of how men are trying to micro-aggression women out of the industry.

To also play up to gamergate, this book actually lists sources for information From tweets to youtube videos to articles.So if you don't feel satisfied with this breakdown of events you can do some of your own homework and see what is true and what is not. Sadly if you're a long time gamer you may already know most of the information in this, or if you expected something the size of a novella you maybe disappointed. Which is the only reason it doesn't get a perfect score. Sorry.

Now let me get this final statement in. I haven't met the author before. And I'm reviewing this after I bought it. I myself am not gamergate, but with the current toxicity of gaming right now I feel its good to be fair to this book and not brush it off as a bully manual. I hope this review helps in someway, and sorry if its kind of short for the subject matter. But if i went point for point I would be posting the book on this review.

Remember, how can an industry making millions of dollars upon millions of dollars be misogynistic when community drives growth?

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The True Unbiased Story Of GamerGate

ByJosephon May 11, 2015

Scott Cameron's 'Understanding #Gamergate' is a dissertation outlining the core issues surrounding the popular #gamergate hashtag. Beginning with the major developments which have proceeded since that time, an introduction to the key players, and a framework by which the reader can determine the truth about this controversy without bias.

Cameron has done precisely what internet journalists have refused to do from it's inception; Presents the facts, details a background of said facts, and then make an opinion. The information is presented in a balanced manner. The reader is invited to think for themselves, rather than resorting to rhetoric & sensationalism that encourages hatred. The reader is free to disagree with (while understanding) his position. His prose is both professional & efficient.

Don’t mistake supporters of #gamergate as "misogynist" trolls. The media would have you believe this Twitter hashtag belongs to a hate-group organized by racist conservatives to keep women out of gaming. The reality is that gamergaters are an international diversity of liberal men, women & children of all religions & creeds that react without any leadership towards a common goal; "Ethics In Journalism". Their influence has reached the US Federal Trade Commission when #gamergate was commended in the current changes of FTC policies.

My only disappointment would be that 14,000 words were far too too short. While he explains who all of the major figures are such as Anita Sarkeesian & Zoe Quinn and minor characters such as transgender Brianna Wu. Cameron takes a step back from the overall downfall of the journalists & changes in unethical news outlets such as Mother Jones & Salon; who helped maintain the lies of Sarkeesian & Quinn – perhaps his next book will that 100,000 word comprehensive history of the movement.

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It's good for what it is. Which is good.

BySir Awesomepantson May 16, 2015

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This reads more as a long Op-Ed column than a book. I find myself wishing there had been more of it. Then again, when the biggest criticism of a work you have is 'i wish there had been more', it kind of stops being a criticism.

One thing I do wish had been included in this book was a more thorough analysis of the 'school shooting threat' that Anita Sarkeesian allegedly received; specifically, how it referenced a school shooting event that was barely known outside the time and place it happened, which just happened to be a short drive from the place Sarkeesian was living at the time it occurred. Which is just an amazing coincidence.

Also amusing is the fact that the only negative review on this work at time of writing is purportedly from the only professional victim *not* covered in this book. If it was anybody else, I'd call it a fake account right off the bat, but you never know...

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Valuable insight in the viewpoint of gamers who have been ...

ByBrian Hallon May 16, 2015

Valuable insight in the viewpoint of gamers who have been defamed, marginalised and bullied by the press en masse since the beginning of this scandal.

If you know a gamer, if you are involved in similar scandals, this book is required reading.

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Honest and good read.

ByVesperon May 17, 2015

You can tell because some people lose their minds when the truth is written about.

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This is what you need to get started

ByPhil Bon May 17, 2015

This guide is exactly what you need to understand what GamerGate ACTUALLY is without getting boggled by the agenda driven narratives of the media. Their narrative is trying to convince you that a diverse group of people who come from all races, creeds, genders, etc are really going to come together just to kick women out of gaming. It sounds absurd,right? That's because it is. #GamerGate is passionate about ethical reforms in games journalism and this guide shows you why.

PS: If Brianna Wu actually took the time to name search GamerGate or her name on Amazon and deliberately give this FACTUAL guide a low-rating, it tells you it's worth reading.

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