That awkward moment when you're being such a misogynistic gamer that Jim Sterling calls you on it.

Edit: The post has gone down now, but if it comes back then I'll put up a trigger warning for discussion about rape/dickwolves in the comments.
There is also this article from Susan Arendt on the topic, which is kinda problematic in and of itself.

Sexual harassment for female players in Starcraft2 thread by Jennifer Kesler @ The Hathor Legacy:Reader The Other Patrick sent us this link in which a female video gamer asks on a Starcraft2 forum if there are other female gamers interest in starting a women-only clan. The very first response is a male gamer demanding she post a picture of herself ( Read more... )

wow_ladies did a fantastic job of covering Blizzard's decision to force its forum posters to use their real name. See here and here. A lot of excellent links have been compiled, particularly in the second post, so if you have any interest in the issue (which, in general, concerns online anonymity and privacy concerns - so this is important even if you don't ( Read more... )

At Kotaku:

How do you stem the tide of a forum flooded with flame wars, trolling, and other unpleasantness? Just do what Blizzard is about to do in the official forums for StarCraft II and World of Warcraft: Display posters' real names.

( Blizzard turns to the dark side )