How often do video game journalists write about feminism, sexism, or misogyny?
Of 130,524 articles from 23 game outlets in a 12-month period, only 0.41% referenced feminism, sexism, or misogyny.
- Morgan Ramsay (@MorganRamsay)
September 13, 2014 For several years, I have been downloading full-text articles from major video game media outlets.
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REALLY? That's the wankiest/"gatekeeperiest" definition of gamer I've ever read. Because my primary hobby is lazing about on the internet, I'm an internetter. But I'm just faking because I don't care about internet design, internet history or being a superior asshole about the internet. (Or do I????)
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I play video games quite a bit and collect them. Everything from Commodore 64 to Neo Geo to WonderSwan Color to Xbox 360. I'm currently about halfway through a Sega CD JRPG.
My wife plays Snood on the laptop a couple of times a week.
We're both gamers. The hobby is not "owned" by anybody.
Besides, I have a feeling that if more people (and by people I mostly mean women) began playing "hardcore games" then the neckbeards would move the goalposts even further.
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but have I spent my life playing and enjoying video games when I can? (when I have access to/money to buy a console) yes!!!
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Oh I totally get that. I don't exactly advertise it myself.
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I can't wait until this is over. It's been absolutely horrible, and facts like the ones presented in this have done absolutely nothing to change GGers behavior. I just hope that the media attention that has happened this week continues to drown out the hostility and make people realize how unacceptable GG behavior has been.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines
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playing them
idk i think that would cut down on the bullshit right there
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And then I grew out of it
And realized my enjoyment of actual games and systems increased substantially because I wasn't listening to someone else's opinions and just kind of doing my own thing it's been kind of awesome
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