The guy who inspired Gamergate ignored his mother's advice to 'cool off'
In August, Eron Gjoni published a 9,000 word screed on his personal Wordpress, detailing the private relationship he shared with game designer Zoe Quinn. The post catalyzed a movement that would become...
The man who ignited GamerGate
The Xbox One can now find your lost controller
Microsoft's latest Xbox One October dashboard update is rolling out today, and it aims to help you find missing controllers. The software maker has been previewing the many features included in the October...
Microsoft's console also gets better without Kinect
'The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo' is your childhood insecurities made creepy flesh
Unlike, apparently, everyone else who plays games, I never had a childhood friend whose uncle "worked for Nintendo." Or Sega, or Blizzard, or anywhere that would supposedly get them access to the latest...
Your friends are cooler than you
Gamergate backlash hits front page of the New York Times
The New York Times today published a front-page article on the increasingly hostile threats that female video game critics are facing, underscoring the growing backlash against the so-called Gamergate...
"Threats of violence and harassment are wrong." Entertainment Software Association
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A lot of people are finally fed up with Gamergate's dumb crusade against women
It's remarkable that a movement as stupid and horrible as Gamergate managed to last more than a week, but here we are. Months after it began as a harassment campaign against game developer Zoe Quinn,...
Watch a man beat 'Goldeneye,' 'Mario 64,' and 'Ocarina of Time' at the same time in under an hour
Speedrunning is when someone plays through a video game as fast as possible, often with the hope of setting a new record. Though a speedrunner can beat a game in a fraction of the time it takes the average...
Gotta go fast
'Massacre' threat forces Anita Sarkeesian to cancel university talk
Anita Sarkeesian, creator of the popular Tropes vs. Women video series, is at the center of yet another death threat. The Standard Examiner reports that the director of Utah State University's Center for...
Anonymous email promises death to feminists
Vine on Xbox One brings quirky six-second videos to your TV
Microsoft’s Xbox One app platform might not be open to all developers, but the company has been slowly rolling out a variety of apps in recent weeks. A Reddit app arrived in August, and then Plex debuted...
Looping in your living room
The 21 games that should be installed on every iPhone
The iPhone is home to some of the best portable video games ever made. Unfortunately, they must be downloaded from one of the worst digital marketplaces. Farming simulations and clones too often dominate...
Let's play
Sony unveils trailer for its first PlayStation original series, 'Powers'
Sony has deliberately focused on the gaming capabilities of the PlayStation 4 to date, but the console isn't just about video games. Sony Pictures Television is currently producing a PlayStation...
When cops meet superheroes
Harassed game developer driven from home after receiving death threats on Twitter
Game developer Brianna Wu and her husband called the police and left their home last night after receiving a credible death threat on Twitter. The threats appear to be the latest in the "Gamergate...
"I am going to keep making games. And I will keep speaking up for women in gamedev." Brianna Wu
Janée Meadows' posters will make you actually like 'Destiny' and 'Prometheus'
"I’ve got my trusty Wacom Intuos tablet pen in my hand," Janée Meadows tells me of her work process, "and The Alex Jones Show in my ears."
The Los Angeles-based illustrator has done design work for big...
"It's like playtime." Janée Meadows
