Since it coalesced in in August, supporters of the Gamergate movement have argued that they are furthering a consumer revolt designed to question ethics in video game journalism, turning a microscope on relationships between critics and the people who make games. But in reality, the movement has another purpose: harassing, threatening, and attacking women involved in the games industry. Instead of acting as a watchdog for press ethics, Gamergate has driven its supporters to call in bomb threats where feminist critics are scheduled to speak, force developers from their homes with graphic descriptions of planned sexual violence, and warn of potential massacres if prominent women in the industry are allowed to critique video games.
Mar 12, 2016, 9:09 PM UTCKaitlyn Tiffany
Congresswoman Katherine Clark announces cybercrime enforcement training bill at SXSW
New grant would fund a cybercrime library and police training programs
Oct 26, 2015, 10:54 PM UTCAdi Robertson
SXSW cancels Gamergate-related panels after 'threats of violence'
Mar 14, 2015, 3:32 PM UTCDante D'Orazio
Gamergate scandal convinced 4chan founder Moot to leave the site
Mar 11, 2015, 5:11 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Rep. Katherine Clark wants the FBI to crack down on Gamergate and online threats
Mar 8, 2015, 7:57 PM UTCDante D'Orazio and Lizzie Plaugic
DDoS attack targets Femsplain on International Women's Day
Feb 24, 2015, 5:22 PM UTCAdi Robertson
A violent, delusional Gamergate psychopath is actually a comedian's terrible hoax
Poe's Law, harassment and death threat edition
Feb 12, 2015, 4:49 PM UTCAdi Robertson
The Law & Order Gamergate episode manages to be even more depressing than Gamergate
Kill or be slaughtered
Jan 30, 2015, 6:10 AM UTCRich McCormick
Law & Order is sending Ice-T to investigate Gamergate-style harassment
Jan 28, 2015, 2:59 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Wikipedia denies 'purging' feminist editors over Gamergate debate
Jan 28, 2015, 2:44 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Here's what Anita Sarkeesian's harassers do with the rest of their Twitter time
'I have to go back to school in 6 days.'
Jan 4, 2015, 9:38 PM UTCAdi Robertson
'About 20' police officers sent to Gamergate critic's former home after fake hostage threat
Nov 5, 2014, 5:49 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Mozilla's chairwoman says writing about Gamergate was 'a mistake'
"The entire leadership team, including me, will be turning our attention to this."
Oct 30, 2014, 4:25 PM UTCChris Plante
Gamergate is dead
It's time for Gamergate's remaining supporters to rethink the purpose of the movement
Oct 30, 2014, 6:36 AM UTCRich McCormick
Stephen Colbert takes on Gamergate with Anita Sarkeesian
Feminist critic appears on 'The Colbert Report' to explain Gamergate harassment
Oct 28, 2014, 8:22 PM UTCAdi Robertson
After controversial tweet, Adobe says it's 'never been aligned with Gamergate'
Oct 23, 2014, 7:22 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Gamergate can't stop being about harassment
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
Oct 21, 2014, 2:30 PM UTCCassandra Khaw
Indie games scene looks for silver lining in the cloud of Gamergate
Oct 20, 2014, 6:22 PM UTCAdi Robertson
WikiLeaks is winning over Gamergate with a confusing Twitter campaign
Gaming's culture wars are getting even more surreal
Oct 16, 2014, 4:44 PM UTCChris Plante
The guy who inspired Gamergate ignored his mother's advice to 'cool off'
"[W]hat you put on the internet is for eternity."
Oct 16, 2014, 7:40 AM UTCAmar Toor
Gamergate backlash hits front page of the New York Times
Leading video game trade group says violence and harassment 'have to stop'
Oct 15, 2014, 7:31 PM UTCT.C. Sottek
A lot of people are finally fed up with Gamergate's dumb crusade against women
Oct 11, 2014, 9:45 PM UTCDante D'Orazio
Harassed game developer driven from home after receiving death threats on Twitter
Oct 8, 2014, 5:48 PM UTCT.C. Sottek
Stop supporting Gamergate
Don't be fooled by "gamers" who want to enlist you for abuse
Oct 7, 2014, 5:26 PM UTCCasey Newton
Watch this: Anita Sarkeesian on the most radical thing you can do to support women online
It's simple but effective