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The Gamergator rhetoric of historical accuracy has come back to bite Kingdom Come on the arse (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

submitted 1 week ago by ConstableJelly@midwest.social to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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[–] Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gamergate is russian psyops astroturfing.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Currently? Originally it was a hate mob 4chan created to target women in the game industry

Edit: oh nice, the article covers that

a febrile harassment campaign, originally sparked by somebody's clownishly toxic grudge against their ex, who sometimes advertise themselves as being about "ethics in games journalism"

[–] Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

4chan is a well known stomping ground for kremlin propagandists.