This was so good, it was a bunch of boys in the basement that stopped the complete retreat of the right from the modern left. I loved this episode man.
So the reason they are continuing with the color washing of everything is because the companies don’t look at their patrons as customers, but as political dissidents that must be educated.
You briefly mention that USAID funded Anita which is what I was waiting for but it's not the smoking gun I thought, dataRepublican shows only $6 dollars going to her (weird) but my intuition tells me all this culture war shit was astroturfed. I'm hoping we unravel who funded what. There's been such a deliberate attempt to kill not just games but movies, shows, comics, music. Everything in the last ten years is bland nonbinary vitiligo.
No it’s not that she was funded, it’s that politico and other mainstream liberal outlets who ran anti-gamergate stories were funded by USAID, which provided money for various non-profits who bulk-purchased subscriptions. So the money didn’t go directly to Sarkeesian and the us govt did not engineer anti-gamer output directly, they just helped financially support outlets who did. The attempt to kill culture was deliberate, but it was not a state run endeavor.
Outstanding episode. More of this guest please. Dude knows his shit. Finally an explanation for the vitiligo thing. TIL my dick is maximally diverse, and I'm and old heterosexism able bodied white man. I'm gonna lead with that in interviews.
Not a gamer, but I thought this was an interesting episode. Thanks for helping him clarify things for people who aren’t gamers. It’s amazing that all of the stuff we’re dealing with now came from gamer gate.
For those who are wondering. Yes, Bobby Kotick is one of them. Born in New York like all of them. Ancestors from Ukraine aka Pale Settlement. Lawyers. His mom said he was a capitalist by age 3.
The timeline starts at around 4:20, but the whole video is worth watching.
The most notable thing Mr. Leavitt brings up is that in a 24 period all of these outlets came out at the same time and declared that “gamers were dead” and the outcry against Zoe Quinn was just a bunch of angry white male sexist gamers who couldn’t handle “progress.” This eventually exposed GameJournoPros, a mailing list these progressive game journalists used to collude and get their messaging straight.
So, yes, GamerGate was truly ground zero for the modern culture war.
If Troy Leavitt sounds familiar, he was in the news a couple years ago because he was someone working on Hogwarts Legacy. When his “GamerGate past” came back into light, he “voluntarily stepped down.”
60 out of 100 I'd rate this, as a historical summary. somehow internet censorship which started under gamergate was never even discussed. God I'd love to do a brain dump of my info with Remus. Also the Half-life 3 talk was cringe, I'm sure the host meant Mass Effect 3.
This was so good, it was a bunch of boys in the basement that stopped the complete retreat of the right from the modern left. I loved this episode man.
Thank you!
So the reason they are continuing with the color washing of everything is because the companies don’t look at their patrons as customers, but as political dissidents that must be educated.
"all right bro we gotta wrap it up"
*proceeds to discuss Balatro for twenty minutes*
That was going to be bonus content after the outro music but I was way too tired to edit it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L_Wmeg7OTU
God I really can't believe this was all real. Comments turned off btw lol
You briefly mention that USAID funded Anita which is what I was waiting for but it's not the smoking gun I thought, dataRepublican shows only $6 dollars going to her (weird) but my intuition tells me all this culture war shit was astroturfed. I'm hoping we unravel who funded what. There's been such a deliberate attempt to kill not just games but movies, shows, comics, music. Everything in the last ten years is bland nonbinary vitiligo.
No it’s not that she was funded, it’s that politico and other mainstream liberal outlets who ran anti-gamergate stories were funded by USAID, which provided money for various non-profits who bulk-purchased subscriptions. So the money didn’t go directly to Sarkeesian and the us govt did not engineer anti-gamer output directly, they just helped financially support outlets who did. The attempt to kill culture was deliberate, but it was not a state run endeavor.
Wow this is good. Thank you.
I really enjoyed listening to this and I don’t even play video games! And your guest, Remus, is very entertaining!
Thank you SO MUCH! Yeah I love the guy
Wonderful conversation
Outstanding episode. More of this guest please. Dude knows his shit. Finally an explanation for the vitiligo thing. TIL my dick is maximally diverse, and I'm and old heterosexism able bodied white man. I'm gonna lead with that in interviews.
Not a gamer, but I thought this was an interesting episode. Thanks for helping him clarify things for people who aren’t gamers. It’s amazing that all of the stuff we’re dealing with now came from gamer gate.
For those who are wondering. Yes, Bobby Kotick is one of them. Born in New York like all of them. Ancestors from Ukraine aka Pale Settlement. Lawyers. His mom said he was a capitalist by age 3.
Is he the guy Remus mentions at the end?
CEO of Activism Blizzard. He was in charge when there was some big sex scandal within his staff so idk if he still is in charge.
If you want a laugh look up that guy's history though. He is a gigajew. He checks every stereotypical box.
I’m only 1 hour and 40 minutes into the podcast, so forgive me if this gets mentioned later.
There’s a good video by Troy Leavitt that has a timeline of the early beginnings of GamerGate.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=agQ0PWXb6-U&list=WL&index=6&t=317s&pp=gAQBiAQB
The timeline starts at around 4:20, but the whole video is worth watching.
The most notable thing Mr. Leavitt brings up is that in a 24 period all of these outlets came out at the same time and declared that “gamers were dead” and the outcry against Zoe Quinn was just a bunch of angry white male sexist gamers who couldn’t handle “progress.” This eventually exposed GameJournoPros, a mailing list these progressive game journalists used to collude and get their messaging straight.
So, yes, GamerGate was truly ground zero for the modern culture war.
If Troy Leavitt sounds familiar, he was in the news a couple years ago because he was someone working on Hogwarts Legacy. When his “GamerGate past” came back into light, he “voluntarily stepped down.”
That video is our bible man. Next episode we want to get into the weeds
Looking forward to it!
Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball 3 not getting localized actually red pilled me. All they had to do was publish it…
60 out of 100 I'd rate this, as a historical summary. somehow internet censorship which started under gamergate was never even discussed. God I'd love to do a brain dump of my info with Remus. Also the Half-life 3 talk was cringe, I'm sure the host meant Mass Effect 3.
I did mean mass effect 3, I am not a gamer. There is a part 2 that is 3 hours long. We fix that and a few other things
yep nearly all critique was covered in Part 2. Id enjoy Based gaming deep dives, its very "light" listening compared to my heavy reading/listening.
Fascinating stuff. I never really understood the gamergate story, even though I've been aware it was a thing for years now.