Gamer Gate

One of my brothers is a huge gamer and I have always been used to watching him play the hottest, newest games. I have also always remembered being shocked at some of the content on them. Video games have never been appealing to me, because of the cinematography, content, and context. When I used to watch my guy friends play Grand Theft Auto, I would be shocked because of how females were treated on that. The men could rape prostitutes or kill them. LIKE WHAT?

GamerGate is an online battle going on involving feminists and gamers. Gamers are getting upset because they feel like their identity as gamers is being confused. Gamers are being grouped together, feminists are upset about womens image in video games, and everyone is lashing out at eachother. Many people refuse to define what GamerGate is because it has so many interpretations and people involved. I see it as cyber bullying. This whole idea of media ethics is being argued and woman designers, journalists, and gamers are being black balled. They are being accused of sleeping around to get specific games more publicity, but this is a practice many businesses do-just look at politics. Gamers get offended because they feel like the good and bad games are being misrated. No one is winning right now. It's an all out war. If everyone just stepped back and talked calmly, many of this could be solved.