Gamergate controversy

The Gamergate controversy is a popular nickname for a controversy surrounding video games and video game journalism. The event mainly involves the one-sided reporting of the event by Left-wing media and the place of Feminism and Politics in video games. The hashtag "#Gamergate" was popular in 2014 and 2015.

Zoë Quinn designed a video game called Depression Quest about a person who struggles with depression. Several video game journalists praised the game while others said that it was too disturbing to be a good game. Some people in the second group claimed that the only reason Quinn's game was popular was because of people who cared more about feminism and political correctness than the quality of video games. Then, Quinn's ex-boyfriend started a blog wherein he accused her of having had sex with a male video game journalist in exchange for good reviews.^[1]

The accused journalist pointed out that he had never reviewed the game at all. More people started to criticize her and her game, with very few people sending threats of murder, rape and other forms of violence towards Quinn. When people came to Quinn's defense and said that the attacks against Quinn were proof of sexism against video game designers who were not male, they were accused of being social justice warriors (SJWs). Milo Yiannopoulos supported Quinn's attackers on Breitbart and said that anybody who did not support her attackers was being too politically correct.^[2]

Gamergate was one of the first big push backs against Feminism and modern Left-wing politics, and a lot of similar events came after. An example is "Gamergate 2", a controversy where game studios were criticized for making bad games with Left-wing messages.