Seriously, Chuck the nonsense in a ditch. Fight for jour journalistic integrity but be welcoming to everybody. Fun over fury.
@GailSimone @darrylayo @evil_avatar "gamers are dead" unpacks as "devs don't have to cater to the misogynistic male nerd market anymore"
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@GailSimone@darrylayo@evil_avatar first and most damaging error in the whole matter was letting the misogynistic male nerds claim "gamer" -
@GailSimone@darrylayo@evil_avatar it's very much as if in comics we had let the same people claim "fan" via the "fake geek girl" tactic -
@GailSimone@darrylayo@evil_avatar but the journalistic fusillade was an attempt to break the grip of the idea that the "core gamer" demo… -
@GailSimone@darrylayo@evil_avatar …is the "boobs, guns, and calling people ethnic and sexuality slurs" demo and that has to be indulged -
@chaosprime@GailSimone@darrylayo According to what I get called when I'm playing Call of Duty, I'm a Black guy! Good to be a brother!
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