http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/quinnspiracy
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/foru...ng-controversy
http://kc-vidya-rants.tumblr.com/pos...al-and-how-she
http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/
So we have a woman, feminist Zoe Quinn, who was:
A Cheating on her boyfriend with 5 other men. This is horrible, of course, but not at the core of what I want to talk about. If it was just a girl cheating, this wouldn't warrant a political thread.
B Very principled about not sleeping with another man, considering it a form of rape to then sleep again with her husband, and being a staunch feminist in general, but being a total hypocrite about it.
C Slept with her boss, Joshua Bruggs and a Kotaku employee who reviewed her game, Nathan Grayson (!!!)
D Lied about lying about lying about lying.
E Figuratively abused Robin Williams death to get more attention for her game by saying she wouldnt milk Robin Williams death to get more attention to her game
F Urged her boyfriend to not use protection even when she was sleeping with other men, culminating in the fact she had sex with the guy just a day after she went down on her boss
And yet all video game outlets, from GiantBomb to Kotaku to Destructoid to the Escapist to Reddit all the way through to 4chan's /v/ do their continual best efforts to simply not bring this up, both in official outlets and, in the cases of GB and /v/, by deleting threads about it, or in the case of Reddit downvoting it and making the links not work. And yet the slightest statement by men that can be twisted against men is twisted against men. For example, what this same Zoe Quinn did by blaming Wizardchan of abusing her and getting everyone to defend her. Even though Wizardchan is a place filled with depressed people, the very same people she pretends to help with her game Depression Quest.
Why? Why does news that is obviously not just tangentially related to video games, but a scandal at the very core of the indie game industry, get blocked out by ALL news outlets? Just because it might paint feminists in a bad light? And more importantly, can we fix this? I'm all for equality and I therefore like an open debate, which can never happen if we keep pointing at female activists and their supporters as the knights in shining armor, and the other possible party as cis scum that needs to die because they're white men. I don't think that's very healthy nor very egalitarian.
Any thoughts from you guys? Agree? Disagree?
EDIT: Oh, and then there's the fact that the blog post by Nathan Grayson has apparently been taken down. They're seriously trying to hide it, from my point of view.
here is some info on the topic neatly packed and gathered. Take it as you will.
Liar, manipulator, hypocrite.
Screwed her boss and a Kotaku journalist, as well as someone who got her game into a game jam:
http://thezoepost.wordpress.com/
Bullying and lying about a depressed community while promoting her game about depression:
http://imgur.com/a/4VOcx
Sexual harassment:
https://i.imgur.com/iSEPh6a.png
Ruining a game jam for women and doxing someone:
https://i.imgur.com/NYEgyLe.png
Taking down MundaneMatt's video:
https://i.imgur.com/X83HEtL.png
Connection with a moderator from Reddit's /r/gaming subreddit:
https://i.imgur.com/hvRhyp8.png
Connection with a janitor from 4chains:
https://i.imgur.com/eRtE3Sb.jpg
Doxing herself with FAKE INFO:
https://i.imgur.com/m1tvItF.jpg
Proof it's fake:
https://i.imgur.com/pY1vpV2.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/oVrO7mA.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/5RnNqvQ.png
Contacting Internet Archive to get articles removed:
https://i.imgur.com/ZBOas7p.png
People from the industry even donate to her:
http://www.patreon.com/zoe
Notable people who donated:
Vlambeer, which is made up of this guy. -
https://i.imgur.com/H5j5zul.jpg
Phillippe Poisson who is actually PHIL FISH! -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Fish
Anthony Burch -
https://i.imgur.com/yIg74M7.jpg
Ben Kuchera -
https://i.imgur.com/PMiwVN4.png
https://i.imgur.com/oWDFuDB.jpg
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