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Gamers and the 'hardcore' gaming mindeset that started in the 2000s' ruined the video game community (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hardcore gamer = someone who plays only cinematic grizzed white dude games and/or military fetishizing FPS

Casual gamer = anyone that is not a 15-25 yo male, and/or plays anything outside of the previously mentioned games, especially if those games are colorful.

So basically the gaming community is full of gatekeeping, misogyny, toxic masculinity and general chuddery. They make sure they're the loudest voice heard when anything about games is talked about, and won't be happy until all games a homogenous stream of bland, hyper-realistic but with a grey filter slog of mindless action with no heart or soul. And don't you dare force them to read any dialogue or story.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

gamergate was unironically the mainstream debut of the alt-right and I will stand by that assertion

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes I agree coupled with the refugee crisis of 2014-15, fash talking points became mainstream.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The way you phrased your comment makes it sound like your take is controversial. Are there really a lot of people who think otherwise?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I had never heard of them until Milo Yannopolous got popular in 2016. Back then, it meant "alternative right" as an opposition to GOP establishment and RINOs. Boy, they sure got a lesson in entryism as every piece of shit in America jumped on the train. michael-laugh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It became more and more intertwined with the right wing as the 2016 election drew closer. Gamer Gate and adjacent communities turned into a pipeline for the alt right, with YouTubers like Sargon of Akkad radicalizing libs into fascists.

I watched it unfold on r/KotakuInAction at the time. It was a weird crossroads for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I watched it unfold on r/KotakuInAction

You just brought up icky memories

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It was a weird crossroads

Same. I was all for severing the ties between gaming journalists and publishers and ending the status quo of paid high review scores, but luckily past-me saw and rejected the misogyny that was also heavily present in those spaces and I didn't end up turning into a nazi.