I’m right over here, why can’t you see me? @Kotaku.
Jun 21, 2019 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
"ANITA IS A SCAM ARTIST!" shout the men whose Patreons pull in $$$$because they provide the valuable service of telling the misogynistic masses of self-identified "gamers" who have never seriously engaged with the ideas in a feminist analysis of video games what they want to hear
Because of the big Polygon profile, there are A LOT of people right now "dancing on the grave" (lol) of Feminist Frequency and declaring some kind of "victory." These people, it seems to me, honestly bought into their own fiction that FF's aims were to institute some sort of...
Dec 13, 2018 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
So, Fortnite. The Infinity Blade. It seems that whenever Epic introduce something new that affects the core game for a limited but significant amount of time, a lot of players get VERY upset, and want it cordoned off in an LTM as opposed to impacting the main Battle Royale. (1/x)
And as we see in some of these responses, they feel like Epic caving in to their demands is the only right/sensible course of action. That Fortnite should be beholden to their desires. Unsurprisingly, I don't share this attitude. (2/x)
Oct 13, 2018 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
I'm out of time.
Aug 2, 2018 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
One thing that's missing or at least severely downplayed in a lot of discussions around appropriate online behavior and holding people accountable for things they've said in the past is an acknowledgment and analysis of power.
If, say, a trans woman of color, who has experienced marginalization, danger, and fear living in a world of power structures that prioritize whiteness and maleness, lashes out at "white men" online, that is 100% NOT THE SAME as white men being racist and transphobic.
And as we see in some of these responses, they feel like Epic caving in to their demands is the only right/sensible course of action. That Fortnite should be beholden to their desires. Unsurprisingly, I don't share this attitude. (2/x)
