The Gamergate Years
Indie games either caught under fire, or explicitly joined during the peak of Gamer(tm) culture wars (approx. 2013-2017). Suggestions and reminders welcomed, based off of memory of contention and ire.
to be added: that Chuck Tingle visual novel, Bullet To The Head Of The NRA
to be added: that Chuck Tingle visual novel, Bullet To The Head Of The NRA
25 Games
Notable for its main Blogspot page going full /pol/ during Gamergate's peak. A shame, considering how impressive the tech still is.
The original game kickstarted by the developers that called themselves "The Fine Young Capitalists", where a number of /v/ users and some number of other gamergate people to support as a "prank" so that their Original Character Vivian James would be added.
The game released a handful of years later and Vivian James was allegedly relegated to a minigame or two.
The game released a handful of years later and Vivian James was allegedly relegated to a minigame or two.
"gamergate reference" according to commenter.
Developers added in GamerGate references into some item descriptions during the peak years, and a handful of 8chan users forked the game before said fork was quickly abandoned within months.
"gamergate reference" but truth be told, the developer's public meltdown was also one piece of the gamergate conversation. Also throw in whatever resentiment about hipsters and canadian art grants and that should roughly do it.
The Slaying Of Sandy Hook Elementary is a short Flash game created by Australian developer Ryan Jake Lambourn, also known as Googumproduce or Hogpen. Googum was partially known at the time for trolling in "Amateur Game Development General" threads on /vg/, but also for older Flash-based titles such as Sprite Smash and V-Tech Rampage. He later switched away from Flash and also make commercial titles like Social Interaction Trainer and Restricted R.P.S.
Developer made a handful of gamergate sympathetic posts in 2014 in the same vein as The Last Night, but very little changed due to not having a large team and Microsoft backing in the first place.
Developer made a handful of gamergate sympathetic posts in 2014 in the same vein as The Last Night, but very little changed due to not having a large team and Microsoft backing in the first place.
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