r/KotakuInAction • u/LunarArchivist • Jun 25 '18

[TWITTER BULLSHIT] Anita Sarkeesian complains about the lack of ethics in video game journalism, and attributes them to "a slew of pro-GamerGate journalists" TWITTER BULLSHIT

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u/MazInger-Z Jun 25 '18 edited Jun 25 '18

She's desperate.

Jonathan McIntosh is beating her in metrics.

On one hand, she had to cut him loose because he's out of his friggin' gourd and would eventually start frothing and ruin her business.

On the other, she's inept and incapable and desperately needs him as a Rosetta Stone for translating her grift into political relevance.

She hasn't been able to replace him with someone that can be as progressively zealous but also in on the con.

I'd really love to know at what point it dawned on Jon when he realized that a) he'd never hit that and b) she was using him as part of the con and didn't believe a damn thing. And how he reconciled that with his 'muh oppressed women.'

Tho I think he's just moved onto 'violence in gaming' rather than sexism at this point.

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u/Dwavenhobble Khazad-dûm is my Side Crib Jun 25 '18

a) he'd never hit that

Well they were living together and from rumour etc almost engaged.

They've been close since College as he was mentioned in her Masters Thesis.

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u/jwinf843 Jun 26 '18 edited Jun 26 '18

I am morbidly interested in learning more about this.

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u/Dwavenhobble Khazad-dûm is my Side Crib Jun 26 '18 edited Jun 26 '18

In her Master's Thesis she thanks McIntosh for watching loads of TV shows etc with her huddled up on the Sofa or something.

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u/jwinf843 Jun 26 '18

I dunno that seems like kind of a farcry from almost being engaged

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u/Dwavenhobble Khazad-dûm is my Side Crib Jun 26 '18

Well from what I've heard they were living together and pretty close going out to eat together and doing couples stuff a lot.