So, at what point did gamers, and by extension, #GamerGate, become Alt-Right? Now, some of you might be thinking “That’s ridiculous. I’m not Alt-Right.” Don’t worry, I believe you. As someone who identifies as Libertarian, it annoys me when I read articles like “How the Alt-Right Invaded Geek Culture” which makes the claim that the Alt-Right trying...
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Remember when developers could take criticism? A short while back, a developer studio by the name of Digital Homicide decided they were going to sue some 100 Steam users for giving negative reviews. Holy mother of God, that is gold. It’s crazy. For making a bunch of mediocre, if not outright bad, games, DH decided to sue their audience, people who....
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After the fallout of the censorship of “Fire Emblem Fates” and the controversies that came as a result, you’d think Nintendo of America would use the logical centers of their brains and not have that happen again. Unfortunately, Nintendo’s Treehouse doesn’t see it that way. As we can see from Twitter user @ramtower, also known as Richar...
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Just recently I (Jay Shay) got a chance to do an interview with RyanoftheStars who´s a fan translator (Ryan runs a site called “Karasu Corps“) from Japan. So we talked about everything from his recent hacker attacks, fan translations, #GamerGate to Torrential Downpour. Jay TGG Would you be so kind and introduce yourself and Karasu Corp...
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It’s a shame what’s happened to the original creators of Wayside Creations. It seems that the company itself is having some internal problems, stemming from what appears to be investor fraud. To my understanding, the company had a Kickstarter to fund one of their projects, and the money has since vanished without a trace. The original creators of W...
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