Talk:The Escapist

Dump of stuff
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.858347-Zoe-Quinn-and-the-surrounding-controversy?page=31#21285187 - Archived Version https://archive.today/GSTlC

What Game Developers Think of #GamerGate

same as above but two interviews are removed

Slade Villena GamerGate Interview

Tadhg Kelly GamerGate Interview

Kyle McConaughey GamerGate Interview

"Roo" GamerGate Interview

"Xbro" GamerGate Interview

"Oakheart" GamerGate Interview

Greg Costikyan GamerGate Interview

"Damion Schubert" GamerGate Interview

"Royale" GamerGate Interview

Brad Wardell GamerGate Interview

Daniel Vavra GamerGate Interview

Dave Rickey GamerGate Interview

Kyle McConaughey GamerGate Interview Tadhg Kelly GamerGate Interview

Crowned Daemon Studios GamerGate Interview

James Covenant GamerGate Interview

"Scion" GamerGate Interview

Female Game Developers Share Their Views on #GamerGate Part 1 (note: you can click part 2-10 to get their archived versions)

The Escapist #GamerGate Forums Brought Down In DDoS Attack

for anyone that wants it - CrazedMan (talk) 04:16, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Greg Tito on twitter with LW

Reason for removing RougeStar's interview

Discussion with Archon?

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APFt0ugackE The Great Escapist! -- Indie-Fensible (#GamerGate)]

- CrazedMan (talk) 03:53, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Opinionated Ramblings from the Army Guy
This rambling is nothing but my own opinion as I see things. I do not claim to represent anyone but myself. Out of good faith and disclosure, I am Pro-GG and right wing; assume my biases as you wish.

Out of the all of the sites involved in GG, we can all agree The Escapist is the least of our concerns. It was the first to create an ethics code, and did so swiftly into the controversy. They did not censor its forums even under pressure, and retracted articles that could not be verified from third parties (kotoku clearing kotoku articles). Overall, it did right by its viewership, and I do not blame them for playing it safe by staying neutral. However, some of their staff was far from neutral.

Jim Sterling, though never openly stating one way or the other, is anti-GG. This is not one of us or one of them. I base this upon his statements, particularly “Anita is not taking your games away” talk, weeks before Target and later K-Mart removed GTA5 from shelves, and his refusal to acknowledge the relevance of that. This is the same talk where Adam Sessler stated he had the right to dox people, out of context or not (it’s not).

Then we have Bob “moviebob” Chipman, who is more and less annoying at the same time. He’s the most honest hypocrite I’ve ever witnessed. He’s the only SJW who doesn’t hide behind the block button, which should be noted. It also makes him the dumbest of the bunch, because it means he actually believes what he’s saying, and he’s proud of it. Some people say he has a Magneto Complex, and I think “he” thinks he does. He doesn’t attack his former bullies like magneto. Bob attacks the bullied, to gain approval from the bullies.

Sterling and Chipman are gone now. Sterling will be fine. After all, he’s Sterling. Bob will float around different more extreme publications where he’ll eventually piss too many people off and crater viewership. I can’t speak for why Sterling left, but Bob is pretty self evident. Bob claims it has nothing to do with GG, and maybe it doesn’t. It could very well be a coincidence in which Defy media is downsizing. If that were it, I’d be more inclined to believe him. However, to say you were fired due to budget cuts while the escapist was hiring your opposition, and you taking a giant shit on your boss on the way out are not a coincidence. So, I call bullshit

Escapist weathered the storm long enough to come to a conclusion on who was going to win in the end. It really does seem like GG will win in the end, so now it’s time to pick a side. Escapist chose GG, even if it says it didn’t. Escapist is now figuring out you can’t be a moderate to bigots.

If you see errors, please correct me.