Gamergate & Internet Trolls

Growing up I was told: “you can swing your arms as much as you want until you hit someone else.” This phrase also translates to “you can say whatever you wanted until it offends someone.” This unwritten rule is loosely followed in today’s world and rarely followed at all in the online world…

Gaming Culture’s Love Affair with Sexual Harassment

How do you correct a cancerous community?

#GamerGate and Community Trolling

Trolls

I think that as long as people can hide behind a computer screen, internet trolls will exist. An internet troll is basically someone who goes by a pseudonym posting comments that are offensive and telling people they should be dead. These trolls get some kind of high off it I believe, like it makes them feel good…

Blog 8

My experience with video games across genres is somewhat limited, I have played mostly sports games in my life, and of those, basketball games dominated. So in the games I’ve played the most of, I see a diverse variety of characters, being that the NBA is a very diverse league and is predominantly black players…