The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) - the top trade group in the US that's mostly known for organising and hosting E3 - has spoken out against the depressing and bewildering movement known as Gamergate.
The movement targeting women in the video games industry tried to pass itself off as a backlash against supposed corruption after a man falsely accused his developer ex-girlfriend of sleeping with a journalist for positive coverage (it's worth noting that the journalist in question never covered her work once they began a relationship). Somehow this spun out of control and Firefly actor Adam Baldwin crudely coined the term Gamergate because that's how scandals (or supposed scandals) are named these days.
Gamergate spread so much that Feminist Frequency founder Anita Sarkeesian had to flee her home and cancel a scheduled talk at Utah State University upon receiving death threats - at least one of which was specifically linked to Gamergate. The Utah State police decided that it couldn't not allow people to bring guns to a university. You know, second amendment and all that.
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