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Game Developer Wu Leaves Home after Death Threats

posted by LaminatorX on Sunday October 12 2014, @02:07PM   
from the whose-side-are-you-on? dept.

An anonymous coward writes:

Brianna Wu, head of the independent gaming studio Giant Spacekat, was the target of a series of tweets containing death threats on Friday; one published her home address (since redacted). The poster's Twitter account has been disabled.

Wu responded on Friday night with the tweet:

Brianna Wu @Spacekatgal

The police just came by. Husband and I are going somewhere safe.

Remember, #gamergate isn't about attacking women.

GamerGate supporters denounced the threats and "doxxing" against Wu and disavowed the poster. However, several suspected that the tweets were a false flag created by anti-GamerGate forces:

Sun Knight @SunKnightO

@Sen_Armstrong @Spacekatgal @chatterwhiteman It's clearly either a troll or false flag shame that people actually think its legit.

• Re:Why are "social justice warriors" so hypocritic Re:Why are "social justice warriors" so hypocritic (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @05:57PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @05:57PM (#105132)

  I prefer "Social Justice Magic User" but for special days I play a "Social Justice Rogue" on the net. That's because I got mad social justice skillz!

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• Re:Why are "social justice warriors" so hypocritic (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 13 2014, @01:25AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 13 2014, @01:25AM (#105382)

  I prefer "Social Justice Magic User" but for special days I play a "Social Justice Rogue" on the net. That's because I got mad social justice skillz!

  On another site I lurk on someone suggested that they would be going with "Social Justice Bard". I kinda like that one.

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