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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:11PM
> I only wanted to know her motivation.
None of your fucking business.
Really. Why do you think you are entitled to know why someone decides to sleep with anyone?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:17PM
Because it shines a light on a larger issue that should be addressed. Women in the gaming industry shouldn't have to sleep with game Journalists to promote their work.
Why did you think I cared?? Asshole.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:25PM
> Women in the gaming industry shouldn't have to sleep with game Journalists to promote their work.
Who says they have to?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @09:34PM
Um, we're trying to find out if that is what happened.
Except every time we ask a question we get a shitstorm of OMG sexists assholes!!!! as a response.
Which only makes us believe more in the likelihood of a coverup.
The slander articles and their "coordinated" timing seem suspicious as well.
(Score: 2) by cafebabe on Monday October 13 2014, @06:05AM
No-one should have to sleep with journalists to obtain favorable reviews. However, five journalists (who may or may not enjoyed sexual relations with one woman) gave dis-proportionately good reviews for a "game" which consists of stateless HTML wrapped with a full-screen web browser.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 13 2014, @06:16AM
"Good reviews exist for a game I personally thought was shit!" is not proof of anything, except that the reviewers apparently like visual novels. Visual novels are pretty big in Japan, and have a niche market here in the US; so what? Where are these five reviews along with the proof that the game's creator fucked them within a week - or hell, a month - of the review? Without that, all you have is proof that your tinfoil hat is on too tight.
(Score: 3, Informative) by cafebabe on Monday October 13 2014, @07:20AM
It would be an improvement if it was a visual novel.
I've done game testing professionally and I've seen the effort that goes into games that flop. I've also seen how developers react when a reviewer doesn't understand a feature in a game. And I would hope that it is generally understood that game reviews are critical in some area even when a game pushes boundaries in many areas. However, if someone publishes a few webpages, they can expect most influential Steam reviews to contain the following:-
You may imply that I am a conspiracist but this is not a game which obtained distribution through intrinsic merit.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 13 2014, @04:52PM
The 1st Amendment allows me to ask whatever I like. You can also run your mouth protecting sluts as much as you like too.
Why is this slut shaming anyway? Is she ashamed of sleeping with 5 game journalists?
I actually wish more women slept around, because you really need to get laid!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 13 2014, @04:58PM
Now imagine your wife slept with 5 mob bosses.
It's none of your business, she can sleep with whomever she likes.
So I won't advice you to flee the country, just stay put like the good little doggie you are.