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Game Developer Wu Leaves Home after Death Threats

posted by LaminatorX on Sunday October 12 2014, @02:07PM   Printer-friendly
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.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by jimshatt on Sunday October 12 2014, @09:00PM

    by jimshatt (978) on Sunday October 12 2014, @09:00PM (#105263) Journal
    Well one thing is for sure: the term "red flag" is so popular amongst both groups that there is hardly anything happening surrounding this that isn't either a red flag or being accused of that. Also, because there are multiple issues and either group consists of people with different viewpoints on the issues, there isn't a single action that is backed by the entire group. There are a lot of hissy fits and stamping of feet, but it is very much all irrelevant to anything at all. So here's my advice: skip the next article about GamerGate and spend the time doing something useful.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @09:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @09:17PM (#105272)

    This. Unless you are a very dedicated gamer, this shitstorm is not even worth looking into. If you are a very dedicated gamer, you already knew the state of the gaming community and industry long before this gamergate scandal.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @09:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @09:18PM (#105273)

    That's weird. I've read tons of articles about gamergate and whatever they were called before they adopted that name and I haven't noticed the term "red flag" even once. What does it mean?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @09:29PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @09:29PM (#105277)

      A red flag is something that draws your attention and warns you of danger. I suppose GP meant 'false flag', which means a false alarm of sorts, in this case either the threat was empty words by a troll, or staged by sockpuppets (assuming it was indeed a false flag).

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:25PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:25PM (#105306)

        Hhhm, so if he meant accusations of "false flag" are frequently made by both sides, I haven't seen any such accusation by one side. Especially of the kind that get the police involved. Do you know of any?

      • (Score: 2) by jimshatt on Monday October 13 2014, @10:59PM

        by jimshatt (978) on Monday October 13 2014, @10:59PM (#105749) Journal
        Yes, sorry 'bout that. I meant "false flag" (not to be confused with raising the red flag, which indeed signals danger *ducks*)