I'd largely been avoiding this whole drama with Thunderf00t and his recent outlashes against feminists, most of which got him kicked off of Freethoughtblogs. Main reason I was avoiding it is because it's something of a childish battle with both sides being partially right, and neither side having the maturity to own up to that reality. Recently, however, one of the fields in which it had taken a turn was in regards to video games. As a former game developer myself, I've seen all sorts, and it's hard for me to say I have never had any skin in that game.
Well, there's little doubt that the gaming community is filled with its abject lack of maturity, or at least it seems that way. It's more accurate that the "mature" gamers are also the ones who tend to keep their mouths shut, so of course, it seems like the crowd is made up almost entirely of idiots. But I think you can say the same thing about almost any online community, so you've got a bit of a serious sampling bias here. And the problem with all the people who have a problem with it is simply that they don't acknowledge that bias or look any deeper... making them ultimately come off every bit as stupid as the communities they impugn.
Well, there's little doubt that the gaming community is filled with its abject lack of maturity, or at least it seems that way. It's more accurate that the "mature" gamers are also the ones who tend to keep their mouths shut, so of course, it seems like the crowd is made up almost entirely of idiots. But I think you can say the same thing about almost any online community, so you've got a bit of a serious sampling bias here. And the problem with all the people who have a problem with it is simply that they don't acknowledge that bias or look any deeper... making them ultimately come off every bit as stupid as the communities they impugn.
