Gamergater

English Alternative forms en GamerGater Etymology From en Gamergate -er ideology. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Gamergater.wav US Noun en neologism A person involved in the Gamergate harassment campaign. en 2016 Alison Novak Defining Identity and the Changing Scope of Culture in the Digital Age He credits GamerGaters with organizing a revolt against a deeply unsatisfying marketplace by loyal consumers who deserve better. en 2016 Dan Golding; Leena van Deventer Game Changers Gamergaters have hurt people, and they've driven people out of games. en 14 August 2016 Ross Douthat A Playboy for President http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/opinion/sunday/a-playboy-for-president.html The New York Times "But the cultural conflict between these two post-revolutionary styles — between frat guys and feminist bluestockings, Gamergaters and the diversity police, alt-right provocateurs and 'woke' dudebros, the mouthbreathers who poured hate on the all-female 'Ghostbusters' and the tastemakers who pretended it was good — is likely here to stay." https://web.archive.org/web/20250602172234/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/opinion/sunday/a-playboy-for-president.html 2 June 2025 en 2016 Rebecca Ann Lind Race and Gender in Electronic Media: Content, Context, Culture Harassment campaigns using the hashtag #GamerGate claimed, in part, to be a response to ethical shortcomings in games journalism; many Gamergaters criticized what they call “social justice warriors” in the gaming industry en Harmeet Kaur How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the internet has now become w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/us/gamergate-harassment-reddit-twitter-cec/index.html 2025-03-23 On Twitter, for instance, Gamergaters flooded the mentions of particular users as a form of harassment. https://web.archive.org/web/20260216152453/https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/us/gamergate-harassment-reddit-twitter-cec/index.html 16 February 2026 en People Video games