ARTG 80H Lecture 15: Class 15
20 Mar 2017
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Next monday: final exam questions revealed (not open book) Choose 2 of 3 questions to write about. Preview: what had been a closed, niche culture suddenly had its medium turned mainstream and reacted to it. #gamergate has been claimed to be the alt-right of gaming. Leigh alexander, gamers" don"t have to be your audience. Now part of a writer"s job in a creative, human medium is to help curate a creative community and an inclusive culture -- and a lack of commitment to that just looks out-of-step . Peter frase in defense of gamers: gaming doesn"t have a problem; capitalism has a problem. Igniter for #gamergate anita"s ex-boyfriend posted something. On game journalism it was a red herring [lowood] the issue of journalism became a lot of things it wasn"t. Regardless of your stance, the lack of discussion revolving around death threats is concerning. Diversity is an important issue, however we didn"t really talk about the age of gamers,
