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Journalist Mailing List
1. Tell me your thoughts on this development (though maybe aim for less than 500 words so I can fit it all in!)
SJWs + Corruption
1. Define what you mean by SJW (Social Justice Warrior).
2. Do you agree with this statement: “Being Anti-Corruption and Anti-SJW are hand in hand.” If so, why? If not, why not?
What would a post-#GamerGate games website look like to you?
1. What categories of content would you like to see? (ie, news, reviews, op-eds, etc.)
2. What sort of games would you like to see focus on, and which would you not like to see featured? (ie, early access or not, etc)
3. What sort of areas would you want to covered as ‘news’? (ie, game date releases, studio shutdowns, etc)
4. What sort of comment policies would you want them to have?
5. List three things you’d want to see in an ethics statement from them?
What is a “gamer” to you?
1. What, in your opinion, makes a gamer a gamer?
2. Do you think gamers should care about social/political content in games, or just whether they’re fun/enjoyable at all?
3. Do you think “gamer” is equivalent to “movie-watcher” or does it mean something more/different?
GamerGate + You
1. Why did you personally get involved with the #GamerGate tag?
2. What do you think the major goal of #GamerGate is?
3. Is this your main goal, or do you have something else you’d like to see addressed too?
4. How do you feel about the negative things that have happened attached to this tag? Do you think they take away from it, or that they’re separate?
5. Are there any things #GamerGate seems to be addressing that you disagree with?
6. Are there any things #GamerGate is ignoring that you want it to talk about?
Objective Game Reviews
Lots of you are asking for “objective game reviews”, but I’ve had a lot of different voices give me different answers on what they mean by this. So.
1. When you say “objective game reviews”, what do you mean?
2. Do you think reviewers with very obvious biases against certain genres – ie, like Yahtzee + MMOs – have a role in game reviews?
3. Can you give me an example of what you consider to be an “objective game review”?
4. Do you think that this is a neutral/objective statement about a piece of media, or an example of bias and opinion? Explain why please – I want to understand what you mean by what you say clearly, and this seems a good way to do so.
“The most novel thing about [this piece of media] is how lumpy, labored and relentlessly episodic its narrative is.”
5. What would you like to see covered in a review ie gameplay, mechanics, story, music, fun, narrative, etc.
6. What do you think the difference between an op-ed and a review is (if any?)
Game Reviews and Pushing Agendas
1. What do you count as “pushing an agenda”? Can you give me an example?
2. Do you think there are any “agendas” that are okay to push in game reviews, or not at all?
3. Do you have an issue with any of these three things, and if so (or if not), why?
- “I think this game has poorly designed female body types and it’s somewhat sexist in how it portrays them” -> Game changes body types
- “I think this game has poorly designed weaponry and I find it very boring and unintuitive” -> Game changes weapons
- “I think this game has made poor choices in promoting actual weapons and linking to arm manufactures in doing so and it’s glorifying war by doing this” -> Game changes weapons
The Academic ‘Conspiracy’
1. What are your problems with the supposed academic conspiracy (the whole DiGRA thing)?
2. Do you think that this discussion was exceptional in terms of academic niches, or fairly standard?
3. What concerns you most about potential academic links?
4. Anything else you would like to add on this?
Bonus Article
1. Is there anything you would like to say that doesn’t fit any of the above questions?
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