The resurgence of GamerGate, dubbed GamerGate 2.0 or GamerGate 2: Sweet Baby Boogaloo, has sparked controversy and attention across the gaming community and beyond. The conflict began when a Brazilian gamer created a Steam curator account, which led to an entity known as Sweet Baby attempting to shut the account down. Sweet Baby also mocked Akira Toriyama, a move that was defended by gaming journalists. The situation escalated as the US government urged the gaming industry to denounce GamerGate, with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) starting to target gamers. The debate extends beyond the gaming community, touching on issues of wokeness and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in video games. Critics argue that the reaction to GamerGate 2.0 reflects broader societal tensions and the struggle over cultural influence in gaming and other media, with figures like Gregg Re highlighting the significance of the discourse.
The more people talk about GamerGate 2.0 and the Sweet Baby Inc. controversy with wokeness and DEI in games the better. It doesn’t matter if the voices are coming from people who don’t play games or even respect the medium. There’s a bigger war to be fought. Gregg Re is right,… https://t.co/ES49sDWmY4
If conservative pundits act upset that wokeness has infected video games, why do they dismiss the medium as "for kids and lazy adults"? Seems like you can challenge the Left by installing YOUR people in game development companies then making great games... but that would mean…
Gamergate 2.0 timeline -Brazilian Gamer makes Steam curator -Sweet Baby tries to get his account shut down -Sweet Baby mocks Akira Toriyama -Gaming Journalists run cover for Sweet Baby -US Government tells Gaming industry to denounce Gamergate -FBI & DHS starts targeting Gamers https://t.co/txFW516H3W
As GamerGate 2: Sweet Baby Boogaloo breaks out, re-upping this walk n talk on why The Blob cares about video games: https://t.co/8D33o3JTFi
Gamergate2 in a nutshell https://t.co/H4VPAXVfY6