Zoë Quinn
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Zoë Tiberius Quinn is an American video game developer, programmer, and writer. Quinn developed the interactive fiction game Depression Quest, which was released in 2013. In 2014, a blog post by their
Quinn at the 2015 XOXO Festival
Quinn (second from the left) speaking at the Game Developers Conference in March 2016
Gamergate
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Gamergate or GamerGate was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign motivated by a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. It was c
Zoë Quinn
…fiction game Depression Quest, which was released in 2013. In 2014, a blog post by their ex-boyfriend sparked the online harassment campaign known as Gamergate, during which Quinn was subjected to extensive harassment, including doxing, rape threats, and death threats. The following year, Quinn co-founded Crash…
Game developer Zoë Quinn was the initial target of the harassment campaign.
Feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian received rape and death threats after releasing a video in her Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series.
Video game developer Brianna Wu suffered Gamergate-related harassment beginning in October 2014.
4chan users designed the character Vivian James to be used in the winning entry of TFYC's game design competition; her striped sweatshirt is a reference to a visual rape joke that became a viral 4chan meme.