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Why Are You So Angry? Part 1: A Short History of Anita Sarkeesian

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What it is

The first part of Innuendo Studios' six-part video essay series on the online hostility around Anita Sarkeesian and GamerGate. It lays out the history and the motivations of the people involved.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends the series as a nuanced analysis of online harassment, defensiveness, and gaming culture conflict.

  • 7 people recommended it
  • 7 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “It's really well done and worth checking out”

    Analysis of strawman critiques of Sarkeesian.

    gradstudent, 2015-07 · Strong recommendation · in “The Oppressed Rulers of the Games Industry”

  2. “This video series does a pretty amazing job in describing those two groups and their motivations”

    Describes motivations of harassers and those caught up with them.

    chiaro, 2015-10 · Strong recommendation · in “SXSW Cancels Gamer Panels After Threats”

  3. “There is a fantastic YouTube series that goes into detail”

    Detailed investigation of GamerGate's origins.

    jdlshore, 2018-01 · Strong recommendation · in “The problem of game developers receiving abusive messages”

  4. “please watch Why Are You So Angry? by Innuendo Studios[0]”

    Explains why people get defensive about being judged.

    vanderZwan, 2018-02 · Recommendation · in “Why can’t women get pregnant without the menstrual cycle? (2016)”

  5. “here's a series of video essays which gives the whole thing some nuance”

    Nuanced video essays on the controversy.

    rewq4321, 2020-08 · Recommendation · in “Tech Journalism Is Less Diverse Than Tech”

  6. “I found Innuendo Studios' Why Are You So Angry[1] and SSC's varieties of Argumentative Experience[2] really helpful”

    Helped commenter understand own online behaviour.

    iuguy, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “People that think you’re an asshole”

  7. “The YouTube channel Innuendo Studios has done some interesting reflection on gaming in general”

    Reflection on cultural conflict and radicalization in gaming.

    wwweston, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “DHS to Spend Almost $700k Investigating ‘Radicalization in Gaming’”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: gamergate, anita sarkeesian, video essay, online harassment, gaming culture

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