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'''Milo Yiannopoulos''' is best known for his fabulous hair as well as being a columnist at [[Breitbart]].  He provides ongoing articles and commentary on the subject of [[GamerGate]] and is responsible for revealing [[GameJournoPros]] to the public.
 
  
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==Participation in GamerGate & GameJournoPros Exposé==
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Aliases [https://twitter.com/Nero @Nero]<br />  
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Before the events of [[GamerGate]], Yiannopoulos had previously expressed disinterest and distaste towards video games and gamers.<ref>Yiannopoulos, Milo. "[http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/comment/column/5344/am-i-too-old-for-video-games/ Am I too old for video games?]" The Kernel. September 17, 2013</ref><ref>Yiannopoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/london/2014/08/14/players-as-young-as-12-and-13-are-being-raped-by-dorky-weirdos-on-grand-theft-auto/ 12-Year-Old Console Gamers are Being 'Raped' by Dorky Weirdos on Grand Theft Auto]" Breitbart London. August 14, 2014</ref> Yet upon bearing witness to the unprofessional behavior of gaming journalists in response to the [[Zoe Quinn Scandal]], Yiannopoulos sympathized with gamers and later proposed a truce upon discovering that he and GamerGate supporters had a lot in common, ideologically.<ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo."[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/01/Lying-Greedy-Promiscuous-Feminist-Bullies-are-Tearing-the-Video-Game-Industry-Apart Feminist bullies tearing the video game industry apart]" Breitbart London. September 1, 2014</ref><ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/09/09/An-open-letter-to-the-video-gaming-community-from-a-self-confessed-right-wing-bastard An open letter to the video gaming community from a self-confessed right-wing bastard]" Breitbart London. September 9, 2014</ref> Likely motivated by his opposition to the extreme-left views that gaming journalists and GamerGate opponents championed, Yiannopoulos became involved with [[GamerGate]] and published several articles in support of them.
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On September 17, 2014, with the aid of an anonymous leaker, Yiannopoulos exposed the [[GameJournoPros]] mailing list to the public eye on [[Breitbart]].<ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed-the-secret-mailing-list-of-the-gaming-journalism-elite Exposed: The Secret Mailing List of the Gaming Journalism Elite]." Breitbart London. September 17, 2014.</ref> The exposure of the mailing list was a defining moment for [[GamerGate]], as it provided evidence of the long-suspected [[collusion]] between members of the gaming media.<ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/18/The-emails-that-prove-video-games-journalism-must-be-reformed The E-mails That Prove Video Games Journalism Must Be Reformed]." Breitbart London. September 18, 2014.</ref><ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/22/They-re-on-to-us-gaming-journalists-respond-to-their-critics-in-series-of-new-GameJournoPros-emails 'They're On To Us': Gaming Journalists Respond to Critics in Newly Revealed GameJournoPros Emails]." Breitbart London. September 22, 2014.</ref><ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/10/10/GameJournoPros-joking-about-paid-reviews-and-mocking-Phil-Fish/ Gamejournopros: Joking about paid reviews and mocking Phil Fish]" Breitbart London. October 10, 2014</ref><ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/10/02/It-s-been-real-GameJournoPros-prepares-to-close-its-doors 'It's been real': #GAMEJOURNOPROS prepares to close its doors]" Breitbart London. October 2, 2014</ref> Later Yiannopoulos revealed all the participants in the GameJournoPros list<ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/21/GameJournoPros-we-reveal-every-journalist-on-the-list The List: Every Journalist in the GameJournoPros Group Revealed]." Breitbart London. September 22, 2014.</ref> as well as a full dump of the email exposed in the article.<ref>[http://yiannopoulos.net/2014/09/19/gamejournopros-zoe-quinn-email-dump/ GameJournoPros Zoe Quinn email thread dump]</ref>  
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'''Milo Yiannopoulos''' is best known for his fabulous hair as well as being a writer at [[Breitbart|Breitbart]] covering [[GameJournoPros|GameJournoPros]] and providing commentary on the ongoing controversy.
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== Personal life ==
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Yiannopoulos has admitted to making fun of gaming as well as the Gamer persona in the past but has since felt that such commentary and view points were unjust and uninformed.<sup>[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup>
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His sexual orientation is homosexual.
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On the 13th of September, Yiannopoulos played his first video games since a brief play of the original DOOM, which he live streamed on [http://www.twitch.tv/yiannopoulos his Twitch channel].<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup>
  
 
== Articles involving the Gaming Press ==
 
== Articles involving the Gaming Press ==
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On the 1st of September, Breitbart published Yiannopoulos's article "Feminist bullies tearing the video game industry apart" in which he writes about [[Zoe Quinn]], [[Zoe Quinn Scandal|some of the controversy surrounding Zoe Quinn including death threats]] and the state of online Gaming Journalism.<ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/01/Lying-Greedy-Promiscuous-Feminist-Bullies-are-Tearing-the-Video-Game-Industry-Apart Feminist bullies tearing the video game industry apart]" Breitbart London. September 1, 2014</ref>
 
  
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On the 9th of September, Yiannopoulos wrote an article in open letter format titled "An open letter to the video gaming community from a self-confessed right-wing bastard" in which he talks of his personal observations and musings about the video game journalism industry<ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/09/09/An-open-letter-to-the-video-gaming-community-from-a-self-confessed-right-wing-bastard An open letter to the video gaming community from a self-confessed right-wing bastard]" Breitbart London. September 9, 2014</ref>
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On the 1st of September, Breitbart published Yiannopoulos's article &quot;Feminist bullies tearing the video game industry apart&quot; in which he writes about [[Zoe Quinn]], [[Zoe Quinn Scandal|some of the controversy surrounding Zoe Quinn including death threats]] and the state of online Gaming Journalism.<sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>
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On the 9th of September, Yiannopoulos wrote an article in open letter format titled &quot;An open letter to the video gaming community from a self-confessed right-wing bastard&quot; in which he talks of his personal observations and musings about the video game journalism industry<sup>[[#cite_note-4|[4]]]</sup>
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On the 15th of September, the article &quot;GAMERGATE: angry feminist, unethical journalist are the ones not welcome in the gaming community&quot;. The article consists of what [[GamerGate]] has done so far and some of the problems of the Gaming Press<sup>[[#cite_note-5|[5]]]</sup>
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On the 17th of September, The [[GameJournoPros|GameJournoPros mailing list]] was exposed to the public eye by the conservative news site, Breitbart.<sup>[[#cite_note-6|[6]]]</sup> Providing evidence of long suspected collusion within the Gaming Media.<sup>[[#cite_note-7|[7]]][[#cite_note-8|[8]]][[#cite_note-9|[9]]][[#cite_note-10|[10]]]</sup> Later Yiannopoulos revealed all the participants in the GameJournoPros list<sup>[[#cite_note-11|[11]]]</sup> as well as a full dump of the thread in his first article.<sup>[[#cite_note-12|[12]]]</sup>
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On the 23rd of September, the article titled &quot;How sloppy, biased video games reporting almost destroyed a CEO&quot; was written. The contents of the article talks about [[Ben Kuchera]] and his article on Brad Wardell(CEO of Stardock) and the case surrounding the incident.<sup>[[#cite_note-13|[13]]]</sup>
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On the 10th of October, the article &quot;How to lose a public relations battle on the internet&quot; was created. The article talks about Intel pulling out from [[Gamasutra]] some of the implications that Intel's decision will cause and reasons why.<sup>[[#cite_note-14|[14]]]</sup>
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On the 21st of October, Breitbart published Yiannopoulos's article titled &quot;Incredibly, Gamergate is winning - but you won't read that anywhere in the terrified liberal media&quot;. In which he details what has happened so far up to that point as well as point out how [[GamerGate]] has continued on despite insistence that once all the fervor is used up it would quietly fizzle away.<sup>[[#cite_note-15|[15]]]</sup>
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On the 12th of November, the article &quot;The authoritarian left was on course to win the culture wars... then along came #GAMERGATE&quot;. The article talks of how [[GamerGate]] has become embroiled in a much larger culture war involving the authoritarian left.<sup>[[#cite_note-16|[16]]]</sup>
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On the 22nd of November, A Breitbart article by Milo Yiannopoulos titled &quot;Game developers' association calls 10,000 tweeters 'harassers'–including Kentucky Fried Chicken&quot; talks about the [[IGDA]] and its adoption of a blocklist, the creator of the blocklist Randi Harper, talks to a few people on the blocklist as well as talk to industry insiders about Gamergate.<sup>[[#cite_note-17|[17]]]</sup>
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On the 27th of November, Yiannopoulos wrote a detailed and lengthy rebuttal in an open letter format to Businessweek's article involving [[Anita Sarkeesian]] and the &quot;threats&quot; she received as well as a brief mention of Gamergate <sup>[[#cite_note-18|[18]]]</sup>
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== RADIO NERO ==
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Milo Yiannopoulos and Steve Tom Sawyer hosted a weekly tech, media, gaming and internet culture podcast called [[Radio Nero]]. In its inaugural episode, on the 22nd of September 2014, Yiannopoulos and Sawyer discussed [[GamerGate]] with guests [[Christina Hoff Sommers]], [[Adam Baldwin]] and [[Internet Aristocrat]].<sup>[[#cite_note-19|[19]]]</sup> In the second episode of RADIO NERO Yiannopoulos continues GamerGate coverage with the discussion of ethics in video game journalism by talking to [[Erik Kain]] of [[Forbes]] and Noah Dulis from Breitbart News. In episode 2 he also talks with [[Sargon of Akkad]] and [[Roguestar]] about their investigations into DIGRA.<sup>[[#cite_note-20|[20]]]</sup> The third episode of RADIO NERO titled &quot;Gamers versus GAMR&quot; discussed why the concept of a consumer organization named GAMR was not being widely accepted by participants in [[GamerGate]]. Yiannopoulos has Damion Schubert of Bioware explain the concept with [[Mundane Matt]] providing a pro-GamerGate side.<sup>[[#cite_note-21|[21]]]</sup>
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[[#cite_ref-1|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/11/12/The-authoritarian-Left-was-on-course-to-win-the-culture-wars-then-along-came-GamerGate The authoritarian left was on course to win the culture wars... then along came #GAMERGATE]&quot; Breitbart London. November 12, 2014</li>
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[[#cite_ref-2|↑]] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCIyRn6mCOQ</li>
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On the 15th of September, the article "GAMERGATE: angry feminist, unethical journalist are the ones not welcome in the gaming community". The article consists of what [[GamerGate]] has done so far and some of the problems of the Gaming Press<ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/09/15/The-GamerGate-movement-is-making-terrific-progress-don-t-stop-now GAMERGATE: angry feminist, unethical journalist are the ones not welcome in the gaming community]" Breitbart London. September 15, 2014</ref>
 
  
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On the 23rd of September, the article titled "How sloppy, biased video games reporting almost destroyed a CEO" was written. The contents of the article talks about [[Ben Kuchera]] and his article on Brad Wardell(CEO of Stardock) and the case surrounding the incident.<ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/23/How-sloppy-biased-video-games-reporting-almost-destroyed-a-CEO How sloppy, biased video games reporting almost destroyed a CEO]" Breitbart London. September 23, 2014</ref>
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[[#cite_ref-3|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/01/Lying-Greedy-Promiscuous-Feminist-Bullies-are-Tearing-the-Video-Game-Industry-Apart Feminist bullies tearing the video game industry apart]&quot; Breitbart London. September 1, 2014</li>
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On the 10th of October, the article "How to lose a public relations battle on the internet" was created. The article talks about Intel pulling out from [[Gamasutra]] some of the implications that Intel's decision will cause and reasons why.<ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. Breitbart London."[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/10/10/How-to-lose-a-public-relations-battle-on-the-internet How to lose a public relations battle on the internet]" Breitbart London. October 10, 2014</ref>
 
  
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On the 21st of October, Breitbart published Yiannopoulos's article titled "Incredibly, Gamergate is winning - but you won't read that anywhere in the terrified liberal media". In which he details what has happened so far up to that point as well as point out how [[GamerGate]] has continued on despite insistence that once all the fervor is used up it would quietly fizzle away.<ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/10/21/Incredibly-GamerGate-is-winning-but-you-won-t-read-that-anywhere-in-the-terrified-liberal-media Incredibly, Gamergate is winning - but you won't read that anywhere in the terrified liberal media]" Breitbart London. October 21, 2014</ref>
 
  
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On the 12th of November, the article "The authoritarian left was on course to win the culture wars... then along came #GAMERGATE". The article talks of how [[GamerGate]] has become embroiled in a much larger culture war involving the authoritarian left.<ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/11/12/The-authoritarian-Left-was-on-course-to-win-the-culture-wars-then-along-came-GamerGate The authoritarian left was on course to win the culture wars... then along came #GAMERGATE]" Breitbart London. November 12, 2014</ref>
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[[#cite_ref-4|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/09/09/An-open-letter-to-the-video-gaming-community-from-a-self-confessed-right-wing-bastard An open letter to the video gaming community from a self-confessed right-wing bastard]&quot; Breitbart London. September 9, 2014</li>
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On the 22nd of November, A Breitbart article by Milo Yiannopoulos titled "Game developers' association calls 10,000 tweeters 'harassers'–including Kentucky Fried Chicken" talks about the [[IGDA]] and its adoption of a blocklist, the creator of the blocklist Randi Harper, talks to a few people on the blocklist as well as talk to industry insiders about Gamergate.<ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/11/22/Game-developers-association-calls-10-000-tweeters-harassers-including-Kentucky-Fried-Chicken Game developers' association calls 10,000 tweeters 'harassers'–including Kentucky Fried Chicken]" Breitbart London. November 22, 2014</ref>
 
  
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On the 27th of November, Yiannopoulos wrote a detailed and lengthy rebuttal in an open letter format to Businessweek's article involving [[Anita Sarkeesian]] and the "threats" she received as well as a brief mention of Gamergate <ref>Yiannapoulos, Milo. "[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/11/27/An-open-letter-to-Bloomberg-s-Sheelah-Kolhatkar-on-the-delicate-matter-of-Anita-Sarkeesian AN OPEN LETTER TO BLOOMBERG'S SHEELAH KOLHATKAR, ON THE DELICATE MATTER OF ANITA SARKEESIAN]" Breitbart London. November 27, 2014</ref>
 
  
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Milo Yiannopoulos and Steve Tom Sawyer hosted a weekly tech, media, gaming and internet culture podcast called [[Radio Nero]]. In its inaugural episode, on the 22nd of September 2014, Yiannopoulos and Sawyer discussed [[GamerGate]] with guests [[Christina Hoff Sommers]], [[Adam Baldwin]] and [[Internet Aristocrat]].<ref>Sommers, Christina H., Adam Baldwin, and Internet Aristocrat. "[https://soundcloud.com/radio_nero/radioneroep1_1 What Is #GamerGate?]" Interview by Milo Yiannopoulos. Audio blog post. RADIO NERO. N.p., 22 Sept. 2014. Web.</ref> In the second episode of RADIO NERO Yiannopoulos continues GamerGate coverage with the discussion of ethics in video game journalism by talking to [[Erik Kain]] of [[Forbes]] and Noah Dulis from Breitbart News. In episode 2 he also talks with [[Sargon of Akkad]] and [[Roguestar]] about their investigations into DIGRA.<ref>Kain, Erik, Noah Dulis, James Cook, Sargon of Akkad, and Roguestar. "[https://soundcloud.com/radio_nero/series-1-episode-2-professional-failures Professional Failures]." Interview by Milo Yiannopoulos. Audio blog post. RADIO NERO. N.p., 30 Sept. 2014. Web.</ref> The third episode of RADIO NERO titled "Gamers versus GAMR" discussed why the concept of a consumer organization named GAMR was not being widely accepted by participants in [[GamerGate]]. Yiannopoulos has Damion Schubert of Bioware explain the concept with [[Mundane Matt]] providing a pro-GamerGate side.<ref>Schubert, Damion, Mundane Matt, Oliver Campbell, and Jason Miller. "[https://soundcloud.com/radio_nero/series-1-episode-3-gamers-vs-gamr Gamers versus GAMR]." Interview by Milo Yiannopoulos. Audio blog post. RADIO NERO. N.p., 6 Oct. 2014. Web.</ref>
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[[#cite_ref-5|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/09/15/The-GamerGate-movement-is-making-terrific-progress-don-t-stop-now GAMERGATE: angry feminist, unethical journalist are the ones not welcome in the gaming community]&quot; Breitbart London. September 15, 2014</li>
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Milo Yiannopoulos has a [[Steam]] Group, who he is an administer - http://steamcommunity.com/groups/MiloY
 
  
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[[#cite_ref-6|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed-the-secret-mailing-list-of-the-gaming-journalism-elite Exposed: The Secret Mailing List of the Gaming Journalism Elite].&quot; Breitbart London. September 17, 2014.</li>
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[[#cite_ref-7|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/18/The-emails-that-prove-video-games-journalism-must-be-reformed The E-mails That Prove Video Games Journalism Must Be Reformed].&quot; Breitbart London. September 18, 2014.</li>
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[[#cite_ref-8|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/22/They-re-on-to-us-gaming-journalists-respond-to-their-critics-in-series-of-new-GameJournoPros-emails 'They're On To Us': Gaming Journalists Respond to Critics in Newly Revealed GameJournoPros Emails].&quot; Breitbart London. September 22, 2014.</li>
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[[#cite_ref-9|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/10/10/GameJournoPros-joking-about-paid-reviews-and-mocking-Phil-Fish/ Gamejournopros: Joking about paid reviews and mocking Phil Fish]&quot; Breitbart London. October 10, 2014</li>
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[[#cite_ref-10|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/10/02/It-s-been-real-GameJournoPros-prepares-to-close-its-doors 'It's been real': #GAMEJOURNOPROS prepares to close its doors]&quot; Breitbart London. October 2, 2014</li>
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[[#cite_ref-11|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/21/GameJournoPros-we-reveal-every-journalist-on-the-list The List: Every Journalist in the GameJournoPros Group Revealed].&quot; Breitbart London. September 22, 2014.</li>
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[[#cite_ref-12|↑]] [http://yiannopoulos.net/2014/09/19/gamejournopros-zoe-quinn-email-dump/ GameJournoPros Zoe Quinn email thread dump]</li>
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[[#cite_ref-13|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/23/How-sloppy-biased-video-games-reporting-almost-destroyed-a-CEO How sloppy, biased video games reporting almost destroyed a CEO]&quot; Breitbart London. September 23, 2014</li>
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[[#cite_ref-14|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. Breitbart London.&quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/10/10/How-to-lose-a-public-relations-battle-on-the-internet How to lose a public relations battle on the internet]&quot; Breitbart London. October 10, 2014</li>
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[[#cite_ref-15|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/10/21/Incredibly-GamerGate-is-winning-but-you-won-t-read-that-anywhere-in-the-terrified-liberal-media Incredibly, Gamergate is winning - but you won't read that anywhere in the terrified liberal media]&quot; Breitbart London. October 21, 2014</li>
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[[#cite_ref-16|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/11/12/The-authoritarian-Left-was-on-course-to-win-the-culture-wars-then-along-came-GamerGate The authoritarian left was on course to win the culture wars... then along came #GAMERGATE]&quot; Breitbart London. November 12, 2014</li>
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[[#cite_ref-17|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/11/22/Game-developers-association-calls-10-000-tweeters-harassers-including-Kentucky-Fried-Chicken Game developers' association calls 10,000 tweeters 'harassers'–including Kentucky Fried Chicken]&quot; Breitbart London. November 22, 2014</li>
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[[#cite_ref-18|↑]] Yiannapoulos, Milo. &quot;[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/11/27/An-open-letter-to-Bloomberg-s-Sheelah-Kolhatkar-on-the-delicate-matter-of-Anita-Sarkeesian AN OPEN LETTER TO BLOOMBERG'S SHEELAH KOLHATKAR, ON THE DELICATE MATTER OF ANITA SARKEESIAN]&quot; Breitbart London. November 27, 2014</li>
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[[#cite_ref-19|↑]] Sommers, Christina H., Adam Baldwin, and Internet Aristocrat. &quot;[https://soundcloud.com/radio_nero/radioneroep1_1 What Is #GamerGate?]&quot; Interview by Milo Yiannopoulos. Audio blog post. RADIO NERO. N.p., 22 Sept. 2014. Web.</li>
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Aliases @Nero
Occupation Journalist
Affiliations Breitbart


Milo Yiannopoulos is best known for his fabulous hair as well as being a writer at Breitbart covering GameJournoPros and providing commentary on the ongoing controversy.

Personal life

Yiannopoulos has admitted to making fun of gaming as well as the Gamer persona in the past but has since felt that such commentary and view points were unjust and uninformed.[1]

His sexual orientation is homosexual.

On the 13th of September, Yiannopoulos played his first video games since a brief play of the original DOOM, which he live streamed on his Twitch channel.[2]

Articles involving the Gaming Press

On the 1st of September, Breitbart published Yiannopoulos's article "Feminist bullies tearing the video game industry apart" in which he writes about Zoe Quinn, some of the controversy surrounding Zoe Quinn including death threats and the state of online Gaming Journalism.[3]

On the 9th of September, Yiannopoulos wrote an article in open letter format titled "An open letter to the video gaming community from a self-confessed right-wing bastard" in which he talks of his personal observations and musings about the video game journalism industry[4]

On the 15th of September, the article "GAMERGATE: angry feminist, unethical journalist are the ones not welcome in the gaming community". The article consists of what GamerGate has done so far and some of the problems of the Gaming Press[5]

On the 17th of September, The GameJournoPros mailing list was exposed to the public eye by the conservative news site, Breitbart.[6] Providing evidence of long suspected collusion within the Gaming Media.[7][8][9][10] Later Yiannopoulos revealed all the participants in the GameJournoPros list[11] as well as a full dump of the thread in his first article.[12]

On the 23rd of September, the article titled "How sloppy, biased video games reporting almost destroyed a CEO" was written. The contents of the article talks about Ben Kuchera and his article on Brad Wardell(CEO of Stardock) and the case surrounding the incident.[13]

On the 10th of October, the article "How to lose a public relations battle on the internet" was created. The article talks about Intel pulling out from Gamasutra some of the implications that Intel's decision will cause and reasons why.[14]

On the 21st of October, Breitbart published Yiannopoulos's article titled "Incredibly, Gamergate is winning - but you won't read that anywhere in the terrified liberal media". In which he details what has happened so far up to that point as well as point out how GamerGate has continued on despite insistence that once all the fervor is used up it would quietly fizzle away.[15]

On the 12th of November, the article "The authoritarian left was on course to win the culture wars... then along came #GAMERGATE". The article talks of how GamerGate has become embroiled in a much larger culture war involving the authoritarian left.[16]

On the 22nd of November, A Breitbart article by Milo Yiannopoulos titled "Game developers' association calls 10,000 tweeters 'harassers'–including Kentucky Fried Chicken" talks about the IGDA and its adoption of a blocklist, the creator of the blocklist Randi Harper, talks to a few people on the blocklist as well as talk to industry insiders about Gamergate.[17]

On the 27th of November, Yiannopoulos wrote a detailed and lengthy rebuttal in an open letter format to Businessweek's article involving Anita Sarkeesian and the "threats" she received as well as a brief mention of Gamergate [18]

RADIO NERO

Milo Yiannopoulos and Steve Tom Sawyer hosted a weekly tech, media, gaming and internet culture podcast called Radio Nero. In its inaugural episode, on the 22nd of September 2014, Yiannopoulos and Sawyer discussed GamerGate with guests Christina Hoff Sommers, Adam Baldwin and Internet Aristocrat.[19] In the second episode of RADIO NERO Yiannopoulos continues GamerGate coverage with the discussion of ethics in video game journalism by talking to Erik Kain of Forbes and Noah Dulis from Breitbart News. In episode 2 he also talks with Sargon of Akkad and Roguestar about their investigations into DIGRA.[20] The third episode of RADIO NERO titled "Gamers versus GAMR" discussed why the concept of a consumer organization named GAMR was not being widely accepted by participants in GamerGate. Yiannopoulos has Damion Schubert of Bioware explain the concept with Mundane Matt providing a pro-GamerGate side.[21]

References

  1. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "The authoritarian left was on course to win the culture wars... then along came #GAMERGATE" Breitbart London. November 12, 2014
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCIyRn6mCOQ


  3. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "Feminist bullies tearing the video game industry apart" Breitbart London. September 1, 2014


  4. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "An open letter to the video gaming community from a self-confessed right-wing bastard" Breitbart London. September 9, 2014


  5. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "GAMERGATE: angry feminist, unethical journalist are the ones not welcome in the gaming community" Breitbart London. September 15, 2014


  6. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "Exposed: The Secret Mailing List of the Gaming Journalism Elite." Breitbart London. September 17, 2014.


  7. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "The E-mails That Prove Video Games Journalism Must Be Reformed." Breitbart London. September 18, 2014.


  8. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "'They're On To Us': Gaming Journalists Respond to Critics in Newly Revealed GameJournoPros Emails." Breitbart London. September 22, 2014.


  9. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "Gamejournopros: Joking about paid reviews and mocking Phil Fish" Breitbart London. October 10, 2014


  10. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "'It's been real': #GAMEJOURNOPROS prepares to close its doors" Breitbart London. October 2, 2014


  11. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "The List: Every Journalist in the GameJournoPros Group Revealed." Breitbart London. September 22, 2014.


  12. ↑ GameJournoPros Zoe Quinn email thread dump


  13. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "How sloppy, biased video games reporting almost destroyed a CEO" Breitbart London. September 23, 2014


  14. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. Breitbart London."How to lose a public relations battle on the internet" Breitbart London. October 10, 2014


  15. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "Incredibly, Gamergate is winning - but you won't read that anywhere in the terrified liberal media" Breitbart London. October 21, 2014


  16. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "The authoritarian left was on course to win the culture wars... then along came #GAMERGATE" Breitbart London. November 12, 2014


  17. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "Game developers' association calls 10,000 tweeters 'harassers'–including Kentucky Fried Chicken" Breitbart London. November 22, 2014


  18. ↑ Yiannapoulos, Milo. "AN OPEN LETTER TO BLOOMBERG'S SHEELAH KOLHATKAR, ON THE DELICATE MATTER OF ANITA SARKEESIAN" Breitbart London. November 27, 2014


  19. ↑ Sommers, Christina H., Adam Baldwin, and Internet Aristocrat. "What Is #GamerGate?" Interview by Milo Yiannopoulos. Audio blog post. RADIO NERO. N.p., 22 Sept. 2014. Web.


  20. ↑ Kain, Erik, Noah Dulis, James Cook, Sargon of Akkad, and Roguestar. "Professional Failures." Interview by Milo Yiannopoulos. Audio blog post. RADIO NERO. N.p., 30 Sept. 2014. Web.


  21. ↑ Schubert, Damion, Mundane Matt, Oliver Campbell, and Jason Miller. "Gamers versus GAMR." Interview by Milo Yiannopoulos. Audio blog post. RADIO NERO. N.p., 6 Oct. 2014. Web.

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