Support List

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The Support List is an informal list of websites that #GamerGate supports as part of its ongoing effort to combat unethical behavior in video game journalism. The following websites adhere to acceptable policies of disclosure, transparency, and objectivity in reporting and discussing video games and video game industry related news.

Websites

Website	Reason
Anime Outsiders	Politically incorrect podcast that discusses anime and other otaku topics. History of supporting #GamerGate and causes associated such as supporting Vic.
APGNation	Interviewed several key players of #GamerGate, including TFYC,[1] Milo Yiannopoulos,[2] Adam Baldwin,[3] and William Usher.[4] Additional anti-corruption/pro-GamerGate articles,[5][6] interviews,[7][8] and opinion pieces[9][10] have been published over the course of #Gamergate.
Attack on Gaming	Has written factual articles on #GamerGate[11] and includes disclaimers of personal bias.
BluesNews
Brutal Gamer
Christ Centered Gamer	Separation of ideology from reviews
Cubed³	No politicized reviews or known ethical issues
DualShockers
#Egmr
Elder Geek	Updated review and behaviour policies, such as including disclaimers in the video itself and details on transparency.[12]
The Escapist	Adopted ethical disclosure policy. Edited article on Quinn harassment to reflect that it was never confirmed by an independent source. See: The Escapist. As of February 2015, hired two Pro-GG commentators.[13]
Everybody Plays	Has made a comment against the idea that all gamers are sexist[14] and separates warnings of questionable content under the Parental Reviews instead of in their main reviews.
Evil Avatar	Allows all types of GamerGate discussion on their forums and many of the factual submitted GamerGate news pieces have made it onto the front page.
Gamesnosh	Reported on the initial scandal[15] and put the piece up after they were told to remove it by their webhost. They have reported on The Fine Young Capitalists[16] and discussed the pro-GamerGate side repeatedly.[17][18][19][20] They also have an ethics policy.[21]
GamesRadar
Gamer Headlines	Gaming news website that published articles on the initial scandal at the height of censorship.[22][23] Recent #GamerGate articles vary between supportive[24][25] and neutral[26][27] depending on the writer.
Gamerevolution
Gamersyde
GameTrailers
Game Zone
Gamnesia
Gather Your Party	Alternative to mainstream gaming sites, pro-consumer with ethical standards.[28]
Gematsu
GoodGamers	Founded in response to GamerGate with ethical policies and rules against click-bait articles and editorials never being on the front page.
Highland Arrow	Has published pro-GamerGate and pro-NYS opinion pieces (2), unbiased coverage of the Depression Quest scandal, ethics policies, and a full disclosure statement.
Incgamers	Allows GamerGate discussion on their forums.
Indiejuice	Editor in Chief responsible for the interview with an ex-reddit mod exposing corruption in the moderating process. Has vowed to instate a formal ethics policy in the future with a draft already provided. EiC also actively discusses GG on twitter.
Invision Game Community
JustPushStart
My Nintendo News	No politicized reviews or known ethical issues
NicheGamer	Pro-GamerGate,[29] has given balanced reporting on the corruption and has ethical standards.[30][31][32] They have also interviewed pro-GG developers.[33] See : NicheGamer
Nintendolife
OperationRainFall
One Angry Gamer	Numerous GamerGate Articles can be found within the GamerGate section of his site[34]
Original Gamer	Supported GamerGate since the beginning,[35][36] and has produced numerous podcasts supportive of GamerGate's call for ethical reform.[37][38][39]
PixelJudge
PowerGamer	Has a code of ethics[40] and pro-gamergate.[41][42]
RealGamerNewz	Has written a balanced and factual piece on GamerGate.[43]
RPGamer	Neutral coverage of GamerGate,[44] supporter of egalitarian feminism.[45]
Science Vs. Feminism	Pro-GamerGate science blog. Has written a heavily-referenced scientific article on gender politics in video games, video game development and ethics.[46] Founder is listed as "a developer of simulators for training industrial, medical and military personnel." Was featured in One Angry Gamer's recent article on GamerGate.[47]
TechRaptor	Provides up-to-date news, informational articles, interviews, and editorials on #GamerGate and the events that surround it. Also revised their ethics policies in response to #GamerGate.[48] See: TechRaptor.
Twentyoz	Has written a pro-GamerGate article.[49]
Two Dash Stash	Has written a few Pro-GamerGate articles. Founder and writer heavily supportive of movement.
VR World	Formerly Bright Side of News, several supporting articles by Derek S.

Developers

Developer	Games	Reason
Adrian C	The Vanishing of Ethan Carter	Twitlonger: "I could not understand..."
AlephZero Kyle M	Project Assembly	Pro-Gamergate
Christopher A	Freak	Twitlonger: 'A Personal Statement from an Indie Dev on why #GamerGate Is Important'
Bastendorf E Bennehh Callum	Unity (2014)
Codingteddybear	Developing an unnamed game about GamerGate.	Opposition to the deception and malice of SJWs in the games media.[50]
Jennifer D'aww	Illutia: Fantasy MMORPG, SeedScape (joint with Dapper Swine)	Pro-GamerGate[51]
DIADG	A pro-GamerGate future dev, supporting GamerGate on Twitter, as well as openly and directly opposing SJWs in GamerGate matters.[52]
DQN Superstar
Dream Boy Games
PipeWords on iOS and Android	Blogpost: Shanghai of the Nerds
Gaben
Stew H
Recovery FPS	Has made pro-GamerGate tweets[53] and was blocked by the IGDA blocklist.[54]
I lua C++
Pekka K	Prisonscape	Pro-GamerGate[55]
Vincent L	Gangster Tactics : Pile Them In
Danielle M	Afterlife Empire	Winner of TFYC game design competition
Michael M	Rosary at the Witch Tower	Account has since been deleted, Archive
Ondrej M	Kingdom Come: Deliverance	Supported GamerGate on twitter.[56]
Tallulah M
Coven
Michael M	Commodious Downfall (2013), Invictus (2013)
'ⒼⓊⓃⒼⓃⒾⓇ-ⒹⒺⓋ on Twitter:'
Brandon M	Top Secret Sci-Fi topdown game
Matthew M	Brunelleschi: Age of Architects	Pro-GamerGate.[57]
Jason M	Polar Roller Nights (2014)
Mister A	Mister Armory on Twitter
Overloaded	Top Secret 2D Turn-Based RPG	Devs of GamerGate on Twitter
Pixel Metal	Sombrero	Against opinion-based censorship and moral panic-mongering for attention; for real diversity and games as art.[58]
Radamier
Matt R	Past Creations: Epic Battle Fantasy 4 (2014)	[https://twitter.com/KupoGames/status/506999744770871296 Matt R on Twitter
SajBear
Franklin I Army Men III	Strong and vocal supporter of GamerGate. Openly opposes disingenuous indie developers and ideologues with an agenda and strongly adheres to the "by gamers, for gamers" principle.
Sargon of Akkad	Necromancer	Has made numerous anti-corruption and pro-gamergate videos, tweets and video comments.
Simone T
Daniel V	Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002), Mafia II (2010), Kingdom Come: Deliverance	Has been pro-GG and anti-censorship in interviews[59][60] and on twitter.[61]
Slade V	FleetCOMM: Operation Vigrior
Brad W	Galactic Civilizations (2003), Galactic Civilizations II (2006), Sins of a Solar Empire (2008), Elemental: War of Magic (2010), Elemental: Fallen Enchantress (2012) Galactic Civilizations III, Sorcerer King	Supports GamerGate due to his own experirences with unethical game press[62]
Whale Wrecksey	Unannounced horror title.	Pseudonymous, vocal game developer greatly supportive of fellow GamerGate developers.[63]
David S	The Moon Silver

Development Studios

Developer	Games	Reason
Autobotika	Afterlife Empire	Participant in TFYC's contest, developing Danielle M's winning game
Dapper Swine	Blasted Fortress, SeedScape (with Jennifer D'aww)	Pro-GamerGate.[64][65]
GravTech Games	Nora	Pro-GamerGate and anti-censorship.[66]
Rasam Concept	Out Quest, Gear Guts	Pro-GamerGate[67][68] and has done pro-GG stream appearances.[69]
Running With Scissors	Postal (1997), Postal II (2003)	Pro-GamerGate[70] and anti-censorship.[71]
Snazzlebot Games	Coins & Stuff (2014), Dream Candy Planet (2014)
Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team	Pro Zombie Soccer (2011)
Trek Industries	Orion: Prelude (2012)	Made a long post explaining GamerGate and what's wrong with gaming journalists.[72]
Windy Hill Studio	Orphan	Pro-GamerGate.[73]
Destructive Creations	In the process of developing Hatred.	Hatred is a third person shooter that was recently banned from Steam after nearly being Greenlighted in a day because it was judged to be too "edgy". More information can be found on the developers website. The game has since been added back to the Steam Greenlight program.

Youtubers

Personality	Videos	Reason
TotalBiscuit	I will now talk about game reviews for just over 30 minutes Ethics in Games Media: Stephen Totilo of Kotaku comes to the table to discuss	History of supporting ethical practices in Game Journalism.
Nerd³	No videos directly relating to GamerGate	Supportive of GamerGate's goals of rooting out corruption.[74] Condemned censorship of TechRaptor's interview with Allistair Pinsof.[75][76]
Thunderf00t	#Gamergate: when 'Feminists' and Gamers collide!	Has created a series of videos debunking the anti-GG position and calling for fair and balanced gaming journalism
MundaneMatt	Majority, if not all of his videos are pro-GamerGate	Has supported GamerGate since the beggining.
AlphaOmegaSin	Anita Sarkeesian & ABC News Suck	Critical of Anita Sarkeesian in the past and has not retracted position under political pressure.

Games

These are games that are not attached to any one individual or studio.

Game	Reason
Gods and Idols (twitter)	Supports GamerGate on their website
HuniePop (twitter)	Supports GamerGate on twitter[77][78]

Writers and Reporters

Writer	Reason
David Auerbach
Oliver Campbell	Has talked about Gamergate [79]
Liana K	Has given some coverage[80][81]
Erik Kain	Fair coverage on Forbes [82][83]
Lance Liebl
Sean Winnett	Interview key players
Milo Yiannopoulos	Broke story of GameJournoPros. See: Milo Yiannopoulos
Georgina Young
William Usher	Former member of GameJournoPros and the leaker that provided Milo with the info for his GJP story. See: William Usher

Broadcasters

Writer	Reason
David Pakman	Balanced interviews with both pro-GamerGate and anti-GamerGate people. See: The David Pakman Show
Ricky Camilleri

Steam Curators

Group	Recommendations	Reason
GamerGate Rebooted	Games that were wrongly criticised for their depictions of women, games made by people who support #GamerGate and games from developers that were shunned by journalists because of their personal views. An attempt to restart the GamerGate Recommends curator group, which has not been maintained for over 5 months.	Overtly pro-GamerGate
Cynical Brit Gaming	My name is TotalBiscuit and I run youtube.com/cynicalbrit. I work fulltime as a PC gaming critic and focus on PC specific issues. I create lengthy videos on indie and AAA titles.	Curator group of John Bain, prolific GamerGate supporter
Boogie2988's Games	I play all kinds of games. I tend to enjoy games that think outside of the box and are a little different from the norm.	Neutral in GamerGate and fair to both sides
Bro Team Team	Games of True Ascended Heaven	Pro-Gamergate and has done anonymous interviews with developers who fear retaliation
Super Sekrit /a/ & /v/ Club House	Comfy vidya james and ESPORTS!	Unofficial curator group of 4chan's /v/ board
8Chans /v/	You don't play videogames	Unofficial curator group of 8chan's /v/ board
TechRaptor	These games are curated and selected by TechRaptor Staff members, and they are made up of a wide range of titles that we believe all Steam Gamers should play!	Pro-GamerGate journalism
Niche Gamer	Niche Gamer is a gaming site dedicated to covering all the lesser known and/or specialized gaming markets across the globe.	Pro-GamerGate journalism
Erik Kain: A Curator And A Gentleman	I play a lot of RPGs, some strategy titles, first-person shooters, and...well the sort of games I've been writing about at Forbes Games the past few years.	Neutral in GamerGate, fair to both sides, and the most accurate mainstream reporting yet
Gamesnosh Community	GamesNosh is an independently run video game site and community founded in 2014. A place of passionate gamers and avid critics; we're here to spread the love and give the thumbs up to valuable gaming experiences.	Pro-GamerGate journalism
Stardock	We love gamers and core PC games. We play them all and we will try to pick only the ones we're pretty certain you'll like.	Stardock studios, led by Brad Wardell, is pro-GamerGate and fights the corruption in the industry
Running With Scissors Recommends	Great games from indie developers you might have missed, or AAA games we feel were treated unfairly by the gaming press.	Pro-GamerGate development studio
/tg/ Recommends	Games recommended by the community of elegan/t g/amers!. Expect many Warhammer 40k, DnD and all things strategic and fatalistic!	Curator group for 4chan's traditional games board, another generally pro-GamerGate community
Anime 1.0	Have a great day and enjoy great games! With focus on arpg, fps and general action games come and enjoy my taste ;3	Run by Sakuyak, a GamerGate supporter,[84] and was the curator group mass voted to bump Kotaku off the front page.[85]
The Nerd Boxset	Non-Poop games.	Offical curator account for Nerd³
/r/pcmasterrace Group	Welcome to the Official PC Master Race curation, where we recommend glorious PC games worthy of being played by our brethren. Visit us at reddit.com/r/PCMasterRace	Official curator group of reddit's PC Master Race subreddit, which is supportive of GamerGate
The Cox List	The most fun, creative, and generally entertaining story driven games.	Recognizes the corruption and bias in media that GamerGate is fighting against.[86][87]
Christ Centered Gamers	Game reviews from a Christian perspective.	Seperation of ideology from reviews
GamerGaters	GamerGate recommends games based on quality and creativity, regardless of the level of political correctness in their themes. We are proud gamers recommending fun games of all genres for gamers of all types."	Overtly supportive of GamerGate

References

1. ↑ APGNation: #GamerGate: An Interview with The Fine Young Capitalists
2. ↑ APGNation: A Brave New World of Games Journalism: An Interview with Milo Yiannopoulos
3. ↑ APGNation: Both Sides of the Screen: Adam Baldwin Talks #GamerGate
4. ↑ APGNation: Breaking the Chain: An Interview with William Usher
5. ↑ APGNation: GamerGate Responds to Calls for Bullying with Anti-Bullying Charity
6. ↑ APGNation: Objections Called as Lawyer Enters the Ring of #GamerGate
7. ↑ APGNation: Capitalism & Consumerism in Gaming: A Discussion on Video Games and Politics with Brandon Morse
8. ↑ APGNation: Blacklisted by GamaSutra: An Interview with Slade Villena
9. ↑ APGNation: #GamerGate: The Changing Face of Gaming Journalism and Online Communities
10. ↑ APGNation: #GamerGate Raises Thousand(s) And Thousands of Dollars for Extra-Life
11. ↑ Attack on Gaming: Attack on #GamerGate: the Heck did we miss?
12. ↑ Elder Geek: Elder Speak - Review and Behavior Policies
13. ↑ Twitter: @archon announces new content creators
14. ↑ Everybody Plays: Twitter
15. ↑ Gamesnosh: Depression Quest Dev (Zoe Quinn) Scandal; Exploiting Games Press for Coverage
16. ↑ Gamesnosh: The Fine Young Capitalists Funded With 4chan’s Aid
17. ↑ Gamesnosh: #Gamergate: The silly sounding, but sincere call for Fair Representation of ‘Gamers’ within the media.
18. ↑ Gamesnosh: Corruption and Misrepresentation: A Minority Perspective of #GamerGate
19. ↑ Gamesnosh: #GamerGate is Making a Difference
20. ↑ Gamesnosh: Can You Trust Video Game Journalism?
21. ↑ Gamesnosh: Ethics Policies
22. ↑ Gamer Headlines: Kotaku and Zoe Quinn Accused of Exchanging Positive Press for Sex
23. ↑ Gamer Headlines: The Kotaku / Zoe Quinn scandal: The Aftermath and Thoughts
24. ↑ Gamer Headlines: 'GamerGate' and Why We Aren't Moving Forward From the Worst Week in Gaming
25. ↑ Gamer Headlines: GamerGate: The progress we've made so far
26. ↑ Gamer Headlines: We're All Gamers. All of Us
27. ↑ Gamer Headlines: #NotYourShield: The GamerGate Saga Continues
28. ↑ Gather Your Party: About Page
29. ↑ NicheGamer: Big Gaming Journalism is Dying and Here's Why
30. ↑ NicheGamer: GamerGate: Lies, Corruption and a New Beginning
31. ↑ NicheGamer: The Schism of Gaming: Zoe Quinn, Nepotism and White Knight Journalism
32. ↑ NicheGamer: Unfrozen Caveman Journalist: Victim Complex Edition
33. ↑ NicheGamer: GamerGate Interview: Anonymous XBox Edition
34. ↑ One Angry Gamer's GamerGate tag for GamerGate articles
35. ↑ Original Gamer twitter - 5 Sep. 2014
36. ↑ Original Gamer twitter - 7 Sep. 2014
37. ↑ Original Gamer - What is The Sarkeesian Effect?
38. ↑ Original Gamer - Destiny and #Gamergate again
39. ↑ Original Gamer - #Gamergate, Destiny, Spurs and more
40. ↑ PowerGamer: Ethics
41. ↑ PowerGamer: Shouldn't People Who Criticize Video Games Be Gamers
42. ↑ PowerGamer: The Reports of Our Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
43. ↑ RealGamerNewz: Is GamerGate A Hate Group?
44. ↑ RPGamer - Currents, issue #163
45. ↑ Trent Seely twitter - 7:39 AM 31 Aug 2014
46. ↑ Sex Matters In Video Games
47. ↑ ABC Reporter Admits They Have No Interest In The Whole #GamerGate Story
48. ↑ TechRaptor: Reddit Post: We (TechRaptor) are enacting new Ethics Policies due to the recent events in the video games media!
49. ↑ [1]
50. ↑ Example of pro-GamerGate tweet from codingteddybear
51. ↑ [2]
52. ↑ Example of pro-GamerGate tweet from DIADG_Games
53. ↑ All tweets from Heckenberg mentioning 'gamergate'
54. ↑ Heckenberg's response to being on the IGDA blocklist
55. ↑ Prisonscape: About GamerGate
56. ↑ Ondrej M on Twitter
57. ↑ Matthew M Twitter
58. ↑ Self-posted Tweet Confirming
59. ↑ Escapist: Daniel Vavra GamerGate Interview
60. ↑ TechRaptor: An interview with Daniel Vavra: GamerGate and the gaming industry
61. ↑ Twitter: Daniel Vavra
62. ↑ Brad Wardell: The long lasting effects of dishonest reporting
63. ↑ Example of GamerGate-developer tweet from wrecksey
64. ↑ Dapper Swine: ask.fm
65. ↑ Dapper Swine: twitter
66. ↑ Spotlight on GravTech Games
67. ↑ Twitter: Rasam Concept (1)
68. ↑ Twitter: Rasam Concept (2)
69. ↑ Video: LIVE HITBOX EXILE LOL
70. ↑ Running With Scissors Forum: #Gamergate
71. ↑ Running With Scissors Forum: Gaming is Not a Crime!
72. ↑ Trek Industries: To: Gaming Press - "You Have Failed This City"
73. ↑ Windy Hill Studio: Twitter
74. ↑ Nerd³ twitter - 15 Oct 2014
75. ↑ Nerd³ twitter - 5 Feb 2015, 1:09 AM
76. ↑ Nerd³ twitter - 5 Feb 2015, 1:10 AM
77. ↑ Twitter: Hunie Pop
78. ↑ Twitter: Hunie Pop
79. ↑ Thoughts on Gamergate
80. ↑ Five reasons why we should give #GamerGate another chance.
81. ↑ Archived Version of Five reasons why we should give #GamerGate another chance.
82. ↑ #GamerGate Is Not A Hate Group, It's A Consumer Movement
83. ↑ Archived Version of #GamerGate Is Not A Hate Group, It's A Consumer Movement

84. ↑ Twitter.com - Sakuyak:"Daily reminder to have a great day! #GamerGate #notyourshield #videogames".13 Sep 2014</li>

85. ↑ Twitter.com - Sakuyak:"Just a lil over 6k and kotaku will be off of the front page -w- #GamerGate #curator". 9 Nov 2014
86. ↑ Jesse Cox twitter - 4 Sep 2014
87. ↑ Jesse Cox twitter - 10 Oct 2014
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