Boycott List

The Boycott List is an informal list of websites and publications that have made factually inaccurate reports on #GamerGate due to poor research, yellow journalism, or other unprofessional reasons. The list also includes sites with serious ethical problems not necessarily related to #GamerGate and social media websites that have censored discussion about #GamerGate for reasons having to do with the above. #GamerGate supporters often choose to completely boycott the most serious and repeat offenders.

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For an informal list of websites that follow the SPJ Code of Ethics, please view the Support List.

Gaming Websites

Website	Reason
AusGamers	Lacking in journalistic integrity[1]
Destructoid	Participant in Gamers are Dead, fired employees under questionable circumstances[2]
Eurogamer	Inaccurate GamerGate articles[3][4]
Gamasutra	Double participant in Gamers are Dead, inaccurate GamerGate articles
GameFocus	Writing anti-gamergate articles with poor research and poor arguments. Adhering to the 'listen and believe' mentality of our opposition [5]
GameInformer	Claims that Gamergate has furthered stereotypes of violence and misogyny, and it's a non-issue [6][7]
Gameplanet	Misrepresentation of Gamergate, no research and lazy journalism from editor Matt Maguire on Radio New Zealand National.[8]
Gameranx	Editor in Chief Ian Miles Cheong's flippant disregard for ethics in games journalism [9]
Games.on.net	Attributes harassment to GamerGate, "happily admit[s] to push[ing] an agenda" [10]
Joystiq.com	One sided, poorly researched editorial on Gamergate. Claims to have never gotten any tweets or emails about their ethics policy, therefore gamergate isn't about ethics, but harassment.[11]
Kotaku Kotaku AU Kotaku BR Kotaku JP Kotaku UK	Participant in Gamers are Dead, lacking in journalistic integrity, owned by Gawker Media
MVCUK.com (Market for Video and Computer games)	Multiple inaccurate articles including: Incorrectly claiming Mike Morhaime spoke against GamerGate at BlizzCon [12] Misleading article implying GamerGate was responsible for DDoS attack against the website of AbleGamers [13]
Motherboard @ Vice	One-sided, poorly researched GamerGate articles,[14] owned by Vice
PC Gamer	Misrepresentation of GamerGate [15]
PCGamesN	Writer Steve Hogarty belligerently attacks GamerGate on Twitter[16]
Polygon	Participant in Gamers are Dead, inaccurate GamerGate articles[17]
Rock Paper Shotgun	Participant in Gamers are Dead, inaccurate GamerGate articles[18]

1. ↑ r/Games: Of Corruption in the Australian Games Industry
2. ↑ https://archive.today/wOV6e
3. ↑ https://archive.today/U0opo
4. ↑ https://archive.today/lLY6y

5. ↑ Blog post written by Staff Writer Brenden Mernagh at Game-focus.net aka Gamefocus.ca</li>

6. ↑ Game Informer’s Stance on GamerGate
7. ↑ GamerGate's silver lining
8. ↑ RNZN Interview
9. ↑ Ian Miles Cheong Twitter feed
10. ↑ Announcement: Readers who feel threatened by equality no longer welcome
11. ↑ We are always fighting
12. ↑ Morhaime uses Blizzcon speech to rally against GamerGate
13. ↑ Charity that refused GamerGate associated donation receives death threats, suffers DDoS attack
14. ↑ Will Trolls Always Have a Home?
15. ↑ Anita Sarkeesian cancels talk after school shooting threat
16. ↑ Steve Hogarty Twitter feed
17. ↑ https://archive.today/rkvO8
18. ↑ https://archive.today/RXjWz

Technology Websites

Website	Reason
Ars Technica	Participated in Gamers are Dead, Senior Gaming Editor founded GameJournoPros email group
GitHub	Removed repository related to GamerGate under guise that it was organized harassment [1][2]
GitLab	Removed repository related to GamerGate under guise that it was organized harassment [3][4]
OSNews	Ran articles equating Gamergate to misogyny, organized harassment, and terrorism [5][6]
The Verge	Censorship in articles comments and community forums, ran articles equating GamerGate to organized harassment
Wired	Ran articles equating Gamergate to misogyny and terrorism [7][8]
Heise (german)	Misrepresenting and poorly researched articles plus one sided comments about GamerGate. Censorship in comment sections.[9][10][11][12][13]
golem.de (german)	Misrepresenting and poorly researched articles about GamerGate. Censorship in comment sections.[14][15]

1. ↑ Github repo page
2. ↑ Message from Github support
3. ↑ Gitlab tweet about the removal of the repo
4. ↑ Gitlab discussion on their forums
5. ↑ GamerGate terrorists threaten mass school shooting in Utah
6. ↑ Intel opposes Gamergate as part of $300 million effort
7. ↑ Gamergate Goons Can Scream All They Want, But They Can’t Stop Progress
8. ↑ How 4chan manufactured the #GamerGate controversy
9. ↑ "Gamergate": Spieleentwicklerin flüchtet vor Online-Drohungen
10. ↑ "Sexismus in der Spieleszene: Streit über Gamergate in der Wikipedia
11. ↑ "Gamergate": Intel beendet Werbekampagne
12. ↑ Choose your side! – Kommentar zur Debatte um Sexismus in Videospielen
13. ↑ Ich gehe nicht in Deckung – Kommentar zur Debatte um Sexismus in Videospielen
14. ↑ Erneut Morddrohungen gegen Spielentwicklerin
15. ↑ Entwickler geht nach Morddrohungen gegen Gabe Newell

Mainstream Media

Publication	Reason
The Financial Post	Participated in Gamers are Dead
The Guardian	One-sided, poorly researched GamerGate articles, also hosts articles and weekly podcasts featuring Leigh Alexander [1]
MSNBC	One-sided, poorly researched GamerGate news segments
The New Yorker	One-sided, poorly researched GamerGate articles
The Washington Post	One-sided, poorly researched GamerGate articles
BBC	One-sided, poorly researched GamerGate articles and news segments[2]
Metro	One-sided, poorly researched GamerGate articles
SVT (Sveriges Television)	One-sided, poorly researched GamerGate articles, TV coverage all but didn't touch on there being two sides
CBC	One sided, poorly-researched articles. Links to other misleading #Gamergate resources.[3] Refused to acknowledge any breach of ethics by only covering one side of the story.[4]

1. ↑ Archive of contributor page
2. ↑ BBC News - GamerGate: 'Press must tackle misogyny,' says developer
3. ↑ CBC News - #StopGamerGate2014 hashtag suggests internet is growing tired of GamerGate
4. ↑ CBC News Ombudsman - Playing Fair, Take Two: The challenges of talking about #GamerGate

Community Forums

Website	Reason
4chan	Thought- and tone-policing mods, censorship of GamerGate discussion
Neogaf	Censors all but anti-GamerGate discussion
Mighty No. 9	Total censorship of GamerGate discussion [1]
RPG.net	Total censorship of Gamergate discussions.[2]
Something Awful	Suspected origin of many of the worst trolls in the conflict
TvTropes	A moderator removed the mention of the scandal from their "Streisand Effect" page and threatened to ban the person who submitted it[3] and has locked threads on the subject.[4]
/r/gaming	During the Zoe Quinn incident, the moderators removed almost all discussion regarding it. In fact, one of the moderators were found tweeting Zoe Quinn prior to the deletion of Quinn-related threads.

1. ↑ Mighty No. 9 – A lesson in how not to manage a community
2. ↑ Gamergate on RPGnet READ THIS
3. ↑ TvTropes Streisand Effect Discussion
4. ↑ Video Games Journalism TvTropes Discussion

Public Events

Event	Reason
Critical Proximity	Event created and hosted by Critical Distance, a project of Silverstring Media
Independent Games Festival	Corrupt award show connected to Silverstring Media
Indie Cade	Award show implicated in conspiracy to artificially award Fez
Rebel Jam	Game Jam started by Zoe Quinn after demonizing The Fine Young Capitalists

Other Websites

Website	Reason
Badass Digest	Writer Devin Faraci belligerently attacks GamerGate on Twitter[1]
BoingBoing	Hosts articles by Leigh Alexander, routinely smears and mocks GamerGate
Businessweek	Anti-Gamerate and promoter of the blocklist[2]
BuzzFeed	Participant in Gamers are Dead
Comics Alliance	Framing GamerGate as a movement about harassment and misogyny [3]
Cracked	Ran articles equating GamerGate to organized harassment
The Daily Beast	Participant in Gamers are Dead
The Daily Dot	Framing GamerGate as a movement about harassment and misogyny [4]
Deadspin	Owned by Gawker Media
Gawker	Owned by Gawker Media
io9	Owned by Gawker Media
Jezebel	Owned by Gawker Media
The Mary Sue	Complete and repeated misrepresentation of GamerGate [5]
Newsweek	Promoting the blocklist[6]
Raw Story	Complete and repeated misrepresentation of GamerGate [7]
The United Federation Of Charles	Publicly condemned Gamergate and stated he hoped the movement "goes away." [8]
ValleyWag	Owned by Gawker Media
Vice	Misrepresentation of GamerGate to the point of fear mongering [9]
Vox	One-sided, poorly researched GamerGate articles [10]
We Hunted The Mammoth	Complete and repeated misrepresentation of GamerGate [11]

Steam Curators

Group	Reason
PC Gamer	Openly anti-GG and misrepresents Gamergate.
The Jim Sterling Collection	Jim Sterling appears to be anti-GG (This is not confirmed, confirmation is needed)
Rock Paper Shotgun	Participant in Gamers are Dead, inaccurate GamerGate articles.
Kotaku	Participant in Gamers are Dead, lacking in journalistic integrity, owned by Gawker Media. Anti-Gamergate.
Extra Credits	Daniel Floyd host of Extra Credits, condemns GG despite his own narrated video about Anonymous speaking about fallacy of composition and anyone claiming belonging to a group
Giant Bomb Staff	Another one of big games sites whose employees condemn GG as purely harassment campaign
Double Fine Productions	Tim Schafer, founder of Double Fine Productions, is openly Anti-GG, claims GamerGate is proof of rape culture.[12]
NeoGAF	Anti-GG, censors most if not all GamerGate discussion, banning GamerGate supporters.[13][14]
Steve's Essentials	Creator of Gone Home and rabid SJW.
Rami Ismail	Heretic of Cool Indie Imperiumm. Takes active stance against GG.
Cuties Curating Games	Organized by Maya Kramer of Silverstring Media. Complicit in many industry scandals and the continued misrepresentation of GamerGate.
Destructoid	Participant in Gamers are Dead, fired employees under questionable circumstances. Anti-GG.
PCGamesN	Writer Steve Hogarty belligerently attacks GamerGate on Twitter. Anti-GG.
Polygon Favorites	Anti-GG. Participant in Gamers are Dead, inaccurate GamerGate articles.

1. ↑ Devin Faraci Twitter feed
2. ↑ Businessweek freebsd article
3. ↑ Fear As A Way Of Life: Why Women In Comics Don’t ‘Just Report’ Sexual Harassment
4. ↑ Only a culture of shame can finally put a stop to Gamergate
5. ↑ Joss Whedon, Boston Globe Journalist Smack Down “But GamerGate Is About Journalistic Ethics!” Argument
6. ↑ Newsweek Blocklist Article
7. ↑ Gamergate’s anti-woman agenda made clear: Actor Felicia Day threatened for speaking up
8. ↑ Our stance on Gamergate
9. ↑ Does Someone Have to Actually Die Before GamerGate Calms Down?
10. ↑ Angry misogyny is now the primary face of #GamerGate
11. ↑ Today in #GamerGate: Entitled manchildren use manic pixel dream girl as their shield (again)
12. ↑ Tim Schafer Twitter Feed
13. ↑ TFYCapitalists Twitter Feed
14. ↑ KiA NeoGAF Reddit Post
last modified on 20 February 2015, at 05:59.