Forum Overview :: Mac Hall Complaints Department :: Every single article about it makes me sad for gaming.

[quote name="Worm"][quote]Unfortunately, the "Dickwolf Debacle" has cost PAX several potentially interesting panels and sessions. Corvus himself was intending to present a panel with the International Game Developers Association at PAX East entitled "One of Us," featuring "members of the gaming community who are underrepresented and often subject to verbal abuse because of it. The panelists will share the coping strategies they've developed and tactics they've used to deal with the effects of being part of a larger gaming community that can be hostile."[/quote] I guess not holding your panel on the subject is the major coping strategy? [quote]Unfortunately, it looks like people like Corvus will be missing out. "If Jerry and Mike become involved with MenCanStopRape.org and use their wit and geek-culture influence to help put a stop to the hostile disregard for women that has been evident throughout the gaming community, before and during this controversy, I will considering returning to PAX as a gamer and as a speaker," he said. "Until that point, I will direct my energies to other conventions and work with their staff to foster an environment of inclusivity."[/quote] It's always "if they'd just get involved with this particular website I back, this could all disappear" it's like some kind of indie gamer mafia which is just waiting for you to be insensitive so they can guilt you into supporting causes no one cares about. <img src="http://www.mencanstoprape.org/images/stories/Images__Logos/Strength_Media/BI3.jpg"> Yes! If only all women had a cabal of chivalrous gay friends to constantly defend them every time they leave the house.[/quote]