Recent content by Mahemium

It begins. Mark my words, this is the beginning of something horrible for the Australian gaming community.

I'm really sad about this. Now these people know they can bully a multi-billion dollar retail chain into submission, you know it's not going to stop there. As an Australian, I know this is just the beginning. Now any game sold from any retailer that offends their personal sensibilities will be...

I'm a Carer for my father who's terminally ill with last stage cardiomyopathy, a heart disease. For those who don't know, in Australia; Carers are pensioners, typically family members or close friends of the disabled or ill, who are paid by the government to perform the same duties and care as a...

Nah, GamerGators will probably be the new label now. Or maybe something different, it doesn't matter. When a new site or two inevitably come to supply the demand of GG, like minded individuals from the Escapist, 8Chan, Reddit, IGN, Gamespot, GameFAQ's etc will naturally gravitate there...

Gaming is my biggest hobby, gaming is my greatest passion. I've never been good at much else. There are others like me who feel the same way. What's wrong with a simple name for people like me. I'm disabled, I can't go outside, will probably never have a family and I'm not religious. What's...

I don't think it's antiquated or exclusionary, no. Degrees of fandom will exist regardless, labels just gives those already existing degrees a name. I don't believe labeling such degrees automatically render a hostile, exclusionary environment. As far as I'm aware, people who do exclude or...

Well, I always thought "Gamer" was a term similar to "Film Buff", "Metalhead" or "Football Fanatic" to differentiate from the average fan, in that it's a primary hobby and passion. I just thought because the medium is becoming increasingly mainstream, it's kind of a non-sequitur for the average...

I more often than not find them amusing. "Drop dat dookie girl"

The mentally ill, particularly people with schizophrenia and other disorders that come with hallucinations. Fuck this when trying to get a nights sleep https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qZaF3hWXvs Aside from that, generally those who have taken a beating from this very hard experience...

The Satanic Bible No, seriously. Anton LaVey and Satanists in general were genius trolls before trolling was a thing and the Satanic Panic from the 70's-90's is probably the most hilarious public rustling of jimmies in recorded history. Though they had nothing to do with the launch of the...

It does exist, but it's the fault of the guy in these circumstances, not the women. They willingly remain in relationships where they can't get their emotional and physical needs satisfied. Women don't have a magical switch to suddenly make platonic feelings romantic, just the same as guys...

Nah. I'm hoping for Milo's prediction for the GamerGate end game where new media outlets form to supply the demand of gamers who don't care what genitals the protagonists of the new Assassins Creed or Grand Theft Auto games have and don't tell the consumers that they should care. Media outlets...

The righteous hero. The one who strongly believes in a universal, objective morality in particularly morally ambiguous circumstances and situations and tries to enforce that on others. "You can't kill him?" "But he just killed X!" "Don't bring yourself down to their level" stfu

I want to preface this post by first saying I do not; in any way, shape or form condone or support harassment. This topic only serves to examine and compare the gaming community to other western subcultures when it comes to what the collective perceives as "radical" criticism. I don't know if...

Where and when have you heard/seen it? > Generally, I see it used and directed at groups of people when they get offended by something and make a lot of noise about the trivial or mundane. How would you define its meaning and its origins? > I would define it as an individual who follows...