Lately there seems to be a huge backlash against some of the escapist staff, and Moviebob seems to be the one bearing the brunt of it. There was even a thread [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.859921-Poll-Should-MovieBob-be-Fired-An-Open-Letter-to-the-Escapist] calling for him to be outright fired. Grey Carter of Critical Miss fame wasn't [https://twitter.com/GreyTheTick/status/508239619427557376] impressed [https://twitter.com/GreyTheTick/status/508242063473639424], and evidently neither were the moderators since that post was locked almost immediately. While Moviebob has actually calmed down quite a bit since then, Grey seems to have picked up the metaphorical sword and has been vocally against the gamergate movement on twitter [https://twitter.com/GreyTheTick], although he hasn't been quite as vehement about it as MovieBob was. People have even been trying to get Greg Tito fired by writing to his superiors at Defy Media. As for the forums in general you can find something of a "greatest hits" here [https://twitter.com/Escapist_TXT].
Even Jim Sterling hasn't been safe, and he was actually trying to stay neutral about this whole thing. The week before last, he made a video [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/9676-Everythings-Awful-But-Its-Not-That-Bad] where he just tried to get people to calm by saying that things weren't as bad as they seemed at the time and that we're all still gamers (although in light of the events since then I feel it's safe to say that things really are that bad). By the time of next week's Jimquisition [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/9695-Quit-Using-The-Term-Social-Justice-Warriors] he had been harassed by gamergate advocates to the point where he made the entire video about how stupid the anti-SJW movement is. He's even talked about how even though he wanted to be neutral in this, was effectively [http://i.imgur.com/lQrls16.png] forced [https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/504974988944748544] to take a side, and found that he was in good company [https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/504976633652985857].
While all of these people have been painted with the same tar brush, Moviebob seems to have become the mascot for the Social Justice Warrior conspiracy here on the escapist forums. As one last thing, I'd like to post what I believe to be moviebob's commentary on issues relevant to this.
Moviebob on #Gamergate [http://moviebob.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-long-post-about-gamergate.html](posted just before Zoe's 4chan IRC's were posted in twitter)
Moviebob on #GamerGate and how other media's journalists reacted [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/moviesandtv/columns/moviebob/12173-Comparing-Film-Journalism-and-Games-Journalism]
Moviebob on bullying in gaming culture [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJi0C3fhVtc](posted just before this whole Zoe Quinn and Gamergate thing exploded)
Moviebob on [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/5950-Tropes-vs-MovieBob]tropes vs women [http://www.screwattack.com/shows/partners/game-overthinker/game-overthinker-overbytes-tropes-vs-women](posted a while ago, obviously)
MovieBob talks about sexism in nerd culture [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/5436-Not-Okay](another old one)
Moviebob on conflicts between gamers and feminists [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/4719-Gender-Games]
Moviebob on problems in game culture [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/4969-Words-for-Nerds](for the most part only the last point in the video is relevant here)
For what it's worth I agree with him on these issues, but want to give him a fair shake here on the forums and would like to here what other people think of what he's said.
Even Jim Sterling hasn't been safe, and he was actually trying to stay neutral about this whole thing. The week before last, he made a video [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/9676-Everythings-Awful-But-Its-Not-That-Bad] where he just tried to get people to calm by saying that things weren't as bad as they seemed at the time and that we're all still gamers (although in light of the events since then I feel it's safe to say that things really are that bad). By the time of next week's Jimquisition [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/9695-Quit-Using-The-Term-Social-Justice-Warriors] he had been harassed by gamergate advocates to the point where he made the entire video about how stupid the anti-SJW movement is. He's even talked about how even though he wanted to be neutral in this, was effectively [http://i.imgur.com/lQrls16.png] forced [https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/504974988944748544] to take a side, and found that he was in good company [https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/504976633652985857].
While all of these people have been painted with the same tar brush, Moviebob seems to have become the mascot for the Social Justice Warrior conspiracy here on the escapist forums. As one last thing, I'd like to post what I believe to be moviebob's commentary on issues relevant to this.
Moviebob on #Gamergate [http://moviebob.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-long-post-about-gamergate.html](posted just before Zoe's 4chan IRC's were posted in twitter)
Moviebob on #GamerGate and how other media's journalists reacted [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/moviesandtv/columns/moviebob/12173-Comparing-Film-Journalism-and-Games-Journalism]
Moviebob on bullying in gaming culture [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJi0C3fhVtc](posted just before this whole Zoe Quinn and Gamergate thing exploded)
Moviebob on [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/5950-Tropes-vs-MovieBob]tropes vs women [http://www.screwattack.com/shows/partners/game-overthinker/game-overthinker-overbytes-tropes-vs-women](posted a while ago, obviously)
MovieBob talks about sexism in nerd culture [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/5436-Not-Okay](another old one)
Moviebob on conflicts between gamers and feminists [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/4719-Gender-Games]
Moviebob on problems in game culture [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/4969-Words-for-Nerds](for the most part only the last point in the video is relevant here)
For what it's worth I agree with him on these issues, but want to give him a fair shake here on the forums and would like to here what other people think of what he's said.