“Actually, It’s About Ethics In Games Journalism” Meme Gives GamerGate The Respect It Deserves

Humanity… #itsaboutethics #ActuallyEthics #GamersAgainstGamerGate pic.twitter.com/szqUwnkHxZ

— K. P. BOOdertscher (@badkenbad) October 26, 2014

GamerGate is misogynist harassment hiding behind a thinly-veiled cry for “ethics!”, and anyone wanting a real discussion about ethical problems in games journalism should have removed themselves from the hashtag weeks ago. Or, you know, started questioning huge companies instead of female indie devs. As we mentioned on Friday in our last roundup, the Tumblr Actually, It’s About Ethics In Games Journalism recognizes the preposterousness of the GamerGate mantra, and made it into a wonderful meme. Come, Social Justice Warriors, let’s take a look at some of the highlights, shall we? [slideshow id=2578]

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Not to be left out of the fun, there were some solid ACTUALLYs on Twitter, too:

Just finished carving my pumpkin! #germergoat pic.twitter.com/zjHWfN6gw1

— Joe Newlin (@joe_newlin) October 27, 2014

pic.twitter.com/4vWp57dCx2

— Phil Savage (@Octaeder) October 24, 2014

@NotInventedHere @Glinner @TheQuinnspiracy “Get away from games, you bitch!” pic.twitter.com/XU0Z8r8NPb

— Pete Brooksbank (@petebrooksbank) October 24, 2014

THANK YOU MARIO BUT IT’S ACTUALLY ABOUT ETHICS IN GAMES JOURNALISM pic.twitter.com/Hbq62Fl7wm

— Eric Bailey (@Nintendo_Legend) October 24, 2014

Over on Reddit, they got into the action on /r/ItsAboutEthics. The subreddit (much like the Zoe Quinn-moderated /r/GamerGate) is pretty devoid of the misogynist garbage you might expect, and is instead filled with gems like:

and

Meanwhile, over on YouTube, there’s the new GamerGate intro:

And, perhaps most accurate of all:

Share your favorite “Actually, it’s about ethics in games journalism” memes in the comments, or make your own! If countless women weren’t being brutally harassed online and even driven out of their own homes, we could just laugh this whole ridiculous thing off forever!

Previously in GooberGrape

• Joss Whedon, Boston Globe Journalist Smack Down “But GamerGate Is About Journalistic Ethics!” Argument
  
• #Gamergate’s Harassment Of Women Hits The Front Page Of The New York Times
  
• Man Who Sparked Gamergate Says The Movement Is “For The Best” Despite Harassment
  

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Jill Pantozzi is a pop-culture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond! She’s Editor in Chief of the geek girl culture site The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network), and hosts her own blog “Has Boobs, Reads Comics” (TheNerdyBird.com). She co-hosts the Crazy Sexy Geeks podcast along with superhero historian Alan Kistler, contributed to a book of essays titled “Chicks Read Comics,” (Mad Norwegian Press) and had her first comic book story in the IDW anthology, “Womanthology.” In 2012, she was featured on National Geographic’s "Comic Store Heroes," a documentary on the lives of comic book fans and the following year she was one of many Batman fans profiled in the documentary, "Legends of the Knight."

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