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Mia Wong

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
6381 total appearances

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

So, I think the important thing here, and this is something important to remember both for Sembep and Freed, and also for the construction of right-wing gaming movements in general, and for what we're going to talk about with Elon Musk, is that Gaming is contested ground, right? As much as we think of gamers as like right wingers, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

So, I think the important thing here, and this is something important to remember both for Sembep and Freed, and also for the construction of right-wing gaming movements in general, and for what we're going to talk about with Elon Musk, is that Gaming is contested ground, right? As much as we think of gamers as like right wingers, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

So, I think the important thing here, and this is something important to remember both for Sembep and Freed, and also for the construction of right-wing gaming movements in general, and for what we're going to talk about with Elon Musk, is that Gaming is contested ground, right? As much as we think of gamers as like right wingers, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

There are a lot of what you would call traditionally sort of left-leaning demographics that play video games and have made spaces here because as much as they are in some ways like this force of discipline that like is something that you learn the kinds of like ability to tolerate boredom and repetition and things like that.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

There are a lot of what you would call traditionally sort of left-leaning demographics that play video games and have made spaces here because as much as they are in some ways like this force of discipline that like is something that you learn the kinds of like ability to tolerate boredom and repetition and things like that.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

There are a lot of what you would call traditionally sort of left-leaning demographics that play video games and have made spaces here because as much as they are in some ways like this force of discipline that like is something that you learn the kinds of like ability to tolerate boredom and repetition and things like that.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

that you know you use for fucking work they're also a a thing that people use to like escape the fucking hell world totally and like i mean i know this right like i am fucking like i'm a chinese trans woman who better he's better at video games and both the people i'm gonna be fucking talking about in this story right like well i i heard i heard his path of exile character was actually quite advanced but oh we're gonna we're gonna talk about the path of exile character fucking next

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

that you know you use for fucking work they're also a a thing that people use to like escape the fucking hell world totally and like i mean i know this right like i am fucking like i'm a chinese trans woman who better he's better at video games and both the people i'm gonna be fucking talking about in this story right like well i i heard i heard his path of exile character was actually quite advanced but oh we're gonna we're gonna talk about the path of exile character fucking next

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

that you know you use for fucking work they're also a a thing that people use to like escape the fucking hell world totally and like i mean i know this right like i am fucking like i'm a chinese trans woman who better he's better at video games and both the people i'm gonna be fucking talking about in this story right like well i i heard i heard his path of exile character was actually quite advanced but oh we're gonna we're gonna talk about the path of exile character fucking next

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

But it's worth mentioning speedrunning, which is a very, very trans genre. Competitive gaming in general, competitive fighting games. Yeah, it depends a lot on the genre. Competitive fighting games like Melee. I'm going to briefly mention SonicFox, who is a black non-binary furry who's one of the greatest fighting game players of all time. Incredibly beloved character.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

But it's worth mentioning speedrunning, which is a very, very trans genre. Competitive gaming in general, competitive fighting games. Yeah, it depends a lot on the genre. Competitive fighting games like Melee. I'm going to briefly mention SonicFox, who is a black non-binary furry who's one of the greatest fighting game players of all time. Incredibly beloved character.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

But it's worth mentioning speedrunning, which is a very, very trans genre. Competitive gaming in general, competitive fighting games. Yeah, it depends a lot on the genre. Competitive fighting games like Melee. I'm going to briefly mention SonicFox, who is a black non-binary furry who's one of the greatest fighting game players of all time. Incredibly beloved character.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

The only person in history ever to beat someone 13 to 0 and a first to 11. Absolute legend, right? But, you know, these are the people that these sort of like fascist adjacent people are trying to drive out so they can use gaming as a sort of cultural force. And this functions both in gaming and also fucking in real life right now that these people are in power. And you know who else is in power?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

The only person in history ever to beat someone 13 to 0 and a first to 11. Absolute legend, right? But, you know, these are the people that these sort of like fascist adjacent people are trying to drive out so they can use gaming as a sort of cultural force. And this functions both in gaming and also fucking in real life right now that these people are in power. And you know who else is in power?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

The only person in history ever to beat someone 13 to 0 and a first to 11. Absolute legend, right? But, you know, these are the people that these sort of like fascist adjacent people are trying to drive out so they can use gaming as a sort of cultural force. And this functions both in gaming and also fucking in real life right now that these people are in power. And you know who else is in power?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

It's the products and services that support this podcast.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

It's the products and services that support this podcast.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

We are back. Now, obviously, the other part of this, you know, we've talked mostly sort of about racial politics, but there's an incredible sort of gender politics in gaming. And, you know, the thing about gaming, right, is that it is to some extent a tool... that people use to cope with, like, you know, the realization of the violence of the gender system.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

We are back. Now, obviously, the other part of this, you know, we've talked mostly sort of about racial politics, but there's an incredible sort of gender politics in gaming. And, you know, the thing about gaming, right, is that it is to some extent a tool... that people use to cope with, like, you know, the realization of the violence of the gender system.