Mia Wong

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.

And, like, I am also doing this as much as the fucking weird white guy Nazi, like, gamer dipshit, right?

And, like, I am also doing this as much as the fucking weird white guy Nazi, like, gamer dipshit, right?

And, like, I am also doing this as much as the fucking weird white guy Nazi, like, gamer dipshit, right?

Mm-hmm. but you know what the problem with what's happening here right is that like the right that we're experiencing violence in different ways but it's like systemic violence from the gender system that is the same system but these people's solution to is to blame it on women right

Mm-hmm. but you know what the problem with what's happening here right is that like the right that we're experiencing violence in different ways but it's like systemic violence from the gender system that is the same system but these people's solution to is to blame it on women right

Mm-hmm. but you know what the problem with what's happening here right is that like the right that we're experiencing violence in different ways but it's like systemic violence from the gender system that is the same system but these people's solution to is to blame it on women right

And this is, you know, I had a conversation with Vicky about this, where a lot of this stuff is sort of drawn from. And, like, I would compare it to, like, you know, lots and lots of people deal with social isolation, right, and deal with this violence. But, like, you know, on the other hand, most of us don't become mass shooters. Most, most, yeah, I would say that's true. Yeah, right.

And this is, you know, I had a conversation with Vicky about this, where a lot of this stuff is sort of drawn from. And, like, I would compare it to, like, you know, lots and lots of people deal with social isolation, right, and deal with this violence. But, like, you know, on the other hand, most of us don't become mass shooters. Most, most, yeah, I would say that's true. Yeah, right.

And this is, you know, I had a conversation with Vicky about this, where a lot of this stuff is sort of drawn from. And, like, I would compare it to, like, you know, lots and lots of people deal with social isolation, right, and deal with this violence. But, like, you know, on the other hand, most of us don't become mass shooters. Most, most, yeah, I would say that's true. Yeah, right.

And so we can look at the structural forces that produces people and also just go like, fuck them. Like, eat shit.

And so we can look at the structural forces that produces people and also just go like, fuck them. Like, eat shit.

And so we can look at the structural forces that produces people and also just go like, fuck them. Like, eat shit.

Yeah, yeah. But also a lot of times these people aren't fucking, like, they're not dealing with shit at all, mostly, right? I mean, like, yeah, like, okay, like, Elon Musk's weird insecurity is to some extent because of the gender system, right? But, like, also, he's the richest man in the world. He's the most powerful man alive. He's one of the most powerful people who has ever lived.

Yeah, yeah. But also a lot of times these people aren't fucking, like, they're not dealing with shit at all, mostly, right? I mean, like, yeah, like, okay, like, Elon Musk's weird insecurity is to some extent because of the gender system, right? But, like, also, he's the richest man in the world. He's the most powerful man alive. He's one of the most powerful people who has ever lived.

Yeah, yeah. But also a lot of times these people aren't fucking, like, they're not dealing with shit at all, mostly, right? I mean, like, yeah, like, okay, like, Elon Musk's weird insecurity is to some extent because of the gender system, right? But, like, also, he's the richest man in the world. He's the most powerful man alive. He's one of the most powerful people who has ever lived.

And he still has the same sense of, like, aggrievement that powers all these people. And this is, like, one of the key things of, like, the gamer mythos, right? Is that these people constantly believe that they're being oppressed by, like, jocks or whatever. And now it's been shifted into this. Not anymore. Yeah, now they believe that they're being oppressed by, like, fucking women and minorities.

And he still has the same sense of, like, aggrievement that powers all these people. And this is, like, one of the key things of, like, the gamer mythos, right? Is that these people constantly believe that they're being oppressed by, like, jocks or whatever. And now it's been shifted into this. Not anymore. Yeah, now they believe that they're being oppressed by, like, fucking women and minorities.

And he still has the same sense of, like, aggrievement that powers all these people. And this is, like, one of the key things of, like, the gamer mythos, right? Is that these people constantly believe that they're being oppressed by, like, jocks or whatever. And now it's been shifted into this. Not anymore. Yeah, now they believe that they're being oppressed by, like, fucking women and minorities.

But it's this affect, it's this feeling they have of them being the ones who are oppressed that made them into the shock troopers that we saw with Gamergate. If you're going to read one Vicky Oswald thing, and I'm citing her a lot because I think she's done a lot of the best critical reporting on video games, which is a field that I feel like we just haven't done much critical shit with.