Renamed the thread to GamerGate2 as that's what it's being called. Per the tweets below, some professor is getting rich off of it and both the U.S. and Canadian governments are getting involved in gaming "extremism".
Oddly, I cannot recall ever being recruited and I've been gaming since the 80s. I DO remember the U.S. military using video games as a recruiting tool though...
Although, I would make the argument that FarCry 5 New Dawn is where they should start if they want to look into extremism being painted in a positive light.
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Oh shit. The US government is going to officially conclude that American, teenage gamers are often foul mouthed morons.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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A great example of how a company will unleash a bot army to skew public perception.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
GamerGate2
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell