Intel Drops Gamasutra Sponsorship Over Controversial Editorials

An anonymous reader writes Processor firm Intel has withdrawn its advertising from Gamasutra in response to the site's decision to carry feminist articles. The articles had drawn the ire of the self-described "Gater" movement, a grass-roots campaign to discredit prominent female games journalists. Intel was apparently so inundated with criticism for sponsoring the Gamasutra site that it had no choice but to withdraw support. An Intel spokesperson explained that "We take feedback from our customers very seriously especially as it relates to contextually relevant content and placements" and as such Gamasutra was no longer an appropriate venue for their products."

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It's not feminism at this point.

[what2123]

It's completely outside the faucet of fairness or equality in games . I'm sure there will be no end in sight for SJWs taking on Intel now. However, Women's Rights activist/advocates should be firmly expressing their disdain towards this horrible movement of Femi-nazi's. Sure, I used a bunch of buzzwords and media speak but the truth is, this Gamergate is bullshit to anyone with a healthy functioning mind.

Re: It's not feminism at this point.

[PopeRatzo]

From an objective setting, all opinions are equal, though truth (objective truth) may be closer represented by one side or another. But, since we're all subjective beings,

If we're all subjective beings, isn't that evidence that there is no such thing as an "objective opinion"? And since we're not all equal (except perhaps in the eyes of some mythical God or some mythical government), then why would you think our opinions are equal?

Everyone is welcome to their opinion

No. A young gamer who believes all women secretly want to be raped is not welcome to his opinion. Or if he is, it's not by anyone who doesn't hold the same aberrant viewpoint. "Welcome" indicates some element of respect. Not all opinions are worthy of respect.

and in a case like this, probably everyone is right (in their own mind).

What your suggesting is that there is no right and wrong. That someone who believes the Earth is 6000 years old thinks he is right in his own mind does not mean that his opinion has to be welcome in a classroom or among a group of biologists.

This notion of "there is no right, there is no wrong and there are two sides to every story" is very silly. It's something that certain people say because they think it sounds smart and worldly, but is actually very dumb. It doesn't matter what they think is right in their mind. Nobody else is required to respect their opinion in any way.

corruption in journalism != about feminism

[Anonymous Coward]

Sorry, tymothy, get your facts straight.

This white-knight shit needs to stop

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm so sick of everyone going out of their way bending over backwards to pander to women these days. Everywhere you look now it's getting ridiculous. Victim stories are everywhere and the victims are mostly manufactured. Google is spending a jillion dollars to make sure girls know how to code (aka making bracelets by moving shit around the screen, that isn't coding). What? Why? If girls and women are interested in something there's every opportunity out there already. Women are CEO's all over the place.

If women want to be equal then they need to quit playing victim every time they get their feelings hurt. Getting special treatment BECAUSE YOU'RE A WOMAN is not equality. Enough of this social justice warrior bullshit where everything is a trigger and nobody is allowed to be offended. Good on Intel for standing up against this nonsense.

Re:gtfo

[Anonymous Coward]

> Don't like it? Leave.

I don't think anyone would complain if the (small but deafeningly shrill) SJW postmodernist inquisition did exactly that. If you want to make shitty tumblr choose your own adventures about your feels that's fine, just don't conspire with your new media hipster clique to shove it down the throat of the mass market that has no interest, and then get super mega butthurt when no one likes it.

Re:Intel doesn't care about the content

[AmiMoJo]

By withdrawing advertising over these complaints they are taking a position. They are saying that they support this campaign of harassment against women and anyone else who supports equality and reasonable treatment for both genders.

Re:gtfo

[Anonymous Coward]

Good thing Slashdot keeps up this slant about it being against female journos instead of corrupt journos. Kotaku, Polygon, and GS are the targets, only braindead "trolls" care about Scamartisan or Queen Zoe anymore.

Re:Inflammatory description of article.

[serviscope_minor]

And what precisely is the "SJW" movement. As far as I can tell, the so called "SJW" movent may as well be called the "don't be a cunt" movement. Somehow this is being portrayed as a bad thing by some people.

Re:gtfo

[jedidiah]

> How is misogyny a "non-issue?"

It's a word with no real meaning trotted out when someone with an obviously extreme agenda wants to meddle in other people's choices.

Re:gtfo

[PopeRatzo]

Lots of gamers resent feminism capturing their press

When did it become "their" press? If someone chooses to start a website that covers games, it belongs to him. Just because you happen to like his site and read it all the time does not mean that you have an proprietary right to decide what points of view are expressed there.

The gamers, who just want to escape reality, feel like their corporate-owned journalism industry should cater to them if they expect to remain profitable.

Maybe the people who run the corporate-owned journalism would rather not be associated with you. I play a lot of games and enjoy them. I follow the gaming press. And I really don't want to be associated with rapey adolescent scumbags. My guess is that rapey adolescent scumbags are not as lucrative a demographic as women who actually might have jobs and disposable income of their own instead of their parents.

They aren't entitled to the eyeballs that they sell to advertisers.

Maybe they don't care about your eyeballs. Of course you could go ahead and start your own Women Hater's Club Gaming Website and try to attract your own advertisers. Good luck with that.

This might help:
http://youtu.be/0XtEkauJzjE?t=...