10 Controversial Ways Gamers Are Ruining Gaming
From constant ignorance to reinforcing bad consumer habits, the community is all over the place.
Gaming, film, comic-books - all of these things have experienced a somewhat turbulent few years. Not because of a lack of quality in such popular and much-adored mediums, but because of a general pervasive toxicity that has managed to work its way into geek culture as a whole. It boiled to the surface with the whole 'GamerGate' debacle in 2014, and ever since the community has gotten increasingly polarised in regards to any issues social, economic, and/or political in nature. Point being? It's not really a fun time to be a geek or a gamer. If people arent lambasting you over getting excited about a newly announced title, theyll most likely be occupying their time tweeting those wishing to see more inclusiveness and diversity within their favourite medium. As a consequence, the sub-culture has seen an endemic rise of racism, sexism and homophobia thats making fictional entertainment - something that should be a bastion for everyone to reside in - something displeasing altogether. You don't have to look far in online spaces or multiplayer lobbies to completely lose your faith in the gaming community, and even though I have no doubt that the positive aspects outweigh the negative ones, it's hard not to ignore the predominant voice emanating from it - one that's simply ruining it for everyone.