8 Worst (But Likely) Outcomes Of The #GamerGate Scandal

6. Gaming Websites Cease To Function

Like the aforementioned Occupy movement, when it came down to specifics as to a plan of action, a suitable endgame was pretty much lost amongst the fray, resorting to some sort of metaphysical kitten sitting wide-eyed on the floor, occasionally mumbling something about 'Change' - and not the financial kind. However the goal for GamerGate is - initially at least - routed in clarifying a sense of how reviewers and major gaming sites go about settling on their scores. At the end of the day they're aiming to give a massive amount of people advice on whether or not to fork out a considerable amount of money on a product, but the call for 'more ethics in journalism' is something that's not easily quelled. Magazine journalism is all but dead now - unless a particularly well-known outlet can secure a deal with a publisher for an exclusive look at something further down the line, literally every little tidbit of information has leaked out onto the internet beforehand. We used to look to these exclusive features as the first-glimpses of any new title, but now you're more likely to find a full playthrough on Youtube of whatever you want to buy, rather than waiting for the embargo to lift on any official channels. Is that the direction you'd like to see gaming journalism go? It's a crying shame when some - mostly hardworking to be fair - Youtube 'celebrities' are the bastions of faith and trust in the industry, when they're the ones potentially least capable of dissecting every facet of a game's design in the first place. In this quest for clarity it seems like people want to see every part of the inner workings of the industry itself - something that just isn't feasible not only for journalists but also for publishers and developers too.