A bit of both. The article mentions that this incident was only one of several that came to light in response to recent fan-bullying and threats, and other incidents cover male game devs.
That being said, the gaming community tends to be a fair bit more vitriolic when women are involved.
One of the reasons why even as a die-hard gamer I disassociate completely from the community that surrounds it. The only community I've found that doesn't make me red with rage is the Kerbal Space Program community.
I tend to shy away from official communities on official forums, and join the Penny Arcade sub-community version of it.
The forum mods there tend to be utterly draconian in what they won't tolerate, and this kind of shit would get you IP-banned basically instantly. The discussion of games is generally a much higher-level thing and the community is relatively self-policed, too.
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A bit of both. The article mentions that this incident was only one of several that came to light in response to recent fan-bullying and threats, and other incidents cover male game devs.
That being said, the gaming community tends to be a fair bit more vitriolic when women are involved.
One of the reasons why even as a die-hard gamer I disassociate completely from the community that surrounds it. The only community I've found that doesn't make me red with rage is the Kerbal Space Program community.
I tend to shy away from official communities on official forums, and join the Penny Arcade sub-community version of it.
The forum mods there tend to be utterly draconian in what they won't tolerate, and this kind of shit would get you IP-banned basically instantly. The discussion of games is generally a much higher-level thing and the community is relatively self-policed, too.