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General Gaming Discussion / #FiveGuysBurgersAndLies, or: Corruption isn't just for AAAs
« on: August 20, 2014, 03:34:08 PM »
Hi there. In case you've missed it, 4chan has been exploding over a certain "game" called Depression Quest. It's basically a bunch of web pages about how life is HAAARD, nothing special, but the real story is about what its developer, Zoe Quinn, did to get it out in the open. First, she faked being harrassed by an imageboard for virgins called Wizardchan to get the game Greenlit on Steam. Normally, this would just be standard PR tactics, nothing to raise hell about. Then her ex-boyfriend came forward with some more interesting news: She had exchanged sexual favors with five men from Kotaku in exchange for positive press about Depression Quest and possibly some money on Patreon. Nearly immediately afterward, the story suddenly vanished. Everywhere it was posted, 4chan, Reddit, wherever, it was simply evaporating. Even the Internet Archive was playing along. But these people explain it much better than I ever could:
There are also some pastebins and posts on the subject; I've compiled them here, but they're /v/'s words, not mine:
http://pastebin.com/1FyYefmC (General infodump)
http://pastebin.com/eyaAT6At (A really detailed article detailing exactly why Kotaku is morally bankrupt, and why Zoe is not and should not be anything other than the catalyst that blew this issue apart)
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
Just spam the story as far and wide as you can, like I'm doing right now. If you have a Twitter account, use it: make the hashtag #FiveGuysBurgersAndLies a trending topic worldwide. The faster we can get this into the mainstream media, the better.
There are also some pastebins and posts on the subject; I've compiled them here, but they're /v/'s words, not mine:
http://pastebin.com/1FyYefmC (General infodump)
http://pastebin.com/eyaAT6At (A really detailed article detailing exactly why Kotaku is morally bankrupt, and why Zoe is not and should not be anything other than the catalyst that blew this issue apart)
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
Just spam the story as far and wide as you can, like I'm doing right now. If you have a Twitter account, use it: make the hashtag #FiveGuysBurgersAndLies a trending topic worldwide. The faster we can get this into the mainstream media, the better.
