Gamergater

English

Etymology

Gamergate +‎ -er

Noun

Gamergater (plural Gamergaters)

1. (neologism) A person involved in the Gamergate harassment campaign who advocates the ideal of journalistic ethics, and denies claims of endemic sexism, within the video game industry.
   • 2016, Alison Novak, Defining Identity and the Changing Scope of Culture in the Digital Age:

     He credits GamerGaters with organizing a revolt against a deeply unsatisfying marketplace by loyal consumers who deserve better.

   • 2016, Dan Golding, Leena van Deventer, Game Changers

     Gamergaters have hurt people, and they've driven people out of games.

   • 2016, Ross Douthat, "A Playboy for President," The New York Times, 14 Aug.

     "But the cultural conflict between these two post-revolutionary styles — between frat guys and feminist bluestockings, Gamergaters and the diversity police, alt-right provocateurs and 'woke' dudebros, the mouthbreathers who poured hate on the all-female 'Ghostbusters' and the tastemakers who pretended it was good — is likely here to stay."

   • 2016, Rebecca Ann Lind, Race and Gender in Electronic Media: Content, Context, Culture:

     Harassment campaigns using the hashtag #GamerGate claimed, in part, to be a response to ethical shortcomings in games journalism; many Gamergaters criticized what they call “social justice warriors” in the gaming industry […]