![]() ![]() Its story of gamers as basement-dwelling psychopaths who threaten, kidnap, and torture a game designer (and stand-in for real-life Gamergate targets) was typical of other TV shows that misrepresent video games, in that it was a bizarre, clownish, and insulting depiction so bad that it boomeranged back to cheesy and entertaining. ![]() ![]() SVU predictably ignored that last bit and focused on the sensational stuff in an over-the-top episode that played a lot of like Reefer Madness or a ‘90s after-school special. True to Law and Order’s ripped-from-the-headlines fashion, the writers and actors involved also ripped all subtlety and nuance away from the issue, which covers everything from perceived misogyny in the gaming business to online threats of sexual violence to, once upon a time, ethics in video game journalism. Last night’s Law and Order: SVU took a stab, so to speak, at the Gamergate controversy that has been brewing in the video game industry for the past six months. ![]()
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