http://lesbiangamers.com/2009/11/fight-against-grenade-spam-fags-at-brainy-gamer/ LesbianGamers - Pressing the right buttons Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:50:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://lesbiangamers.com/2009/11/fight-against-grenade-spam-fags-at-brainy-gamer/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Michael Abbott Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:22:51 +0000 http://lesbiangamers.com/index.php/2009/11/fight-against-grenade-spam-fags-at-brainy-gamer/#comment-42 Thanks for linking to my piece, LG pals. You're the best. If this story has any sort of positive angle, it's that a lot of us expressed outrage in a variety of ways (blogs, social networks, email, etc.), and it resulted in Infinity Ward removing the video. I'm hoping, but not holding my breath, that this incident will encourage more self-reflection the next time a dev thinks of posting such a thing. My cynical side says these are calculated promotional tactics meant to provoke ire for publicity, but I'd love to be wrong about that. The increasing frequency of this sort of thing lately makes me think cynicism is probably the right attitude to maintain. Too bad. Thanks for linking to my piece, LG pals. You’re the best.
If this story has any sort of positive angle, it’s that a lot of us expressed outrage in a variety of ways (blogs, social networks, email, etc.), and it resulted in Infinity Ward removing the video.
I’m hoping, but not holding my breath, that this incident will encourage more self-reflection the next time a dev thinks of posting such a thing. My cynical side says these are calculated promotional tactics meant to provoke ire for publicity, but I’d love to be wrong about that. The increasing frequency of this sort of thing lately makes me think cynicism is probably the right attitude to maintain. Too bad.

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