Ep. 392 - How Women Ruined Gaming in America

Trey and I are going to look back at Gamergate and the consequences it had on gaming in the United States, and also at the aftermath and pushback that has come from those consequences.

Who would have thought a video game where you're tasked with protecting a little girl would become something so controversial. Of course, the controversy only exists in the minds of the most depraved nutjobs of society.The Way Some Gamers Talk About Pragmata's Diana Is Disgusting, And Must Be Stoppedmary morgan on X: "lots of strange reactions to this game. let’s clear some things up: childless men do not have paternal instincts the way that childless women have maternal instincts (we observe this even in the way little girls play vs. little boys). men first experience paternal instincts" / X

I'm not quite ready to do this again, but I did want to share some stuff from Sean's Celebration of Life and Funeral with everyone.Also, if you want to follow along with the writing that's helped me work my way through everything, you can find that on my SubstackFact Check This Substack | Justin Campbell | Substack

Leftists all across the internet screw up what The Lord of the Rings is actually about. They believe it's about power, when it's actually about good and evil. And their own failure to identify evil is why they get the Right's (and the right) interpretation of the story so very wrong.The right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings. But they don’t understand it. | 67njHumble Flow on X: "At the heart of The Lord of the Rings is a very simple idea: Power corrupts. Always. Not sometimes, not just for the weak, not just for the selfish. Everyone who touches the Ring is changed by it. Even the good. Especially the good. https://t.co/R7Hr6uUqCi" / X

The art of making you feel bad to push an objective; broken down and explained so you can be as unmoved by bullshit as I am.Quickie Post — Weaponized Empathy | It's About Empathy – Connection Ties Us Together

Looking at some charts and data from an interesting article on X (I kind of like the format of the X articles, very similar to Substack), and follow that up (since it's relatively short and I think they go well together) with one about "speaking your truth."Male students show more tolerance for political enemies than females show for their own alliesvittorio on X: "Why Young Women Moved Left While Young Men Stayed Sane" / Xstepfanie tyler on X: "The Problem with “Speaking Your Truth” " / X

After years of SJWs trying to turn the word in to a slur and make sure anyone who called someone else a "retard" was ostracized from polite society, now the worm has turned and we're back baby! Bring back the 90's when we could call everyone all the slurs we wanted.History of the R-Word, MAGA's Favorite SlurThe ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It - The New York Times

America is moving past using "racism" as a takedown for anyone who says something even the slightest bit politically incorrect or, god-forbid, actually true. Axios blames Trump...naturally.How Trump flipped America's race conversationAppeals Monthly Zine... | APPEALS JAN2026 | MagCloud

What's the solution to lower population growth? Well, it's not to import a bunch of loud, dirty, third-worlders who can't integrate into western society. It's to get white people to start making babies! At least, that's what The Economist thinks the MAGA fertility fanatics want. And honestly, I'm 100% here for it!Make America procreate again: among the MAGA fertility fanatics

"The structural burden of men’s declining social networks" and how men's struggles with friendships are driving women away from the dating scene. Yes, this sounds insane, but it's also a little bit sad, and very pathetic. But I think worth exploring and discussing.Mankeeping Is Why Women Are Done With DatingThe structural burden of men’s declining social networks | The Clayman Institute for Gender Research