#goobergate

Alllllrighty, the time has come for the very first TOMMENTARY!! A short segment in which I round up everything I know about a news story and give my thoughts on it. The emphasis is on short or we’ll be here all damn day. 

(Also yes, my name is Tomas and this a commentary, jeez, just let me have that one.)

Recently during a stream of the new Paper Mario a couple of little mushroom fellas made a gag about Five Guys Shuffling and somehow the line ‘ShuffleGate: Exposed’ came up?

Now, most people claim that this was a reference to WaterGate, a political kerfuffle that took place in the US circa 1970, however more recently (And much more relevant to games and gaming!) there has been the GamerGate ‘scandal’.

From here on in, when referring to GG, ‘scandal’ will be in quotes because it’s quicker to type that than to type ‘misogynistic witch hunt perpetrated by impotent, weak little men that think scaring women will make their flaccid cocks grow.’ Which is what GG is, but I digress.

The main, but by no means only, target of GG, Zoe Quinn immediately called out the joke with a few screen caps on twitter, which was how this whole thing gained traction.

Nintendo hasn’t clarified who or what the joke was referencing but GG forums have also lit up with discussion about the gag.

And that’s about all I know. I hope Nintendo was just making a dated Watergate joke. I hope Zoe doesn’t cop anymore heat for this. I hope GG fucks off and leaves this industry a safer place for women.

“He DID?!”