Yeah, we could all stand to be a little more tolerant, a little more forgiving, and a little less eager for blood.
I like Patrick and think, generally, he's done good work.
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Patrick Klepek gets called out on racism, sexism, rape jokes, child rape jokes, voyeurism and more
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Yeah, we could all stand to be a little more tolerant, a little more forgiving, and a little less eager for blood.
I like Patrick and think, generally, he's done good work.
Punished Miku
Member
This is exactly like that one guy on Polygon Arthur Gies. Writes a Bayonetta 2 review heavily criticizing it for having erotic content in it, and literally scores it lower. Meanwhile, he literally has a registered account on Suicide Girls where he presumably likes to watch real people get objectified, often for terrible pay. But then he lectures all gamers about playing Bayonetta, featuring a main character designed by a woman, with zero nudity, zero real people exploited in any way, considering it's a fantasy video game.
These people trying to shame gamers, trying to lecture people about morality - I think a huge portion of them have far, far, far more skeletons in their closet than the average gamer who just enjoys playing games and doesn't want to constantly get lectured by hypocrites.
And this guy isn't just lecturing people. He calls their employers and tries to get them fired. Repeatedly.
These people trying to shame gamers, trying to lecture people about morality - I think a huge portion of them have far, far, far more skeletons in their closet than the average gamer who just enjoys playing games and doesn't want to constantly get lectured by hypocrites.
And this guy isn't just lecturing people. He calls their employers and tries to get them fired. Repeatedly.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
That is what they call, virtue signaling with false altruism.
bitbydeath
Member
brap
Banned
Shouts out to the male feminists who keep porn alive for people like me
DunDunDunpachi
Patient MembeR
I'm sorry that I have to ask, but please tell me:
Is this real?
I cannot tell any more. Help a friend out.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
No, lol, it was the same response NYT's gave for the racist tweets from Jeong when they hired her after knowing about them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/business/media/sarah-jeong-new-york-times.html
Petrae
Member
I’ve said it before, and it absolutely bears repeating here:
The gaming press HATES its audience.
The only purpose the audience serves is being a group of people that gaming press can talk down to, while proudly and loudly proclaiming its position of power. They hate you slightly less when you agree with them, or if you praise them, but the hate still burns.
It’s been this way forever, but really ramped up when the official proclamation of war between gaming press and video game players began after the Mass Effect 3 disasterbacle. Gaming press made “entitled” a filthy word, using it like a weapon against any and all who dared disagree with them. (“Entitled” also became poisonous here, under the old regime, but that’s a different topic.)
Klepek is a classic example of this, leveraging his (perceived) power as a *cough* “games journalist” to force his politics down anyone’s throat he could. Hell, all the evidence you need of the kind of person he is resides within this very thread— and I’m not talking about the photos. He actively sets double standards with his behavior, proclaiming publicly that only “the right” should be targeted by social media mobs. He actively worked to try and get a man fired because that man’s political leanings are different than his own. He deserves to be impaled by the very sword that he wields, if for no other reason than to maybe learn some tolerance for those who think differently than he does and that the social media justice he champions does, in fact, cause harm to both sides of the ideological fence.
The gaming press HATES its audience.
The only purpose the audience serves is being a group of people that gaming press can talk down to, while proudly and loudly proclaiming its position of power. They hate you slightly less when you agree with them, or if you praise them, but the hate still burns.
It’s been this way forever, but really ramped up when the official proclamation of war between gaming press and video game players began after the Mass Effect 3 disasterbacle. Gaming press made “entitled” a filthy word, using it like a weapon against any and all who dared disagree with them. (“Entitled” also became poisonous here, under the old regime, but that’s a different topic.)
Klepek is a classic example of this, leveraging his (perceived) power as a *cough* “games journalist” to force his politics down anyone’s throat he could. Hell, all the evidence you need of the kind of person he is resides within this very thread— and I’m not talking about the photos. He actively sets double standards with his behavior, proclaiming publicly that only “the right” should be targeted by social media mobs. He actively worked to try and get a man fired because that man’s political leanings are different than his own. He deserves to be impaled by the very sword that he wields, if for no other reason than to maybe learn some tolerance for those who think differently than he does and that the social media justice he champions does, in fact, cause harm to both sides of the ideological fence.
Redshirt
Banned
Holy !@#$. I was skeptical, but it is the same response.
LegendOfKage
Member
Jokes don't work as well when you explain them, but that "Statement from Vice Media" up at the top of the page is going to cause all sorts of confusion.
Pumpkin Seeds
Member
A long time coming for Patrick. I knew his skeletons, but I didn't know he was dumb enough to keep them on flickr. He's probably hoping neogaf's database erases his teen/college era here as well.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
Check out all that "wokeness"
Wonder if Reeeeee-ERA will look the other direction.
Wonder if Reeeeee-ERA will look the other direction.
Noboru Wataya
Banned
I doubt many people (if any at all) are disgusted or offended by his pictures. I am sure I’ve done a hell of a lot worse in my life.
It’s just a funny thing to see a toxic SJW prick in his ivory tower have the karma bus ram right into him. Especially after he went so far out of his way to dig into other people’s past and use that as ammo to get them fired because he doesn’t agree with his politics. It’s like watching your high school bully getting a dig in the face. It’s cathartic.
ILLtown
Member
If people are going to play the "I'm going to dig through your past to find offensive stuff" game, they should make sure that their own past is squeaky clean first, otherwise IMO they fully deserve to get called out like Klepek has been here. As I said in the other thread where this came up, to me it's not about the photos or the captions - it's about holding Klepek to the same standards that he would hold other people to.
I think social media has heavily contributed to people being insincere. Getting likes and retweets feels good. Getting thousands of them on a single tweet must amplify that feeling. Building an audience of thousands of followers must feel great too. So, how can that not have an effect on what some people say in terms of sincerity?
I think it leads to people self-censoring too. I know it does, even about trivial things. For example, I've seen someone say that they don't like a particular popular video game on Reddit, the downvotes start rolling in, then the person deletes their post to prevent more downvotes from occurring. Is that going to make them think twice about going against the majority next time? Of course, and that just promotes echo chambers.
I think social media has heavily contributed to people being insincere. Getting likes and retweets feels good. Getting thousands of them on a single tweet must amplify that feeling. Building an audience of thousands of followers must feel great too. So, how can that not have an effect on what some people say in terms of sincerity?
I think it leads to people self-censoring too. I know it does, even about trivial things. For example, I've seen someone say that they don't like a particular popular video game on Reddit, the downvotes start rolling in, then the person deletes their post to prevent more downvotes from occurring. Is that going to make them think twice about going against the majority next time? Of course, and that just promotes echo chambers.
Punished Miku
Member
They are disappearing into irrelevance, and so all they have left is hate for their audience. Most people that frequent forums like these are college educated, can write well, can do basic research online, and have all the qualifications that any gaming journalist has - but they just do it in their free time for fun as a hobby. Many OT thread starter posts are more detailed and comprehensive than gaming articles. Many gaming articles are just copy and pasted from here, ERA and reddit.
All they have left is the desperate attempt to hold on to some crumbling sense of status that no longer exists by putting down their audience. No one needs to hear what a gaming journalist thinks of a game at E3 anymore. We can all watch it live in real time with developers or Treehouse staff playing it and adding commentary about behind the scenes development information. Or they can just shadow drop demos to the audience and we can play it ourselves. Nintendo literally tries to bypass them with Nintendo "Direct." - direct to you, not filtered through a middle man that does nothing.
On top of that, many of these people barely even like games and suck at playing them. Most of them come from privileged families as well, because how else do you live on the east and west coast doing a job that millions of people can do for free? They get bankrolled by their family, while they lecture gamers about how much privilege they have. The whole thing is absurd, and the clarity with which we can see that absurdity only increases every year. They are dinosaurs.
Cybrwzrd
Banned
What the fuck is a Miucin?
LukeSkywater
Banned
sounds like a mucus medication
Bryank75
Banned
Naaa, that would be Miucout!
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
Let’s be clear, I can’t stand Patrick Klepek. I think he’s a cowardly, snivelling little nerd that has a platform that encourages him to be vocal about things he would never have the guts to say to a persons face.
In saying that, I flicked through the thread hoping to see something outrageous and haven’t seen much. Am I missing it? The pictures of females breasts and arse are important, because it proves he is a hypocritical douche. The “hate crime” one is weird. The bad attempt at a joke by humping the kiddy sign is another example of his hypocrisy. Going by his own “standards” these are enough, but they’ll be easily hand-waved away by his supporters.
Other than that, I just see a weird looking, skinny, pimply faced nerd that likes to take his top off for some reason and seems to think he is much better looking than he actually is.
And let’s be frank, even if they found pics of him killing puppies, no main gaming media outlet will mention this. It’ll be silence. They’ll circle the wagons for their little geek-lord.
I didn’t click through any links, is there any more? Since he deleted his history, I’m guessing there is.
In saying that, I flicked through the thread hoping to see something outrageous and haven’t seen much. Am I missing it? The pictures of females breasts and arse are important, because it proves he is a hypocritical douche. The “hate crime” one is weird. The bad attempt at a joke by humping the kiddy sign is another example of his hypocrisy. Going by his own “standards” these are enough, but they’ll be easily hand-waved away by his supporters.
Other than that, I just see a weird looking, skinny, pimply faced nerd that likes to take his top off for some reason and seems to think he is much better looking than he actually is.
And let’s be frank, even if they found pics of him killing puppies, no main gaming media outlet will mention this. It’ll be silence. They’ll circle the wagons for their little geek-lord.
I didn’t click through any links, is there any more? Since he deleted his history, I’m guessing there is.
Schrödinger's cat
Banned
Plagiarists to the left of me,
Hypocrites to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
Hypocrites to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
Wish I could like this twice.Plagiarists to the left of me,
Hypocrites to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
bitbydeath
Member
Just the usual nothing but James Gunn got fired for a hell of a lot less.
Noboru Wataya
Banned
Nothing is outrageous, it’s just the egg on his face that is being pointed out. No one has a record of the 50k tweets he deleted before he ran his campaign against that other dude. Obviously in preparation for this.. he forgot about his pics though.
J-Roderton
Member
Yeah. Obviously trying to cover his ass. Don’t wanna have that kind of image of your past when you’re shouting a lot of his shit rhetoric.
Straight Edge
Member
And at least James Gunn has talent.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
Wow
RyuCookingSomeRice
Member
If he's digging into peoples old jokes and twitter accounts to have them shamed at their employers behest, by informing them of said jokes, then I have zero problem with Klepick catching shit for jokes he has made in the past.
he's been on a high horse for awhile now.
he's been on a high horse for awhile now.
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ILLtown
Member
What's the story behind this?
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
down 2 orth
Member
I feel like I missed out on every bit of background drama that happened in Old Gaf, but that's probably for the best. The place was crowded with two-faced social climbers then...
iBuzzati
Member
If I ever make a career out of exaggerating mild allegations to stoke outrage for human interest stories in gaming media, put a bullet in my head. Klepek's transgressions are mild - stupid racial and sexual humor from a decade ago, and yet he knows that he isn't safe from people like him. He deleted everything.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
This is a good post.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Whoa, I never heard of this. Anyone got the juicy details? :O
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Oh shit!
J-Roderton
Member
So, ya. Dude is a perpetual turd. Whatever comes is soon to be seen.
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
I feel an epic post incoming...
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I feel an epic post incoming...
That brings back memories, wasn't it mentioned recently that cboat was actually a mod here in disguise?
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
I missed that. Would be hilarious if cboat was Klepek.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
cboat was apparently a dummy account used by various mods to post F̶U̶D̶ leaks.
J-Roderton
Member
Oh now!?
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
That's what it was.
prag16
Banned
Yeah, had no idea. Would be intrigued by the back story to whatever EviLore is referring to.
J-Roderton
Member
Too ready for that sauce.