I’ve been, and will continue to be tied up with some personal family stuff. But in the meantime, my friend Katherine Dee has released a new piece by me, the second in a series trying to dig beneath the surface and open new avenues to talking about and analyzing the flame-war that never died: 2014’s #GamerGate, which many believe permanently altered the terrain of social media and ushered in our perpetual meme-war. All the noise and surface issues, I think, obscure what the really important messages underlying the spectacle. It can’t be said enough: the media themselves were the real message here.

Part One: “Gaming is Leaving Gamers Behind”
Part Two: Gamers vs. Academics