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Review - Don't Read the Comments - Eric Smith

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Review: Don't Read the Comments - Eric Smith - January 2020 When I saw this book title on my Kindle Paperwhite, I figured it had something to do with Social media hence the word 'comments' in the title but wasn't 100% sure of what the book was about since I get hundreds and thousands of books to read and review. In Don't Read the Comments we delved into the world of two gamers - one a female gamer who has her own Glitch channel stream and lives for the sponsorship to help pay bills and survive as she comes from a single mother household and her mum is also studying and working at the same time and a male gamer who games for fun but his dream is creating scripts for a game but his parent's don't seem to understand and want him to become a doctor. Our female gamer DiV aka Divya Sharma is becoming more and more popular but now she is being doxxed by a gaming community called Vox Populi who are calling her a fake and want her to stay away from...

Review: Geek Actually - Well Actually ... Episode #10 -Rachel Stuhler

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  Review: Well, Actually ... - Episode #10 Geek Actually Serial - Rachel Stuhler - August 2017 Taneesha's relationship is going well with Diego it seems, and they are ready to take it to the next level with Netflix and Chill the gamers way, but what happens when the pair end up in an argument about Taneesha's doxing and what Diego calls her feminist rant. We later learn that Diego supports and is part of the Gamergate community . This got me thinking about GamerGate as it was a big thing last year with the Male vs. Female gamers. For those who don't sure want GamerGate was it concerned the issues of sexism and progressivism in video game culture, stemming from a harassment campaign conducted primarily through the use of the hashtag #GamerGate. This is a deal breaker for Taneesha as she knows what it is like to be a female in the gaming world.  Can Taneesha and Diego's relationship stand firm or will this be game over for the both of them? Sadly,...