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It was pretty much what I thought it was going to be.
I'm going to be upfront about this I was following the Gamergate fiasco a few years ago. That said I shall proceed on with my thoughts on Crash Override.
First off the book itself. It's poor. Poorly written and poorly edited. It's all over the place from a narrative standpoint jumping around from event to event, it's almost like it has a problem with trying to finish a thought. Events in the book are either misrepresented or outlandishly embellished to make Quinn seem more relevant to everything around the movement than what she really was.
The narrative path the book takes isn't what I would say, on par with reality. Facts of the matter are, after the tipping point she was no longer relevant since the entire Gamergate movement was about ethics in gaming journalism, i.e. a consumer advocacy movement if you will.
As far it goes if you're buying this book to get an idea of what Gamergate was, this isn't going to help. If you're just looking for her side of the story you'll get it with a healthy helping of pure exaggeration. Those that haven't been following the movement since day one will have little bearing on the order of events that transpired and that is what she is hoping for with the publishing this, quite frankly, work of fiction.
As far as I'm concerned with the amount of hate she got online. Just remember she rode that wave all the way to the bank. She is successful because of this. Whenever her relevancy started to diminish she made it a point to jump back into the spotlight and become a focal point for the hate that actually was only a small contingent of the GG movement. Does anybody deserve online hate, no. You also shouldn't stand under the hive with a stick and not expect to be stung either.
If you're curious go ahead, just not at full price
September 2017 · Books