About
“Intimidation Games” is an episode of the television cop drama Law and Order: Special Victims Unit which was based on the movement GamerGate movement. Following its airing, the episode was quickly met with mostly negative reactions due to its writing and perceived lack of knowledge.
Episode Information
“Intimidation Games” first aired on February 11, 2015. The episode features a female gamer who is kidnapped and abused by a group of gamers (named Killed or Be Slaughtered) for being a woman as a nod to Quinnspiracy. The episode features references to 4chan and Reddit, as well as Anita Sarkeesian.
Online Reactions
The episode was poorly received by those both for and against GamerGate in part for its bad writing and cringeworthy delivery. Gaming news site Kotaku[1] wrote a review of the episode, in which it was criticized for “turning complicated conversations over misogyny in gaming into a cartoon caricature of good vs. evil.” The episode was also criticized for demonizing gamers and a perceived lack of knowledge of the gaming subculture.
PoV Pistol
One of the exploitables features a member of the group KOBS pointing a gun to a police officer in a similar fashion to a first-person shooter game. The image is often photoshopped with different items and HUD’s from classic FPS games.
KOBS Uniform
This exploitable consists of changing certain characters to fit the pattern of the gamer terrorist group featured in the episode.
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