DryvBy
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Yesterday, to announce they were selling Postal 2—an already controversial game—GOG posted a picture of Dude peeing on a tombstone with the words "Game Journalism" on it. You can imagine that game activists journalists were not too happy. VG247 announced they were pulling coverage and support from them for their "pro GamerGate" Tweet. The pressure was on and GOG made an apology.
GOG defended their actions stating:
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and here: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/why_is_gog_supporting_gamergate_game_such_as_postal_2/page1
GOG defended their actions stating:
GOG via Reddit said:Well shoot, why don't I explain.
We made a post about Postal 2 with with a GIF of peeing on a tombstone for "Video Game Journalism". We didn't realize it was more than just the game's trademark crudeness, but many people read it as a show of support for a wave of hate and abuse associated with the date on the tombstone.
So, we removed the tweet and clarified our intentions.
On a personal note, I think that much of the "Don't apologize" comes from people who feel that this was indeed our intention but we just caved to pressure. I know there isn't much debating that, but from an insider's perspective – it honestly wasn't.
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and here: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/why_is_gog_supporting_gamergate_game_such_as_postal_2/page1