This is a collection of the numerous blog posts and news articles that archive the predominately agreed upon historical narrative regarding the beginnings and elements of GamerGate. I skimmed through them as they popped up in my Twitter feed. The history presented in my Storify is created from how I remember the history unfolding. There is also, I am sure because I am now re-telling it within the context of an academic paper for an Advocacy class, an element of editorial arrangement for flow and application to the meaning being made in the story.
What Is Gamergate, and Why? An Explainer for Non-Geeks
Don’t believe the ‘conspiracy,’ gaming has bigger problems than ‘corruption’
#GamerGate: Here’s why everybody in the video game world is fighting
NPR All Tech Considered: GamerGate controversy fuels debate on women and video games
This list is the one that I collected. If you’re looking for evaluative posts, that is still pending. Check back later to see if it’s been revised. And feel free to leave links in the comments to other take you fee hold value to this discussion.