It's getting shitty out there.
When it comes to the video game industry, social media has enormous upside, but the reality on the ground is far different. Today, I want to tell you the stories of online harassment on social media from the perspective of a video game developer, a games journalist, and through my own lens dealing with a serial harasser. In short: No one deserves to be treated like this, especially in our industry, and we all need to do much more to combat it. Colin's Last Stand: Side Quest is free of baked-in ads, product placement, and other obnoxious forms of advertising because of your support. Please consider subscribing to CLS' Patreon to show your support for independent content: http://www.patreon.com/colinslaststand Buy Colin's Last Stand merch, all made in the USA! http://www.declarationclothing.com Listen to the CLS podcast, Colin’s Last Stand: Fireside Chats (also available on podcast services): https://soundcloud.com/colinslaststand Subscribe to the original Colin’s Last Stand channel: http://www.youtube.com/colinslaststand Twitter: @notaxation Instagram: @clsmoriarty Facebook: /colinslaststand Colin's Last Stand is a product of Colin's Last Stand, LLC PO Box 1233 | Santa Monica, CA 90406 Still imagery come via a licensed Shutterstock account from the following contributors: Alexander Pavlov, Marcos Mesa Sam Wordley, patronestaff, Rose Carson, and Tero Vesalainen. Other still imagery via Destructoid. This video’s thumbnail image was created via art provided by Shutterstock account Alexander Pavlov, acquired under license. The following videos were incorporated into this episode of Side Quest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smGzACyrVDE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LRFxs1BEFk Bibliography/Reading List: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ajagrawal/2016/03/18/its-not-all-bad-the-social-good-of-social-media/ https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/the-global-games-market-will-reach-108-9-billion-in-2017-with-mobile-taking-42/ https://www.gamestm.co.uk/features/10-videogame-developers-to-follow-on-twitter/ http://www.doz.com/social-media/social-media-gaming-industry http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-social-wellbeing-20150606-story.html https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-divisions-in-u-s-are-widening-long-lasting-poll-shows-1504670461 https://medium.com/@morganjaffit/the-cost-of-doing-business-c09cc5cc8728 https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/13/ea-star-wars-game-is-so-unpopular-the-developer-is-getting-threats.html http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-11-01-attacking-someones-family-over-a-video-game-is-not-acceptable-miles-jacobson https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/guys-its-time-for-some-troll-theory/521046/ http://fandom.wikia.com/articles/dragon-ball-fighterz-sausage-fest https://kotaku.com/if-you-hear-someone-getting-harassed-in-an-online-game-1796921373 https://www.pcgamesn.com/league-of-legends/why-are-gamers-awful-to-each-other-the-psychology-of-online-abuse https://www.wired.com/2014/05/fighting-online-harassment/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/pop-psych/201711/online-games-harassment-and-sexism https://thinkprogress.org/the-real-life-consequences-of-online-harassment-5c8e9547a93e/ https://www.huffingtonpost.com/soraya-chemaly/when-it-comes-to-harassme_b_4577719.html http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/We_Find_Them/ways-handle-prevent-cyber-harassment/story?id=15973742 https://lifehacker.com/how-to-prevent-online-harassment-from-ruining-your-day-1796860350 https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/21/ways-to-stop-social-media-harassment/