Ep 293 - Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline
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Gamer Gate and Ready Player One Backlash
Andrew Keen's new book, ready player one, is about Star Wars fan culture and gatekeeping. He says gamer gate started with people who are fans of a thing becoming defensive of their thing when it is challenged by other audiences. "It kind of this idea of a purity of fan base had metastasized into a thing that was malignant"
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