GamerGate refers to the online backlash against perceived breaches of journalistic integrity on video game news sites that came to light in the wake of the "Quinnspiracy," a precursory controversy surrounding indie game developer Zoe Quinn's alleged affairs with a number of men working in the video game industry, including Kotaku staff writer Nathan Grayson. Upon its eruption in 2014, the term has since been used to describe the group of internet users, based mainly on Twitter, who claim that there is a lack of transparency within the video game journalism industry.
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