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              THE FIRE RISES!
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The SJW assault on gaming
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INTRODUCTION:
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re:Silverstring and this "gaming is dead" meme they want to push. 
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Turns out the idea was floated over a year ago in a journal article by Adrienne Shaw, then discussed in a Google discussion group by members of Silverstring, that Anita Sarkeesian consults for. We're examining possible ties between these PR agents/firms, and political lobbying groups that might be backing them. We're also looking into how much of high profile donation campaigns and fundraising (like Sarkeesian's Kickstarter) are orchestrated and donated to by PR firms as part of their initial putsch for clients). 
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This PR group Sarkeesian is tied to is fairly creepy. Heavily ideological, they hold retreat workshops for SJW concepts, with a sharply activist tone. Reminds us of Jesus Camp. They do workshops for game devs where they discuss "dismantling hegemonic masculinity in the gaming industry", and do weird training activities like "State Torture Jenga". "Hegemonic masculinity" -- it's like they're quoting Gramsci's prison notebooks. Creepy.
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Gramsci's idea "hegemony":
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http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/marxism/marxism10.html) 
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For context, why are male gamers being targeted by SJWs:
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http://reason.com/archives/2014/02/02/is-there-a-cyber-war-on-women/singlepage
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Silverstring's blog reads: 
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"We talked a big game at DiGRA about dismantling hegemonic masculinity through intimate friendships. Tearing down those emotional walls that are part of the infrastructure of gendered oppression. Pursuing that male emotional fulfillment that Samantha Allen writes about as essential to the liberation of women. Meghan echoed my call for a games criticism and academia camping trip. Can we just leave the building? Not always. As we kept saying when we designed State Torture Jenga, something compels the players to keep manipulating the architecture. There is no such thing as inaction. There’s just the daily work of trying to turn these structures inside out." 
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"The Playful is Political" on manipulating industries to conform to feminist ideology:
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q5kX3LeX1pEz9kn-QPE0YJkNP5rLtBWZozZlTpqRMJg/edit?pli=1
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===> Shaw's Government funded research, US Air Force and IARPA CYCLEs program, Director of National Intelligence:
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"Adrienne Shaw is an assistant professor in the Media Studies and Production Department at Temple University's School of Media and Communication. Her primary areas of interest are video games, gaming culture, the politics of representation, and qualitative audience research."
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http://adrienneshaw.com/
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http://smc.temple.edu/contact/staff-directory/name/adrienne-shaw/
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Shaw's Published articles:
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Shaw's Government/Military funded research, US Air Force and IARPA "CYCLES" program, Director of National Intelligence:
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http://www.asc.upenn.edu/News/NewsDetail.aspx?nid=1011&ntype=student
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http://www.albany.edu/news/19508.php
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http://www.1stplayable.com/1st-playable--research-games.html
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http://www.iarpa.gov/
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http://www.dni.gov/index.php
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Shaw's Publications:
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http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/gaming-at-the-edge
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http://adanewmedia.org/2013/06/issue2-shaw/ 
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Race, gender, and gamer identity 
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(the first 3 lines of the conclusion are interesting, targeting white/cis/male gamers for elimination from gamer culture): 
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http://imgur.com/a/x6HiE#12 
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http://nms.sagepub.com/content/14/1/28.abstract 
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https://www.westminster.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/182116/005.-Talking-to-Gaymers-Adrienne-Shaw.pdf 
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/game-words-incorporated/VxYXZhDqv8I 
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http://www.haywiremag.com/?p=101
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Silverstring Financial Ties (under construction): 
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http://lucasjwjohnson.com/ 
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https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/277492/activities
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Name 	                  Jurisdiction & Number   Date 	        Additional Information
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SILVERSTRING MEDIA  	  BC-0110548169   	  2011Ja27  	Pt_Prpshp Active 
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SILVERSTRING MEDIA INC    BC-0000959998   	  2013Ja14  	Corp Active VANCOUVER  <=== *2013 became incorporated
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http://i.imgur.com/PtbqKGa.png
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*Announced incorporated:
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http://silverstringmedia.com/blog/2013/7/1/the-new-silverstring
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Maya Kramer ties to Silverstring:
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http://pastebin.com/qWX5qTvB
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http://i.imgur.com/gLmUiW1.png
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http://i.imgur.com/3PZltSa.png
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http://i.imgur.com/irzIBLn.png
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http://i.imgur.com/mVCzf5w.png
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http://i.imgur.com/DdNvFvv.jpg
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http://i.imgur.com/pbGwdZ0.png
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Asian twitter spam services:
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http://i.imgur.com/CL9zBH3.jpg
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Founder:
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LUCAS JOHNSON 		<=========================== ** FOUNDER of Silverstring **
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#403 - 2525 W 4TH AVE
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VANCOUVER
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BRITISH COLUMBIA
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V6K 1P5
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CA
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+1.7785588331
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Personal website:
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http://lucasjwjohnson.com/
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Related projects:
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/firesidemag/fireside-magazine-issue-three
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1602825661/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1602825661&linkCode=as2&tag=wordandthin06-20
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http://silverstringmedia.com/store/azraels-stop
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http://silverstringmedia.com/blog?category=Transmedia%20Theory
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http://lucasjwjohnson.com/things/
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https://twitter.com/lucasjwjohnson
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