“The sheer existence of women in games is enough to spur hate mobs in some cases. We’ve known of people trawling through the social media accounts of new employees and asking for them to be forced out if it was discovered, for example, that they were following feminist figures,” he said.
“If anything, things are getting worse in some ways. It’s tied into trends such as the rise of the alt-right or a general hostility towards what is seen as political correctness. Companies have not been great at speaking out about this. They don’t want to poke the bear. We want to take a stand.”
