The wait is over! The Sarkeesian Effect Trailer is out at last! So, without further ado, here it is:
Sorry for any confusion. “The Sarkeesian Effect Trailer” is the name of my new 43 second long film, starring the top of my head, and a very special guest I was lucky to be able to have the opportunity to film: my cat Sweetie Pie Jonus. (My other cat, Pantz, was in the other room.)
I handled the audio and the cinematography. My cats helped with the set dressing.
I hope you enjoyed it.
Oh, and by the way, The Sarkeesian Effect: Official Trailer #1 is also out as well. You know, the one put together by those other guys. You’ll be pleased to see that The Empty Pizza Box made the final cut!
I have to say, those guys don’t really seem to know what they’re doing.
Seriously, why are they going to the address for FemFrequency? Are they going to freak out if it turns out that she doesn’t actually live there?
@alalsvex, that is exactly what’s going to happen. The fact that her tax address is a mail forwarding company is going to be interpreted as irrefutable evidence of fraud.
Ooh, a list for me.
computer owner
wearer of glasses
dog neighbour
car driver
wardrobe owner
compost maker
coffee drinker
rug knitter
television viewer
hair grower
saucepan user
potential granny
to do list collector
chair sitter
@tinyorc
I’m sure that they can’t imagine why she would want to keep her own address private.
@alaisvex
I have no doubts that the fact that the address belongs to a mail box company is going to be touted as proof of nefarious dealings. Obviously if you can’t just walk straight into an office with Feminist Frequency on the door and rape Anita Sarkeesian, she must have something to hide.
I have to give Bathtub & Skull props for keeping the trailer well under 9 minutes. Good job!
Sincerely,
opinion-haver
water drinker
place for cats to have naps
cuticle picker
@PoM,
Yeah, the fact that Anita won’t give them the opportunity to rape or kill her, which they totally don’t wanna do because they totally know that she made up all of the threats with thousands of sock puppet accounts, clearly means that she’s just paranoid and playing the victim.
/sarcasm
Really? They interviewed Jack Thompson? The guy who is infamous as being an “anti-video game activist” and who tries to go over obscenity?
Goes to show the priorities of “Gamergaters”. They don’t actually want free speech (though we knew that already), nor pro-“gamers” or else they wouldn’t have dug out the old gamer boogeyman of days past. The only thing they care about is being reactionary misogynists.
Oh wait, I forgot a really good one that I have:
– Former government agent
(Because I worked with the Census Bureau during it’s prep for the 2010 census. I was a “quality control” agent who double-checked the locations of houses and their conditions: someone lives here, condemned, or empty-but-someone-could-live-here.)
Pls no jokes about fava beans. I heard too many of them from my family and friends when I got the job.
@Paradoxical
Why did the fava bean go out with the prune?
Because it couldn’t find a date!
Oops, I think I made quite a few typos and just poorly composed that last post. Sorry for the poor post.
Also, I wanted to add a thought – I think the Jack Thompson thing really goes to show that they’ve gone and joined the reactionary people that they’ve always claimed to hate. They’ve become them.
Ooh. I can call myself former government agent too! To make myself sound really important, I am WWTH: Former federal agent/brain surgeon.
Because I used to be a contractor for the VA and I was part of a group that did a brain surgery on a rat in my college neuropsych lab.
Jack Thomson? Seriously? The guy who actually tried to OUTLAW video games? And Jimmy Goad’s 15 seconds of fame is long, long since over.
That said the production values are quite good, at least for a trailer.
@RedFox
My thoughts exactly, lol. I didn’t bother reading the 200+ comments before posting. After I post, I scroll up and see …I am not alone. 😉
Yes, GGers are a strange mix of reactionary outrage and ignorance. At rpg.net we would often wonder at these brave defenders of gaming…who literally have no idea what they were talking about or the history of gaming. Most of them hadn’t been thought of when we were throwing dice on the kitchen table…
That joke was terrible. : I
Aw yiss! High fives!
Okay now I have to :
-USAF veteran and former top secret clearance haver
-Coffee achiever (anyone remember this?)
-Cannabis enthusiast
-1983 Q-Bert champion, Omaha, NE (okay, it was actually only one arcade, but still.)
-Honorary Ghost Buster (yup, made that one up!)
I wanna try!
My qualifications:
– High school music student graduate
– Potential youtube creator
– Aspiring ethical games journalist
– Bachelor’s degree holder
– Full-time job hunter
– Up-and-coming lab intern
– Long-time gamer
– Ex soup kitchen volunteer
– Notorious cat lover
– Amateur food connoisseur
– Computer owner
– Phone user
– Movie-goer
I sound much better on paper than I thought
…”wikipedia editor”…?
OK, just watched this (due to the newer post about the reaction to critism of the “music”). I was struck by the fact that they interviewed Jack Thomspon, saying he was an “activist”.
This is brilliant. GGs, who love games, teaming up with an anti-game ex-lawyer. The cognative dissonance of these people is amazing.
For those who don’t know: Thompson thinks violent video games (generally the ones that the gamergaters love, and think should be immune from criticism) are responsible for high school shootings. Honestly, I can’t tell it better than wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_%28activist%29#Relationship_with_the_gaming_industry_and_gamers
Some moderately good news from here in Blighty.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/02/rape-victims-failed-under-resourced-metropolitan-police-cps-prosecutors-report
My cat’s credentials:
– Arse-licker
– Kibble biter
– Deep throated yowler
– Projectile Vomiting Champion
– Sh*t-streaked Butt Dragger
I can’t get over the jiggling foot from 1:05-1:10. Nothing says “serious documentary” like having that in your trailer.
Davis Aurini sounds much worse on paper than he thought.
Based on these comments I’m convinced there needs to be a parody trailer of this. Interview subjects can be introduced via graphics labeling them “Registered Voter” or “Cat Enthusiast.”
I love the big “gotcha” reveal that Sarkeesian uses…a PO box to receive mail instead of her actual home address. WHOA. We’re really through the looking glass now. Given the hate mail and nasty stuff people send her, why is that even a surprise?
And here are my credentials for this observation:
– ketone metabolizer
– battery replacement technician
– aspiring fourth cousin
– earworm propagator
– rug burn survivor
– local biped