Law Order: SVU's Gamer Episode... Is So Bad

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Law Order: SVU's Gamer Episode... Is So Bad

Added: 14.02.2015 0:30 | 6 views | 0 comments

When I first heard that Law & Order SVU was doing a "ripped from the headlines" episode where a female video game developer is harassed by a "group of misogynistic cyber terrorists," I was optimistic. The idea of Olivia Benson and her crew kicking in the door of trolls hellbent on terrorizing people through the back channels of the internet was appealing. I anticipated the hokey gamer slang, the roll-your-eyes comments about gaming, and the poorly diverse presentation of gamers themselves, but there was one thing I failed to foresee: the grossly mishandled depiction of cyber harassment experienced by women in the gaming and tech industries.