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Revision as of 05:41, 15 November 2024 by HackerKnownAs (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) Video games discussion board on 4chan| Type of site | 4chan imageboard |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Hiroyuki Nishimura |
| Founder(s) | Christopher "moot" Poole |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | October 9, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-10-09) |
| Current status | Online |
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/v/ is the video games board on 4chan, an English-language imageboard. Created in 2004, it is dedicated to the discussion of video games and gaming culture.
Overview
/v/ was established as one of 4chan's earlier boards and has grown to become one of the site's major video game discussion platforms. The board aims to focus on general video game discussion, which led to the later creation of several spin-off boards including /vg/ (Video Game Generals) in 2012, /vr/ (Video Game RPGs) in 2020, /vm/ (Video Games/Multiplayer) in 2020, /vst/ (Video Games/Strategy) in 2020, and /vmg/ (Video Games/Mobile) in 2020.
Cultural impact
The board has been the origin point of several notable memes in gaming culture. Most notably, it created the NPC Wojak meme in 2016, derived from the gaming term non-player character. The meme was used to describe people perceived as not thinking for themselves or making their own conscious decisions.
Gamergate
See also: Gamergate controversy and 4chan § GamergateAlso in August 2014, 4chan was involved in the Gamergate controversy, which began with unsubstantiated allegations about indie game developer Zoë Quinn from an ex-boyfriend, followed by false allegations from anonymous Internet users. The allegations were followed by a harassment campaign against several women in the video game industry, organized by 4chan users, particularly /r9k/. Discussion regarding Gamergate was banned on 4chan due to alleged rule violations, and Gamergate supporters moved to alternate forums such as 8chan.
See also
References
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- Stuart, Bob (October 24, 2014). "#GamerGate: the misogynist movement blighting the video games industry". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
Users from the messageboards Reddit – a sprawling series of communities – and 4chan – largely the trolls in the internet's basement – hurled false accusations
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