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Troy Leavitt, a lead designer on WB Games’ forthcoming Harry Potter Hogwarts Legacy game, has been called out for his anti-social justice YouTube channel that attacks feminism and sympathises with the Gamergate movement.
Videos made by Troy Leavitt include “The Injustice of Social Justice”, “In Praise of Cultural Appropriation” and “Social Justice Ten Commandments”, that compares the social justice movement to religion. There is also a defence of John Lasseter, the Pixar director accused of sexual misconduct, repeated criticism of Feminist Frequency’s Anita Sarkeesian, and promotion of the Gamergate movement that began in 2014.
The channel has almost 26,000 followers and has had over two million views. Videos are dated from 2016 to 2018, but resurfaced online as highlighted by Liam Robertson, a contributor to the Did You Know Gaming? YouTube channel. Leavitt’s channel is clearly linked on his Twitter account.
Gamergate involved online harassment against, primarily, women and people of colour in the games industry and press, and concerned the relationship between journalists and developers. The movement ostensibly related to ethics in games journalism and is considered one of the first alt-right online movements.
In a video titled “Gamergate – Thoughts of a Developer“, Leavitt supports the movement and notes how PR teams “treat the press with tremendous reverence”, describing journalists as “feeling pretty full of themselves”, “lords of the industry” and “the cool kids”.
Leavitt is a seasoned games developer, currently working for WB Games studio Avalanche. In a video defending Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, Leavitt claims the company is aware of his YouTube channel but “it didn’t appear to be an issue for them”.
“Not that they endorse anything that I’ve said, of course, but at least they seem more concerned with making good games than with pushing some kind of a social justice agenda, so there is hope,” he says.
This is the latest controversy to hit the Hogwarts Legacy game, following explosive comments on the trans community from Harry Potter author JK Rowling. Both consumers and developers on the game have expressed their concerns following Rowling’s tirades.
www.pinknews.co.uk
Videos made by Troy Leavitt include “The Injustice of Social Justice”, “In Praise of Cultural Appropriation” and “Social Justice Ten Commandments”, that compares the social justice movement to religion. There is also a defence of John Lasseter, the Pixar director accused of sexual misconduct, repeated criticism of Feminist Frequency’s Anita Sarkeesian, and promotion of the Gamergate movement that began in 2014.
The channel has almost 26,000 followers and has had over two million views. Videos are dated from 2016 to 2018, but resurfaced online as highlighted by Liam Robertson, a contributor to the Did You Know Gaming? YouTube channel. Leavitt’s channel is clearly linked on his Twitter account.
Gamergate involved online harassment against, primarily, women and people of colour in the games industry and press, and concerned the relationship between journalists and developers. The movement ostensibly related to ethics in games journalism and is considered one of the first alt-right online movements.
In a video titled “Gamergate – Thoughts of a Developer“, Leavitt supports the movement and notes how PR teams “treat the press with tremendous reverence”, describing journalists as “feeling pretty full of themselves”, “lords of the industry” and “the cool kids”.
Leavitt is a seasoned games developer, currently working for WB Games studio Avalanche. In a video defending Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, Leavitt claims the company is aware of his YouTube channel but “it didn’t appear to be an issue for them”.
“Not that they endorse anything that I’ve said, of course, but at least they seem more concerned with making good games than with pushing some kind of a social justice agenda, so there is hope,” he says.
This is the latest controversy to hit the Hogwarts Legacy game, following explosive comments on the trans community from Harry Potter author JK Rowling. Both consumers and developers on the game have expressed their concerns following Rowling’s tirades.
'Far-right', anti-feminist, pro-Gamergate Youtuber is Harry Potter game lead designer
Troy Leavitt, the lead designer on WB Games' Hogwarts Legacy Harry Potter game, used to run an anti-social justice YouTube channel.
www.pinknews.co.uk
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