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A developer’s career is under threat today after he ‘virtually teabagged’ a female journalist during a demonstration of a video game.
The unnamed man was showing off a demo of his game at the conference Pax East when he killed the woman and then squatted up and down on her dead body.
This is known as ‘teabagging’ for its similarity to a sex act in which a man places his testicles into another person’s mouth.
Although this incident took place in-game, a complaint has been made to the man’s employer which could have disastrous consequences for his future.
The virtual teabag scandal was highlighted by Mike Futter, a games journalist, who tweeted: ‘Friendly tip for devs showcasing games: don’t intentionally team-kill a journalist and then teabag them… especially if she’s a woman.’
The journalist who suffered this simulated sex act appears to be Amanda Farough, a self-professed feminist who once worked for Mic.
She tweeted: ‘I said out loud, in my headset, “And this is why I hate playing these kinds of games”. Thanks for the demo.’
‘Now, granted he thought I was his “dev buddy” by accident, but holy shit was that a mistake,’ she added.
‘No PR around. Just dudes showing me a game and rolling the dice on being rude.’
Farough then said she would be writing to the developer who made the game, although she declined to shame the person on Twitter.
‘No one is naming names publicly,’ she said.
‘This is being handled privately and gently. It was an issue of professionalism and nothing more. The hubbub was a PSA and reminder that this is unprofessional behaviour. That’s it.’
In the sensitive and politically correct gaming industry, a complaint like this could be enough to get the man fired.
‘I hope the fact that you didn’t take their shit totally shattered their weekend,’ one of Farough’s Twitter followers wrote.
‘I hope it did. Hubris soaked frat boys,’ she responded.
A developer’s career is under threat today after he ‘virtually teabagged’ a female journalist during a demonstration of a video game.
The unnamed man was showing off a demo of his game at the conference Pax East when he killed the woman and then squatted up and down on her dead body.
This is known as ‘teabagging’ for its similarity to a sex act in which a man places his testicles into another person’s mouth.
Although this incident took place in-game, a complaint has been made to the man’s employer which could have disastrous consequences for his future.
The virtual teabag scandal was highlighted by Mike Futter, a games journalist, who tweeted: ‘Friendly tip for devs showcasing games: don’t intentionally team-kill a journalist and then teabag them… especially if she’s a woman.’
The journalist who suffered this simulated sex act appears to be Amanda Farough, a self-professed feminist who once worked for Mic.
She tweeted: ‘I said out loud, in my headset, “And this is why I hate playing these kinds of games”. Thanks for the demo.’
‘Now, granted he thought I was his “dev buddy” by accident, but holy shit was that a mistake,’ she added.
‘No PR around. Just dudes showing me a game and rolling the dice on being rude.’
Farough then said she would be writing to the developer who made the game, although she declined to shame the person on Twitter.
‘No one is naming names publicly,’ she said.
‘This is being handled privately and gently. It was an issue of professionalism and nothing more. The hubbub was a PSA and reminder that this is unprofessional behaviour. That’s it.’
In the sensitive and politically correct gaming industry, a complaint like this could be enough to get the man fired.
‘I hope the fact that you didn’t take their shit totally shattered their weekend,’ one of Farough’s Twitter followers wrote.
‘I hope it did. Hubris soaked frat boys,’ she responded.
