amer gate ▁was ▁" an ▁un pre ced ented ▁", ▁and ▁that ▁sil encing ▁crit iques ▁of ▁games ▁har ms ▁games ▁developers ▁by ▁dep riv ing ▁them ▁of ▁feedback . ▁Several ▁video ▁game ▁developers , ▁journal ists , ▁and ▁gam ers ▁from ▁across ▁various ▁gender , ▁ra cial , ▁and ▁social ▁background s ▁adopted ▁new ▁Twitter ▁has ht ags , ▁such ▁as ▁# IN eed D iverse G ames , ▁# Stop G amer gate 2 0 1 4 ▁and ▁# G am ers Ag ain st G amer gate , ▁to ▁show ▁solid ar ity ▁with ▁the ▁people ▁target ed ▁by ▁the ▁har ass ment ▁and ▁their ▁opposition ▁to ▁the ▁reaction ary ▁messages ▁from ▁G amer gate ▁supp or ters . ▁ ▁The ▁Electron ic ▁Front ier ▁Foundation ▁character ized ▁G amer gate ▁as ▁a ▁" mag net ▁for ▁har ass ment ", ▁and ▁notes ▁the ▁possible ▁financial ▁risk ▁for ▁companies ▁dealing ▁with ▁it ▁on ▁social ▁media ▁platforms . ▁The ▁Entertainment ▁Software ▁Association ▁( ES A ) ▁issued ▁a ▁statement ▁condem ning ▁the ▁har ass ment , ▁stating ▁that ▁"[ t ] here ▁is ▁no ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁video ▁game ▁community — or ▁our ▁society — for ▁personal ▁attacks ▁and ▁thre ats ". ▁E SA ▁president ▁Mike ▁Gall ag her , ▁speaking ▁at ▁the ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁Electron ic ▁Entertainment ▁Ex po , ▁clar ified ▁that ▁the ▁E SA ▁did ▁not ▁become ▁more ▁involved ▁as ▁they ▁felt ▁it ▁was ▁an ▁argument ▁that ▁was ▁outside ▁their ▁industry ▁and ▁their ▁invol