This was inevitable. You can’t have something as ridiculous as GamerGate go on for this long without attracting the attention of Stephen Colbert.
On tonight’s episode of The Colbert Report, the faux-conservative host examined the GamerGate controversy that has resulted in the repeated harassment of several prominent women in game development.
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Check out the interview below:
And here’s the segment that preceded it: