In 2013, Zoë Quinn, an independent game developer, released Depression Quest, a text-focused game designed to convey the experience of depression though a series of fictional scenarios, based in part on Quinn's own experience with the illness.
Gamergate is viewed as a right-wing backlash against progressivism.
The harassment campaign included doxing, threats of rape, and death threats. Beginning August 2014, it targeted women in the video game industry-notably game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, and feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian. Gamergate was an online harassment campaign, initially conducted through the use of the hashtag #GamerGate, that promoted sexism and anti-progressivism in video game culture. For other uses, see Gamergate (disambiguation).