{"id":51625,"date":"2013-03-10T10:08:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T08:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=51625"},"modified":"2013-03-10T13:26:14","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T11:26:14","slug":"gaymer-documentary-kickstarter-campaign-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/51625-gaymer-documentary-kickstarter-campaign-launched","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Gaymer&#8221; documentary Kickstarter campaign launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new Kickstarter campaign has launched and aims to rack-up $125,000 to create a documentary about the \u201cqueer side of gaming\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The project, Gaming in Color, will document the LGBTQ community and presence within the video game industry and markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe gaming world is far more diverse than the media would have you think,\u201d says the Kickstarter campaign. \u201cTo counter this, we&#8217;ll be documenting the experiences of LGBT and women gamers \/ game developers to introduce perspectives you may not have seen before\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary will explore the good and bad side of \u201cgaymers\u201d, and if funded, will offer backers a number of perks, such as your name in the credits and an HD download of the movie.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is currently sitting on over $1,700 of its $125,000 goal with 41 days to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur time meeting with LGBT figures in the game world has exposed us to stories ranging from mild harassment to macabre horror stemming from heterosexism, misogyny, and the fear of difference. As a result, we recognize the certainty of obstacles ahead. But our story must be told,\u201d concludes the Kickstarter page.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/gamingincolor\/gaming-in-color-queers-and-gaymers-of-the-pixelate\/widget\/video.html\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/gamingincolor\/gaming-in-color-queers-and-gaymers-of-the-pixelate\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming articles:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/41436-keep-gay-out-of-gaming.html\">Keep gay out of gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49987-ea-joins-group-to-oppose-defense-of-marriage-act.html\">EA supports gay rights, opposes Defense of Marriage Act<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/47508-ea-scores-a-perfect-rating-for-gay-and-lesbian-equality.html\">EA scores a perfect rating for gay and lesbian equality<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44888-ea-backs-gaymercon.html\">EA backs Gaymercon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kickstarter campaign hopes to bring insightful documentary to the gaming gay community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":51628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1596,9212,9211,9210,21,2366,5730,9213],"class_list":["post-51625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-gamers","tag-gaming-documentary","tag-gaming-in-color","tag-gaming-in-colour","tag-headline","tag-kickstarter","tag-lgbt","tag-lgbtq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51640,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51625\/revisions\/51640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}