'Law & Order: SVU' To Air Episode Based On GamerGate

'Law & Order: SVU' To Air GamerGate-Inspired Episode
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT -- 'Pattern Seventeen' Episode 1609 -- Pictured: Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson -- (Photo by: Michael Parmelee/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT -- 'Pattern Seventeen' Episode 1609 -- Pictured: Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson -- (Photo by: Michael Parmelee/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

"Law & Order: SVU" will air an episode inspired by GamerGate. As first pointed out by The Mary Sue, the show's Feb. 11 installment, “The Intimidation Game,” will explore the dangerous side of being a woman in the gaming community.

The episode, according to TV Guide, focuses on a woman who "launches a video game amid death threats in the male-dominated gaming community, but a crime scene unfurls at a big video-game convention when one of her female employees is assaulted."

GamerGate is a movement that rose to public attention in 2014. It claims to call for better ethics in gaming journalism, but in practice carries out gender-specific abuse.

The "Law & Order: SVU" episode is but one of the show's many that have been inspired by real-life events. This past fall, the show made headlines for penning an episode based on the story of Belle Knox, the Duke University freshman outed as a porn star by a fellow classmate.

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