Video game critic cancels talk after shooting threat

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    Video game critic Anita Sarkeesian cancelled a speech scheduled for Wednesday at Utah State University, after schools officials received an email threatening harm to attendees.

    A statement from the university said an email related to the speech contained threats to Sarkeesian and those who attended. According to The Standard Examiner, the e-mail's author threatened to unleash "the deadliest school shooting in American history," adding that "feminists have ruined my life and I will have my revenge, for my sake and the sake of all the others they've wronged."

    Read more http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2014/10/15/anita-sarkeesian-threat/17293917/
     

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