Depression Quest Developer Zoe Quinn Says '#Gamergate Has Ruined My Life. But I won't Quit'; Zoe Quinn Launches Crash Override For Online Harassment Victims

Zoe Quinn, who created "Depression Quest," made headlines last year as part of #Gamergate. The video game developer had personal information and rumors posted by an ex-boyfriend. After the attack, Zoe Quinn received rape and death threats almost daily for half a year.

Quinn's former boyfriend published a blog that listed men Zoe allegedly had sex with. The list included video games journalists. The attack led to a hacking of Quinn's personal details hacked and she became a victim of revenge porn. She was forced to move out of her house.

The indie game maker was trolled so badly after the internet attack that she took off and hasn't been home in six months. The experience led her to co-create Crash Override, a support community for victims of online harassment.

After "Quinngate," Zoe took to her own blog to promise "I will not negotiate with terrorists" and reached out to other victims of harassment

Zoe Quinn spoke out to Britain's Telegraph about her fight for "marginalised nerd communities."

"Things haven't really quietened down at all. I'm trying to figure out what my life is now. It seems to be - with long-term harassment - that it doesn't calm down. Considering how people are really escalating this, I definitely can't be at home. I don't want to deal with someone trying to kill me," she told The Telegraph's Radhika Sanghani.

Quinn explained that the rape fantasies she received was like "having acid poured on your heart."

Quinn, who developed Depression Quest, which went viral after Robin Williams' suicide, launched an anti-harassment support network with fellow video game makers Alex Lifschitz. The Crash Override Network is a support group for people who have been harassed online.

"By survivors, for survivors," the site promises.

In an interview with Wired Magazine, Zoe Quinn said was grateful to the support she received and was surprised at how widespread the problem turned out to be. She found support from people who'd had similar experiences.

Crash Override lists free services that victims of online harassment, which is also known as doxing or swatting, can call on in self-defense. They include threat monitoring, resources to get in touch with law enforcement and public relations experts and information security.

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