I won't make the same mistake Sony did," she says, referring to the movie company pulling the movie The Interview from theaters following a major hack. I'm showing the world that I'm intimidated by cyber-terrorists. When Detective Fin Tutuola (Ice-T) suggests taping then streaming the game launch later rather than live, Raina disagrees. "Ever since the swatting went viral, I'm being called 'the face of women in gaming,'" Raina tells the detectives. Even though she's being harassed by online trolls, Raina refuses to show the world she's intimidated and doesn't want police protection, even though her fiancé is worried about her safety during a very public video game launch. The preview shows a woman - wearing identical hoop earrings to Sarkeesian - named Raina Punjabi, who comes into the SVU station to meet with detectives after receiving a very graphic death threat. In NBC's first video preview of the show (embedded below), we see the detectives explain the concepts of " doxxing" (publishing personal info) and " swatting" (anonymous calls to the police that result in a SWAT team smashing into your home) - harassment techniques male gamers are using against other gamers and developers who are vocal about sexism in the industry. "When a woman is attacked at a gaming convention, the detectives uncover the misogynistic underbelly of the gaming world," is how the "SVU" website describes this week's episode, entitled "Intimidation Game."
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