Yiannopoulos played a role in early news coverage of the Gamergate controversy, criticising what he saw as the politicisation of video game culture by "an army of sociopathic feminist programmers and campaigners, abetted by achingly politically correct American tech bloggers."
Yiannopoulos diakui sebagai orang pertama yang menulis mengenai Gamergate controversy, mengkritik politisasi video game culture oleh "sekempok programer dan pengkampanye feminis sosiopatik, dibantuk oleh bloger teknik Amerika fanatik dengan politik benar."