True to form, SVU didn't raise the gaming-culture-on-TV bar in the slightest with its take on Chan culture, video games, and the most abusive users of the GamerGate hashtag.
Video games have seen their fair share of awkward crime-TV dramatizations as well, but rarely in as much of a ripped-from-the-headlines way as Law & Order: SVU did on Wednesday night.
Modern TV crime shows haven't been shy about mixing real-life tech news stories into their plots, from The Good Wife's take on Chinese Internet censorship to CSI: Miami going the macabre route in tackling Internet chat-room predators.