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@nero (on twitter) was sent a syringe in the mail.
https://twitter.com/kingofpol/status/525755692318457856

Keywords "gamergate knife".

I'm sure all the folks claiming @femfreq made up her death threats will be equally skeptical about this one.
It's tribal warfare, well done! I'd like journalists to report both claims.
"KingOfPol" is known for lying and generally being not too mentally stable, so it's certainly not a stretch. Sarkeesian on the other hand is unlikely to lie about such things, but there was clearly some exaggeration involved.
Why is Sarkeesian "unlikely to lie about such things"?
Because she's (sort of) a public figure and if it was revealed she was lying, it would look very bad for her? She also hasn't had a history of lying about such things in the past, so there's no reason to suspect she is now. She is known to have lied about certain other issues, but not in a way that's relevant to threats or harassment. She also doesn't come across as mentally unhinged or malicious. I dislike her, but I don't think she lied about any of the threats.

The other person being discussed, KingOfPol, is known for his narcissism and fabrication of stories, so it's a bit different.

That's not an exhaustive analysis. I recommend to look at risk vs reward.

The risk of getting caught is essentially zero: just use Tor and VPN via an 'unfriendly' third country to send fake threats to yourself, or get a friend to do that for you. Clearly the police is not going to investigate, because all these cyberthreats are obviously not serious. The upside on the other hand ... Sarkeesian made how much last time by playing the damsel-in-distress? Wasn't it over $100k? That's quite an incentive. And then there is the political effect: the mainstream media, for various reasons, will automatically sides with the damsels.

I spent quite a lot of time in activists' milieu and I smell attack techniques in a Leninian mould, see e.g. Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals".

If nothing else, the pattern of harassment and threats made towards not just her, but other women in gaming, are readily verifiable and hard to miss. It's not just one person complaining about this stuff.
I doubt the empirical veracity of this claim. You are pushing a convenient mainstream narrative.