Okay. Let’s break this down:

I’ll start you off with their most recent that was talked about:

You are part of the problem. Rules don’t have to be followed just because they are the rules. Companies don’t have to chase the biggest buck even at the cost of doing business with terrible regimes.

How’s that boot taste?  Finger licking good I bet.

Curiously, the other team that expressed the same sentiment as Blitzchung wasn’t reprimanded at all, while he was laid down with what originally was one of the harshest punishments in competitive Hearthstone play.  Until there is parity there Blizzard is blatantly engaging in politics, despite their desperately trying…

But yes they are. Hiding behind “it’s business,” implies that that these choices are infallible. If the last five years have shown anything, that that is not even remotely close.

An example: the opioid crisis. Should we not punish the companies who pushed perscriptions on the masses simply because, to them, it was…

If you have not seen Mindhunter on Netflix, Kemper was polite!

Blizzard made their bed, now they have to lie in it. I’m super curious how they’re going to handle protestors who actually have tickets and are at the event. Not disruptive ones either, but anyone who dares wear a Free Hong Kong shirt or ProHK Mei Cosplays.

Things are looking bleak overall. Major corporations all over the world are siding with dictators with their corporate interests in mind.

Meanwhile their homophobia is still allowed and defended.

I guess they should’ve immediately called the authorities and arranged for Blitzchung to be sent to a re-education camp.

Say whatever you want about the player, but penalizing the commentators is nothing short of collective/kin punishment. What in the actual fuck were they supposed to do?

Boy I can’t wait to see the craziness at Blizcon this year. It’s always nice when a major corporation unanimously gets called out like this. I just wish it would happen more often. 

Seriously, this person came off like a fatphobic dick

“medical emergency” (read: one of the obese passengers had a heart attack)

I took an Alaska cruise and marveled at the number of mobility challenged passengers...and then it sort of dawned on me that cruises are actually great for people who are older, or less mobile, or otherwise have difficulty traveling. Like, I was snarking about it, but what other kinds of wilderness touring can people…

The point you touch on by saying ‘developers insist their games are apolitical’: nothing on this planet is apolitical, and to insist otherwise is to show ignorance and privilege.

Correct, yes, they should not be operating in China if China requires them to be complicit in totalitarianism.

Neutrality is a political stance, even if they pretend it isn’t.