An internet connected shower device with a front facing camera...

An internet connected shower device with a front facing camera...

Welcome, Renata!

Just because the option for sex is there doesn’t mean you have to click the button.

I know how you feel when it comes to seeing or being asked to play certain games.

My wife managed to get an Always Pan right before the pandemic. It’s been pretty great with a few caveats.

My wife managed to get an Always Pan right before the pandemic. It’s been pretty great with a few caveats.

I find the lack of hats in these demos reels disturbing.

In my experience, game development QA departments are all one layer of hell or another.

I’ve come to the realization that outside of Hitman 3, everything “new” I’ve enjoyed so far this year has been a remaster/re-release.

Scorpion and the Turtle actually predates Scorpion and the Frog.

The only real way to prevent this level of toxicity in game environments is to fight against it from the start. Once a culture becomes toxic... it’s really, really hard to pull it back.

Folks, this is why many of us former game devs decide to just give up and go to other industries.

This makes me infinitely sad. I’ve greatly enjoyed your writing here and will definitely seek out your future works!

The better half (who started playing FFXIV for the first time this week) thought the warrior icon was a weird reference to The Ultimate Warrior. I told her it was supposed to be an axe head, but I can now never not see it as The Ultimate Warrior’s face paint.

Share holder impact? This kerfuffle started last Wednesday. ActiBlizz stock dropped a bit, but were back up to Wednesday levels Friday afternoon. Today, it’s only down ~1.5%. Change will only occur at the top when the money gets impacted... and that’s not happening so far. Which is insanely disappointing.

Very bold move on the part of the employees.

I hate to ask, but what constitutes “an active blind spot” in this case?

“I disdain bro culture and have spent my career fighting against it”

Nothing ever happens to the assholes that perpetuate this. It’s the game industry version of bad cops getting jobs in other jurisdictions or pedo priests being shuffled to another diocese.

Furor Planesdefiler. Leader of Fires of Heaven.