That kind of bro response was normal back then. It was considered under freedom of speech and even judged as “funny” for most people, those that didn’t think much or those that were behind the scenes misogynists. People forget just how recently we forgave so much of the male toxicity, and even just dominating class…

The fact that Jason Schreier is now on the receiving end of some animosity just beggars belief. You can be damn sure, if he had enough that he would not hesitate to pull the trigger. Most journos worth their salt, have “friends” and contacts high and low, but they understand where the games come from and who really…

Thank you for this, it was extremely interesting to read. I really think, besides what you actually went through, that the contents of this message should be an article. About how improbable it is that you will get heard and published, the uphill struggle to get exposure for something you’d probably rather not have to…

From the way Jason Schreier tells it, he was building up an article, he just didn’t have the silver bullet yet. With Forced Arbitration etc, it sounds like Blizzard has this situation locked down tightly.

I do have to wonder, how many people will be a little crestfallen that the news stops coming.

I would not be surprised honestly. But I think the only reason you haven’t gotten this story yet, is that China is still a relatively new market (with how closed it was, versus the opening up nowadays), and they actually just haven’t had time to work it in yet.

Yeah, my first thoughts when it was put to me like that. Seems he took the culture he’s so sorry for with him…

I’d liken it to an abusive codependent relationship, which I have lots of experience with.

I mean, when Forced Arbitration is the preferred dispute resolution tactic, it’s not like that closet is any less full of skeletons than most, it’s just that the door is well and truly bolted shut. At this point though; sexual, racial abuse and otherwise demeaning and harmful behaviours are basically contractual…

Considering most people’s definition of a “CEO” these days, pegs them as not much more than a glorified pencil pusher, a figurehead and very little else, they should have all the time in the world to do this.

Good riddance to bad rubbish, as they say. And not a moment too soon, as you begin to consider the feelings of neo-Nazi’s (see I can bold things too!).

Lots of people making excuses for him and others, here and elsewhere, in this instance and more, from other companies and industries so this seems to be in need of saying, for some reason:

That’s not how it works. People don’t get to retroactively accept themselves as part of a very specific political group in a very specific time doing very specific, drastic and far reaching, things. A bunch of racist thugs calling themselves Nazi anything is a disservice to all that they did. By calling them Nazi’s…

Coincidentally That Title Is All Over The Place Too!

That would be Neo-Nazi’s, a very very different thing despite what they might think. The Nazi’s themselves went far beyond superficial differences such as race, and I wouldn’t exactly liken them to violent thugs, kind of undermines just how cunning and committed they were, as well as brutally cruel.

I can see that you might not be the best person to be commenting on education 🤣

Which is how it is for me, Buddhist first unless you show me it’s a Nazi deployment. As a non-Buddhist westerner with an interest in Buddhism and East Asia, I had to teach myself this. That’s disgraceful. But it’s easier for them not to bother explaining, teaching or giving context, than to try. Just hide it, sure.…

Hmm, yeah, that’s a classic western way of “teaching” i.e. not even bothering at all. Not only is this a form of white washing, but it is extremely small and closed minded, microcosmic even. The Nazi’s were but the blink of an eye, relatively speaking. Buddhism goes back a ways, shall we just say. It’s very…

As a filthy and proud pirate, I can vouch for the fact that I pirate in the hopes that games will come around to being sensibly priced and relatively DRM-free. Do not get me wrong, this in no way means that I think PC games are overpriced. In fact, compared to new game prices for next gen consoles especially, PC is…

For what is actually pretty successful DRM (I mean at least for it’s intended purpose of antagonising, I mean, preventing pirates from cracking it in those extremely important launch window sales) that is incredibly cheap sounding. Considering how much games make these days and that it does in fact work.