1) Somehow it’s never the time.

I don’t know I’m pretty sure it’s “‘female-presenting nipples’ is dumb and means nothing” o’clock somewhere.

It’s peak corporate intersectional feminism/inclusive ally-ship.

1. Fuck Mike Huckabee

My middle school guidance counselor said I’d never finish high school because I didn't have great grades. Not only did I finish high school AND college, but I have a graduate degree with work experience in all three branches of the federal government. I went ballistic when she and another teacher who bullied me tried…

And it’s not always enough to lean in, because that shit doesn’t work all the time.

honestly the negativity is pretty understandable. I mean I seen a video today that pretty aptly discribes the situation.

I’m guessing 0 people on that ladder noticed how EA got ripped apart for Command and Conquer Rivals literally this same year.

Your “ignore it and move on” attitude is fine if you see a commercial for it on TV or an ad in the banner of a webpage, but when you create this self-congratulating, self-aggrandizing event to announce it, you’re wasting the time of everyone who specifically took the money, time, and effort to come to Blizzcon. It…

Sure maybe online because it can become an echo chamber of rage but I don’t like media outlets trying to come down on Blizzcon attendees. Those people paid hard earned cash to be there so if that guy wants to get up there and snarkly vent then sure. People take off work and make hotel arrangements and the big…

That szexhusn sauce video of that guy screaming was a prank. It literally was a bet between friends to see if he would do that and it went viral because people thought it was real. 

Indeed. On the other hand, it’s sort of of crazy Blizzard would announce a product aimed squarely at the Asian phone game market at a convention attended mostly by its die-hard USA fans of its PC games.

I think you’re missing a big point in regards to people raising their concerns: It lets developers know what some the playerbase wants, and it sometimes does have an effect. Like you said, loot boxes generate millions of dollars. However, loot box revenues remain competitive, and the revenues can only be spread out…

Actually, a lot of people were expecting a DII Remaster, not news on D4.

Counterpoint, they charged money for Blizzcon tickets and this is what they gave the fans. Sorry, but this isn’t “gamers rise” this is “fans raging” and for good reason if they had blown money on a blizzcon ticket.

I think it’s also important to note that Hearthstone wasn’t announced at Blizzcon- it was announced at PAX. They seemed to have the foresight that an entry into digital card games probably wasn’t the best announcement for the sorts of hardcore fans that attend BlizzCon. And that was an in-house project!

Same thing with Bethesda’s E3 presentation. If all they did was show an Elder Scrolls Mobile game, fans would be pretty angry. But then they showed a short clip with the Elder Scrolls VI logo and all was forgiven.

To make fans happy.  It’s called pr.  You know the whole thing this article is about.

I don’t understand why Blizzard can’t just say the phrase “We’re working on Diablo 4". We know they’re working on it. They know they’re working on it. They’ve said it in so many different ways without literally saying it. Even if what is now Diablo 4 dramatically changes in the future, whatever mainline game that…

Does everyone remember the Metroid Prime 4 logo drop? That satisfied Metroid fans very well. That’s all Blizzard had to do and this wouldn’t have gone so bad. Just do “one more thing” after the Immortal stuff in the opening ceremony, and play the Diablo tavern music with a D4 logo. And just say it’s early in…