From my own experience from the “Shroud of the Avatar” game community sending rape and death threats and being protected by the developers themselves... almost impossible to do just via electronic device. Anyone even vaguely internet aware knows to use a VPN/Proxy to hide their true IP address, and even if you get a…

I’d say the grind element is more dominant than the “historical accuracy” side, simply because anyone who has been around the game for any length of time knows that the entire topic is so ridiculously beaten into the ground that expecting rational, accurate balancing is impossible at this stage...Wehraboos, Russian…

Oh my sweet summer child... take it from someone who has gone the court route with a gaming company (Portalarium, now bankrupt), what is morally right or legally right, and what you can enforce in US court are two completely different things.

This article didn’t once say “Let’s Get On With The Killing”, boo... Quake World over Dial Up was my first true online PC gaming experience, and first experience of modding in the sense of adding custom skins. I had a spiffy Judge Dredd one as I recall. And now I feel old. But if Quake still feels fresh to play for…

Guess what? Your contract for the gaming industry is also a Non-Disclosure/Confidentiality agreement. Mine for EA/Mythic/Broadsword had that specific “you must inform us in advance before discussing any information with relevant legal authorities” clause too, as well as a 2 and 3 year NDA demand, as well as the demand…

Maybe...? Hmm. Er? Well, I... But? Erk. No, I meant... This is a complete minefield to step into, especially if like myself you’re not queer, although try and be an ally of those who are. But... um. Perhaps...?

Got a very good insight into this, via my own 7 year stalker.

Why is Kotaku reporting this without any further context? After all, they only picked up this story because of Coffeezilla’s original reporting, but Coffee has done more since which proves that Kay has a consistent history of pumping and dumping crypto-currencies;

Indeed; there’s a very definite pecking order within the industry, there was an insanely toxic belief that unless you were directly coding, you somehow weren’t a real employee. Even we the event scripters weren’t respected over on UO, and I suspect the GMs (the player support staff brought back in as unpaid staff I…

You could try to disentangle potential legitimate grievances from the shitty mob dynamics.

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Now Scarlett Johansson is an easy celebrity to dislike

I’m actually going to defend Rockstar on this one a little; they probably do want people to AFK in there, because what’s the point of a car meet without there being any cars in it? Yes, there are random NPC ones scattered about, but allowing AFKing means players can set up specific themed days, and then have players…

Thank you for your wishes; you often have to take the wins you can, because unlike on TV, the big “Everyone sees justice done” moment doesn’t really come.

In the UK, it’s easier to say what you like, so it’s harder for us to abide by the decision not to.

Oh, I’ve been trying for years. And I don’t want to distract from, only support those trying to get Justice for their own suffering now by backing them up with sharing how my own experiences that match their own. To say I know they’re brave and likely telling the truth, because I’ve been there too.

It’s usually in the Contract you sign that you’ll go the Arbitration route first; I had to do it when trying to corner Portalarium for supporting my stalkers. There’s two reasons for this.

Agree with all you say, especially about unionization; I’ve worked in the industry too, for E.A./Mythic/Broadsword, and whilst I didn’t see any sexism, there was plenty of bullying and generalised nastines... but the US is also a country where you can be fired for anything, and unemployed support is limited. Lawyers…

Ok, here’s an essay on what getting the media to deal with these kinds of issues is like from the other side; Long story short, it’s a depressing nightmare.

It’s a Catch 22;