I worked at Blizzard for a decade starting in 2005. I remember his wife would bring him a packed lunch with the dog and kids during his lunch hour. He also used to occasionally do customer support calls. Wholesome guy. I was a software engineer there.

Criminal negligence, to which he is almost admitting guilt to. I’m not a legal scholar so I’m not entirely sure if negligence applies to sexual abuse but I don’t know morally why it shouldn’t.

The best time to avoid justice is never.

“It feels like everything I thought I stood for has been washed away.”

I mean he’s right about one thing.

I want to believe this and take it at face value, and yet there’s still a voice in the back of my head bleakly saying, “The woman who died didn’t get an exit interview.”

I know Kristin IRL, and still consider her a friend. We worked together during my time which was from 2009 to 2012, at Blizzard. She’s one of the smartest and honest people I know, so when she speaks I believe her. It’s sad and difficult trying to process all this, considering it’s been nearly a decade since I left…

If he were fully retired and shown to be totally exempt from any liability in the investigation I might say the statement is 100% heartfelt and all that. But he is currently building up his new publisher and studios so this somewhat became a platform for him to hype his new place. With a vow to fix stuff going forward…

That video is more cringe than the Diablo immortals “what, don’t you have phones?” What’s equally bad is these are the shit developers we create when there are so many people booing this woman’s question. Just once I’d love to see the next person in line go "yeah, this isn't my original question but I'm going to ask…

I worked at Blizzard as a GM in the EU office for 4 years between 2008 to 2012 and let I agree, if Mike didn’t know, he didn’t know. He was one of the most genuine, honest guys I’ve met, extremely humble and quite shy at times. If he had been made aware that this was going on, he would have been mortified. When we…

“Sorry bout that!”

I hate that it opens with him saying he did his best to make Blizzard a safe and welcoming place for people of all genders. Like, no the hell you didn’t. We all sometimes do our best and find that our best isn’t good enough, and that isn’t what happened here. We do not go from anyone’s “best” to the behaviors and…

“I was at Blizzard for 28 years. During that time, I tried very hard to create an environment that was safe and welcoming for people of all genders and backgrounds.

Omg that Blizzcon video is fucking rough. wtffffffffffff

He can step up and cooperate with the investigation and more importantly do everything in his power to prevent this from happening at Dreamhaven. If there are the same issues there than his words are a moot point and he’s guilty asf.

“I’m sorry...........that this actually got out. Wait, I can’t say that? Um....I mean. I’m sorry this happened and I tried making a safe environment, but I’m only the co founder and I can’t be expected to....you know....actually make a safe environment. *shrug*”

I wonder if this is going to be the “thoughts and prayers” thing for the game industry and their track record with sexual harassment. Like, say how much you regret shit happened, then feel good about yourself for admitting you are kind of a massive dick (or at least an ignorant one) and then move on like you just…

Until change happens, you’ve failed your own words, Morhaime.