Kotaku: Inside Blizzard Developers’ Infamous Bill ‘Cosby Suite’
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That's what that name is a reference to? "Tigole Bitties"?! Dear lord...
Why are these gray faced 45 year old guys talking about partying and cosby suite and drinks and chicks and stuff? Like don't you fucking grow up at some point?
Obviously this behavior is not acceptable at any age, but it's just particularly weird seeing old dudes act like this. Grow the fuck up and better yourself
Just nuke activision/blizzard from orbit. It's the only way to be sure
Obviously this behavior is not acceptable at any age, but it's just particularly weird seeing old dudes act like this. Grow the fuck up and better yourself
Just nuke activision/blizzard from orbit. It's the only way to be sure
This is exactly what we mean when we say this shit is embedded at every stage. It's in the art, the story, the quests, the names, the designs.
They're high-fiving each other over the hilarity of juvenile bullshit and then retiring to the Cosby Suite to discuss "hot chixxx" with HR.
Unfortunately, that won't do much good as most companies have big harassment cases. The whole industry needs to work on this. I just can't see that happening while CEOs stay in power making excuses.
The toxic frat boy culture is ingrained and success only makes it worse, so no you don't always grow up, you get away with shit for as long as there's no consequences. Same shit at RIOT games.
Did stuff also happen at those studio's?
Unless a lot of the Blizzard content creators turn their back on Blizzard and their games I do believe a lot of people will not know about what is happening at this moment in time. There are some diehard fans there.
Just from the first few links I saw, Jeff Kaplan's name as an Everquest guild leader was "Tigole Bitties", then he kept on being called "Tigole" while he was working on World of Warcraft. There's an infamous forum rant from him:
74,222,960 Americans say otherwise.
Good observation on noticing how old they were in 2013 because oh boy, we really were not aware how much of a lie adulthood actually is until the coming (Trump) years.
Or...shit, just look at those who refuse to vaccinate themselves and stay put.
Jup, the CEOs who have been at these companies for decades and have enabled and ignored it have to go, otherwise nothing will change.
"I left Insomniac Games because of how they treat women" Ex-Employee speaks out
Follow the thread here Some excerpts: Worth pointing out that Edgar was eventually fired. Read the thread for the rest. Awful stuff and even more shocking that the behavior came from a member of the HR team. We need to do better.
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Former Naughty Dog Employee Says He Was Fired After Filing Sexual Harassment Complaint
A former employee of the highly-regarded video game development studio Naughty Dog has accused the company of terminating him after he says he filed a complaint that he was sexually harassed by someone else at the studio. In a statement, Naughty Dog says it has no record of these allegations. In...
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She specifically names Bioware and left Insomniac last year.
Damn.
I imagine California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing is going to have a field day with all of this information.
I imagine California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing is going to have a field day with all of this information.
"I left Insomniac Games because of how they treat women" Ex-Employee speaks out
Follow the thread here Some excerpts: Worth pointing out that Edgar was eventually fired. Read the thread for the rest. Awful stuff and even more shocking that the behavior came from a member of the HR team. We need to do better.
Former Naughty Dog Employee Says He Was Fired After Filing Sexual Harassment Complaint
A former employee of the highly-regarded video game development studio Naughty Dog has accused the company of terminating him after he says he filed a complaint that he was sexually harassed by someone else at the studio. In a statement, Naughty Dog says it has no record of these allegations. In...
She specifically names Bioware and left Insomniac last year.
Damn. I am surprised there wasn't as much uproar about that. Maybe put it more in the spotlight again?
ERA tends to be very selective when it comes to deplatforming studios and publishers.
Yeah it's not slick…
saw a lot of that when I posted that in some group chats of mine. VERY interesting when that's somebody's first takeaway…
It's pretty damn insane he didn't go back and delete these old tweets when shit started hitting the fan. Does he think he's untouchable or just dumb?
The thing is, he may honestly not even have remembered the tweets. For these guys... that's just Tuesday. It's absolutely meaningless. It is not memorable or special.
Ubisoft, CDProjectRed, and Blizzard can go straight to the trash bin because "I never liked their games any ways." "Censure and Deplatform! It's the right thing to do!?
But Sony? Naughty Dog? Insomniac? "No, no, there must be some mistake. We need to be more understanding. Those are different issues. Crunch was voluntary. Insomniac has such a strong production pipeline though. No one pushes narrative boundaries like Naughty Dog though. Sony donated to BLM causes! They've probably already dealt with the issues."
Et al.
Two and a Half Men was the most popular show for a time, getting drunk & chasing 20 year old girls in your 40's has been "cool" for a while.
I enjoyed her work at WoWInsider a lot. Horrific that joining a video game company she had so much respect for meant having to deal with shit like this.
You misunderstand. The fact that some of us aren't aware of the Cosby thing, but these guys were all in just shows you how in tune they are with rape culture. No, I don't know about Cosby's allegations back in 2013 and didn't know until today. To me, this speaks volumes about what kind of people they are. These guys are rapists and proud of it. This isn't some comment about how nobody knew, more like, they knew better than anyone and still did what they did.
Also, Blizzard will be fine. People will buy COD, WoW Expansions, play Overwatch, etc. That said, I want people involved in this to be in jail. That will also never happen. So unless gamers can back it up by mass boycott, they'll be fine. The law will protect the rich and powerful.
I'm glad people are screenshotting them, but I'm honestly surprised they haven't been deleted yet and his account hasn't gone private.Probably:
Eh I posted these topics on the PS5 sales topic. Even if it has been a year ago. This has to get some eyes on it.
My favorite excuse has been "what the staff over at Blizzard did was way worse" as if ERA members are the arbiters of what amount of sexual harassment is bad and what amount can be forgiven or swept under the rug.
Yep. They knew and it was funny and they held him up as a hero.
That's not about sweaters.
This is more of what I was trying to say.
I don't think for a second it's actually about the sweater, but seeing the conversation be about Cosby is frustrating.
They should either ban them all or just keep doing nothing until it blows over. There's still plenty of games left to discuss without Ubi, CDPR, Blizzard, Naughty Dog, Insomniac and other garbage companies.