He was interested in sites like PC Gamer and Kotaku.
Continued shitty behavior from a guy that should be publicly executed.
Bobby Kotick is a fucking monster who intentionally created a workplace that remains a nightmare for women and queer people.
He only cared about this when the company’s plummeting reputation affected the acquisition price with Microsoft.
Which like in a nonhellworld world should definitely be a merger that gets blocked
Completely agree. In non-hellworld, Activision would also be a worker-owned cooperative.
…and Bobby Kotick would be dead in a ditch.
It's kind of weird how Bobby Kotick was once the devil himself to every gamer and that has pivoted basically entirely to blaming minorities
Old playbook, new industry. The gaming “community” had every material interest aligned with becoming anti-capitalist instead of whatever kind of weird libertarian brain many of gam*rs have now.
Gamergate was one of the most successful propaganda efforts of the last decade. Amazing what capitalists can accomplish when they tap into toxic masculinity and internalized patriarchy.
buy media outlets for positive press? now who would ever do something like that :lord-bezos-amused:
He wont be punished, he'll stop being AB's CEO after the purchase is complete and he'll land a administrative job somewhere else, away from the spotlights. Media will stop talking about him and he'll get to enjoy his many millions peacefully.
We've seen this happen over and over again. There is no justice, no meaningful punishment for people like him.
Yeah, you called it. In the corporate world, this is as close as they get to firing someone. If Kotick hadn’t been exposed as an abuser, he’d mostly likely be landing a fat exec role at Microsoft vs “leaving to pursue new opportunities”.
it took Udham Singh 19 years but he made sure O'Dwyer faced meaningful punishment
In 2010, the website published an April Fool’s Day post wherein it joked that Activision Blizzard and Kotick purchased the website, rebranding for the day as “Koticku.”
Yet another reminder to be careful what you lathe.
