I wonder if those "corruption" cliches in Blizzard game storytelling throughout the Kotick regime were a sort of subtle cry for help, the way Origin's developers cried for help during Ultima VII with EA-logo evil magic devices and the like and the massive dunking on Richard "Lord British" Garriot in the Serpent Isle expansion after he fucked them over and sold them out and had a cynically celebratory bonfire party where all their hard work on a Privateer sequel and other projects was set ablaze because he was cashing out.
I wonder if those "corruption" cliches in Blizzard game storytelling throughout the Kotick regime were a sort of subtle cry for help, the way Origin's developers cried for help during Ultima VII with EA-logo evil magic devices and the like and the massive dunking on Richard "Lord British" Garriot in the Serpent Isle expansion after he fucked them over and sold them out and had a cynically celebratory bonfire party where all their hard work on a Privateer sequel and other projects was set ablaze because he was cashing out.