@ericsmith: Exactly my thoughts as well. Honestly I just can't look past that.
Everyone says that Hardwick was found innocent by the investigation done on him (which already doesn't mean much considering what happened with Naughty Dog in a similar fashion). But Chloe is a first-hand contact with a close friend of mine and even in her article wrote that she didn't want him to lose his job and she chose not to testify against him in the investigation because of that. It was also her doing everything she could to make the constant onslaught of death threats she was receiving stop. It got bad enough that she almost took her life a second time since she saw it as a valid escape. After the events of Hana Kimura it should be no surprise how hard of a mental toll that can be and Chloe agreed to whatever she could to make it stop. Her abuser is absolved of nothing.
Ron Funches does a lot of great things and promotes a lot of positive ideas. Remaining friends with Chris Hardwick is not one of them.
To say a person's individual perspective and opinion has no place on a personality based website seems super ignorant and code for "I wish this person I don't agree with would shut up."
The systematic oppression of people of color absolutely has a place in discussion about games. About movies. About comics.
Or should this site only cover studios and companies where no people of color are employed?
Because if a game studio has POC in their staff, then the rights of those people are 100% on-topic when it comes to games discussion. Their perspectives as artists, writers, programmers literally shape and create the games being discussed and influence every single one of those aspects. Stop trying to silence people seeking justice for others. ACAB.
Bittersweet news about Dan, but I'm happy for him.
However this leaves an open spot at GBeast and I would LOVE if they were able to hire Natalie Watson (formerly from Waypoint) into that role. She has video producer experience, is a great personality with a new perspective, has the wonderful exuberance that Dan brought, and is currently looking for work. It would be amazing to have her interact with the East crew.
So I noticed in Abby's vlogs that their E3 green room has a TV with some SNES controllers and a couple fight sticks hooked up. Could just be coincidence to have entertainment for guests or fuel for the speculation of The New Day vs The Elite happening on Giant Bomb soil.
I swear before I clicked the Polygon article I thought "Rage 2" was actually a sequel to "Ryse: Son of Rome." And I played like 15 hours of Rage and have never touched Ryse. I think that sums up my opinion on Rage.. Hopefully they can do something to spruce up the lore or gameplay or something to give it more of a lasting impact.
I had a teacher who told us about going to Pizza Hut with their college friends and they would have to order like an entire cereal bowl full of ranch dressing to go with one pizza between them. I was repulsed, but also curious. So then I tried this combination for myself and actually didn't mind it. I don't get a craving for it, but I understand it now.
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