Activision Blizzard and their current woes: a catch-up post.
The Inciting Incident
Last week, it was revealed that the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard.
A two-year investigation by the state agency found that the company discriminated against female employees in terms and conditions of employment, including compensation, assignment, promotion, and termination. Company leadership consistently failed to take steps to prevent discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, the agency said.
The lawsuit alleges that Activision Blizzard fostered a “frat boy culture” that allowed female employees to be harassed and abused. A significant incident is cited in which a female employee took her own life while on a company trip with her male supervisor: said employee had been subjected to ‘intense sexual harassment’ before her passing.
Activision Blizzard Responds
In a statement sent …
Game Title: NEO: The World Ends with You
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Publisher: Square Enix
Review Aggregators:
Metacritic - 83 average - 11 reviews (Nintendo Switch)
Metacritic - 81 average - 20 reviews (PlayStation 4)
GameSkinny - 100
I can’t sing the praises of NEO: The World Ends with You enough. It has both style and substance, with fun characters, energetic gameplay, and gorgeous visuals. There was never a dull moment throughout my time writing this review; it had virtually no lows — only high highs. NEO: The World Ends with You is everything a fan of the series could ever ask for in a sequel. This isn’t just only the best JRPG released in 2021 so far, but perhaps one of the best games this …
Some Background
Something I’ve said before and stick by “You don’t need a gaming PC to game on PC” I have a literal Raspberry Pi with retroarch on it that I use to game on. I have a i5-4570 Dell that I’ve played low end games on with friends. None of those games run at 120fps some even run at sub 30 sometimes but the point is I have the option of running games on these extremely underpowered pieces of hardware and yes it’s ‘playable’.
You can also spend multiple thousand dollars on the other extreme and crank things up to 4k 120hz or even 1080p 360hz. That high end piece of hardware is still a gaming PC but it’s not the “floor” for PC’s it’s just an additional benefit of an open scalable platform. The reason you can have your 360hz is the same reason I can game on a $35 potato the flexibility.
Now onto the Steam Deck
The anger over a 30fps target for AAA games is weird to me. I understand many may not …