NEW: I spoke with current and former EA employees to understand how the latest layoff round played out and the realities of daily life at the U.S. publisher.
The short version? EA is controlled by an executive class that "cannot fail, only be failed." Workers, then, will always pay the price.
"I don't want to work at this place anymore:" EA workers decry mismanagement and corporate greed after mass layoffs
Current and former EA employees paint a bleak picture of daily life at one of the video game industry's most prominent publishers
ran into some wizzrobes in a zquest classic omega randomizer run that played the item get jingle every time they fired an 8-arrow spreadshot at me. they were only in one room. i miss them. danananaaa
"This remake is inviting new players into this world" is so condescending. Ohh wittle new players oooh you simply cannot handle playing games from 20 years ago...you're too wittle and dumb with your wittle brain
u Got to stop quote retweeting transphobes to dunk on them all youre doing is exposing your trans friends to transphobia they didnt really need to see.. for what? epic internet points
for all the faults with stardom atm theyre doing a good job at pushing and prioritizing younger and fresher names and ngl kairi coming back again would probably just derail that. she can go have fun in roh idc
honestly if she did go to aedub its really a coin toss if shed end up in the mina shirakawa position or if theyd roll out the red carpet and give her the storm/mone treatment (booked like she actually matters)
gamers are so stupid but honestly the industry and community have cultivated this idiocy for ages so it's not really surprising so many of them can paradoxically see a franchise as more worthy of rescue than the people who made it.
After hearing news of BioWare's closure on Wednesday, over 75,000 Mass Effect fans have signed a petition demanding that EA put another studio in charge of the franchise or license out the IP. https://bit.ly/4siIubW
It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.
Saturday #AEWCollision: Fright Night
Artist of STARDOM Championship
Thekla/Julia Hart/Skye Blue vs Hazuki/Koguma/Fuwa-chan
Fuwa-chan beat Julia in Japan! Now TRINITY aims to win STARDOM gold from Triangle of Madness!
Next Saturday, Halloween Night 10/31!
the womens b&g field is like 80% a repeat of last years and barely makes sense but it doesnt contain edge or anyone who debuted literally a year ago so it could be worse
a snarky reaction image attached to a take i disagree with is aggravating by design but its exponentially more obnoxious when its a gif. is this a me problem. am i showing my age (under 35)