Kotaku - Disclaimer: I was a key creative in what is often considered one of the more "dudebro" franchises out there, Gears of War. I'd also like to remind everyone out there that I went out of my way in working with our team, the writers, and Epic's artists to make sure that female characters are represented well in that franchise. By the time we got around to Gears 3 the female soldiers were kicking butt right alongside the men in outfits that weren't drastically different than the men's, and with a restrained depiction of hair and makeup. (I was just tired of seeing stripper looking female game characters after all of those years…ironic, considering how exaggerated the men were.)
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Not clicking on your article otherwise.
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EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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Anyone can be a tough-talker behind the anonymity of the internet. I've always thought it would be a fascinating social experiment to replace Xbox Live gamertags with names and addresses and see how quickly behavior changes.
As an example, in the news today is light-weight Boxing champ Curtis Woodhouse who apparently took the time to find where his most noisy twitter abuser lived. Needless to say, the foul-mouthed loud talker IMMEDIATELY changed his tune upon learning that a champion boxer was looking for him in his neighborhood. (Woodhouse left once he saw the guy started playing nice. I wouldn't recommend doing this, but it is a great example of my point.)
Really though, being sexist, racist, or otherwise any form of bigot is much harder when the world knows it is you.
That in mind, a simple step toward a more mature industry is to act online like you would in real life. Be courteous.
No one should ever knock equality. But, the world is not equal or fair and it probably shouldn't be.
Here's your cookie.
You aren't going to change people. Nor is online behavior of consumers really representative of the industry.
The best way to deal with bullies and trolls is to completely ignore them.
Ignore them on the internet and roundhouse kick them in real life.
The maturity of gamers and the maturity of gaming are two different things. Bullying says much more about the person than it does the industry.