Newsitorial: When Misspeaking Results in Crucifixion

Pikimal: Because it’s not the start of a new week in the video game industry without a scandal, Gearbox has unwittingly found themselves suddenly in the headlights of the media and community ire this week when the lead designer for Borderlands 2, John Hemingway, referred to a handicap in Borderlands 2 as the “girlfriend skill tree”. And because the only thing gamers seem to like more than playing as female characters for the view is complaining about injustices against females, the term backfired in record time.