The world of video-game mascots is more cutthroat than cuddly – despite the wholesome facade the industry shows. The truth is, not everyone has it as easy as Mario, Sonic and Pac-Man. Parallel to the lives of child-stars – some mascots reign king in their early years only to be thrown to the wolves when someone new and improved comes along. Being on top only to ultimately loose the fame, fortune and perks of being the face of a brand leaves many mascots a shell of what they once were.
Game Informer began to wonder what many of these mascots from the past were up to in the present. Do they hang on to the scraps of their glory days in hopes of recognition? Do they live a life of recluse, only to be coxed out from hiding with the promise of a sub-par reality TV show? Read on to find out what is going on with five of your favorite mascots from the past.
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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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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.
No one can deny that the mascot days drove sales. Mascots gave your platform an identity and now what do we have?
http://www.marcofolio.net/i...
That's our mascot now. No identy at all, whatsoever. If we had Sony marketing a mascot again they'd be doing much better sales wise. Look at history.