Ten employees have lost their jobs over the incident, and the radio show is permanently off the air.
The "Morning Rave" radio show on KDND 107.9 will be off the air indefinitely according to the station's general manager.
"Effective immediately the "The Morning Rave" program is canceled and 10 employees are no longer with the station," read a statment from John Geary, the station manager.
The program director, promotions director and the three morning DJs are some of the employees who lost their jobs over the incident.
"We're going to pull through," a woman who works at the station said. "(The mood) is pretty somber around here. The whole thing is just a tragedy."
28 year old Jennifer Strange was found dead in her Rancho Cordova home on Friday. A preliminary coroner's report indicated the death "was consistent with water intoxication".
Strange was competing in the "Hold Your Wee for a Nintendo Wii" contest when she died. The following message appeared on the station's web site after the death:
"All of you are probably aware of the tragic death of a contestant, Jennifer Strange, following her participation in a contest on the Morning Rave last Friday.
First and foremost, our thoughts and sympathies go out to Jennifer's family and loved ones.
I also want to assure you that the circumstances regarding this matter are being examined as thoroughly as possible. We are doing everything we can to deal with this difficult situation in a manner that is both respectful and responsible. In the interim, the Morning Rave is off the air indefinitely."
The new unit comprises over 500 developers representing the entire World of Warcraft development team.
I used to be anti-union, it kills productivity, investment and turns product mediocre. Their games suck anyways though so what was lost? Might as well get their people paid until they are dissolved.
Unions are necessary regardless of how you feel. You know how fked the working class would be without them. As if we're not already.
No they aren’t, regardless of how you feel. Unions make zero sense for skill based labor. They are for people who press a button every 10 seconds on an assembly line. “working class” is a made up term. I don’t care about corporations or developers, I just want good games lol. Killing your incentives to appease the lowest common denominator doesn’t lead to great games imo
I wasn’t trying to be offensive if I came off that way. The Union is an old mentality and I can see their usefulness but also the danger. We’re in the age of AI and robots and skill based labor. Unions can be dangerous these days. You could replace your entire workforce in one move. Checkmate. Look to the kiosk replacing workers in the 20 dollar minimum wage era.
Well run businesses don’t need unions. If you need a Union that business won’t survive anyway. Unless it’s propped up by the government with corporate welfare (which is the real issue). If you’re not going to spend some on your workers (Amazon, Google) then your welfare is cut off. No tax breaks. All you put together don’t match their wealth and resources, the union is a traditional memory at this point and counterproductive with this new enemy we face. They need a flying elbow from the top ropes. And by “working class is a made up term” I just mean we’re not a class system and even CEO Bobby Kotick puts in a days work lol. Or did.. It’s just a vague term that doesn’t mean anything no offense lol. People say “middle class” but that can change quick right? Up or down. That’s not a “class system”.
The Simpsons: Hit and Run, The Legend of Dragoon, and Chrono Trigger would benefit substantially from a modern remake.
The Xenosaga trilogy, the Wild Arms games, Xenogears, Parasite Eve, Dino Crisis, Suikoden. The Warriors game I know nothing about but it looks interesting. Anybody can do a list of games they want to see get modernized I would lose my shit if Namco brought the Xenosaga trilogy to modern consoles.
Modders have cooked up something pretty special – a Wii console which is small enough to fit on your keys. A wee Wii.
Good.
Before I am accused of being a devil or heartless, please hear me out. While the radio station definitely needs to take some responsibility for this do all these people have to loose their lively hood over such a tragic accident? A life was lost....and that's a horrible thing, nothing will bring her back. She was a willing participant and an adult capable of making decisions on her own. That's not to say the radio station is exonerated of any responsibility. They fired these people and cancelled the show to avoid a lawsuit. So if this is the radio station's way of fixing things....where is the upper level management's accountabilty? A contest like that would never have happened if the higher ups didn't authorize it...yet they aren't losing their jobs. Also if participants did not have to sign any waiver or anything like that then a lawsuit is inevitable. Cancel the show.....maybe...fire the decision makers that signed off on this event without researching to see if something like water intoxication exists.....definitely, that's negligence. Firing everyone that had anything to do with the show...thats a bit too much in my opinion. This is a terrible tragedy, I feel really bad for her family. I hope that they will be able to pull through this horrible time for them.
Like I said before, this isn't wii news.
I hate these radio focks who enjoy and think its funny by humiliating contestents who so badly need the prize which could have been for her kids or a present to a love one
they humiliated her and know shes dead all for a nintendo wii
What a horrible way to die, I didnt know you could die for holding too long.