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NEW: It's harder than ever for game companies to get funding — and even worse for studios led by marginalized devs. Even at a peak in 2021, $4.1B in VC funding went to 223 companies led by men, while $1.2M went to 5 companies led by women.
Nicole Carpenter
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Nicole Carpenter
@sweetpotatoes
Joined August 2008
- my poor squishmallows!!! im moving in a few days and there was no other way
- Bayonetta’s original voice actor, Hellena Taylor, says she was offered $4K to voice the character in Bayonetta 3, which she turned down. She’s now asking fans to boycott the new game, which is scheduled for release later this month.Friends, Worldlings, Bayonutters. Hear ye! #PlatinumGames #Nintendo #Bayonetta #Bayonetta3 #Bayonutters #Boycott #NintendoEurope #NintendoAmerica #NintendoJapan
00:00 - Over the weekend, a clip of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's suspension bridge in the Marakuguc Shrine went viral — and game devs were freaking out. I spoke to some devs to find out what exactly makes the bridge so impressive:Why Tears of the Kingdom’s bridge physics have game developers wowed polygon.com/legend-zelda-t…
GIF - the bad news is that the squishmallows broke out of their vacuum sealed bag last night, but the good news is that I got to take a video this morning
00:00 - NEW: Raven Software QA workers announced this morning that they're officially unionizing. They're asking Activision Blizzard to voluntarily recognize their efforts.
- Activision Blizzard is being sued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing after a two year investigation into discrimination against women there. There are a lot of hard to read details here into the "frat boy" culture.
- I spoke to 12 former Fullbright employees about a toxic culture that hindered a bright, talented team. It's not explicit sexism and harassment, but shows how microaggressions and employee mistreatment can break down a group a people. Their story:
- Replying to @sweetpotatoesThe really cool thing about this clip (which I took) and the clip from the viral tweet (embedded in the story) is that we attached the bridge to the cart in slightly different ways and yet it changed the weightiness of how the bridge is pulled so much!
- This is the fourth lawsuit related to the Activision Blizzard gender-based discrimination and sexual harassment allegations. The company is also under investigation with the SEC (discrimination) and the DOJ (Overwatch League).US employment watchdog sues Activision Blizzard over discrimination claims theverge.com/2021/9/27/2269…
- In a bizarre studio closure and layoff message to staff, Possibility Space owner Jeff Strain blamed the studio closure on employees leaking information to the press.
- Activison Blizzard employees will walk out of work Wednesday in protest of leadership’s “abhorrent” response to the DFEH harassment lawsuit. The workers have four demands, including ending mandatory arbitration. polygon.com/e/22359744
