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A little bit of politics

I’ve never played World Of Warcraft, or Hearthstone, or indeed any of Blizzard’s time (and money) black holes since the first Starcraft, which is why I was surprised to see in my tailored newsfeed an article on Activision Blizzard hiring controversial Republican Brian Bulatao as CAO. This comes despite laying off presumably thousands of employees in their European restructuring, each almost certainly more invested in gaming and the company than said businessman (how much says he has no clue what a murloc is?).

I shared this with my Hearthstone-playing friend, and also read a few tweets on the subject, and was surprised at how many people had decided that this move was the tolling of the bell for them.

It strikes me as unfair that people are discounting games (or,