Tag: Eric July

Social Media User Targets Mrs. Nerdrotic and the Critical Drinker’s Family

We all know “haters gonna hate,” but it still feels jarring when you see the extent to which some people will take that maxim. This past week saw the annual Friday Night Tights Las Vegas Meet-Up, and it looked like a great time was had by all. But that didn’t stop some social media malcontent...

Grummz Reveals Another Way Community Managers Ruin Games

Former Blizzard producer Mark Kern, alias Grummz, has been talking about the ubiquity of video game community managers who have a clear sociopolitical agenda and say disturbing things about race and the gamers they’re supposed to interact with. I wrote about it a few days ago when Grummz posted ab...

Soska Sisters Announce Bloodruth, Their Next Rippaverse Book

On the heels of their million-dollar-and-counting Rippaverse debut, Yaira #1 (which you can pre-order here), Jen and Sylvia Soska have officially announced their next book under Eric July’s indie comic label: Bloodruth #1.  Details are scant at the moment, but Bloodruth will be a horror comic, ...

Video Game Producer Mark Kern Talks Sweet Baby Inc. and ESG in Gaming

Have you been questioning the sanity of video game developers using consulting companies like Sweet Baby Inc. when it seems abundantly clear that gamers don’t like the changes they “suggest”? Today, an expert explained what their reasoning is. Mark Kern, a former producer at Blizzard Entertain...

Yaira #1 Campaign Passes $1 Million in 24 Hours

The Rippaverse’s newest star has joined the million-dollar club faster than her predecessors. Around 11:00 AM Eastern this morning, twenty-four hours after it launched, the Yaira #1 campaign officially passed $1 million in pre-sales. This is a new Rippaverse record, surpassing the first campaign,...

Yaira #1 May be the Biggest Rippaverse Hit Yet

UPDATE 1: As of 6:18 PM Eastern, Yaira #1 has taken in $806,099 in pre-sales. UPDATE 2: As of 10:48 PM Eastern, Yaira #1 is at $914,294. Can it break $1 million by midnight? UPDATE 3: No, it won’t, but as of 12:11 AM Eastern, Yaira #1 is at $940,082. UPDATE 4: She did it! …

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