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That Park Place Responds to Black Girl Gamers’ Cease and Desist Letter

AlexGherzo | Apr 2, 2024 | 0

Remember when Black Girl Gamers threatened legal action against The Park Place over its reporting of their hiring practices? They followed through, sending a cease and desist letter through their legal representatives, Morris, Currin & O’Keefe, P.C. You can see a breakdown of their demands in ...

Gothix Pulls No Punches in Response to Black Girl Gamers

AlexGherzo | Apr 1, 2024 | 1

The gaming world is suddenly aware of Black Girl Gamers and their consulting work, but Gothix has been sounding the alarm on them for a while. A former member of their community, Gothix was shunned and harassed when she said things Black Girl Gamers didn’t like and accused members of their communi...

Scottish Government Official Threatens JK Rowling with Investigation, Possible Arrest

AlexGherzo | Apr 1, 2024 | 1

The Scottish government – or one of its ministers, at least – is threatening JK Rowling. The Harry Potter author has been vocal about her opposition to trans women being considered the same as actual women and being allowed in female spaces, like women’s bathrooms, women’s prisons, and the ...

Xbox Global Marketing Head Calls Out “White Dudes”

AlexGherzo | Mar 29, 2024 | 1

Xbox is tired of all these white men in gaming. In an X post from March 27, 2024, Kelly Lombardi, Xbox’s global head of marketing, encouraged gamers who were “not a white man” to raise their hands because “minorities have to fight to prove they exist” in the gaming industry. Lombardi’s X...

Side Scrollers Stopped on YouTube While Talking Politics in Gaming

AlexGherzo | Mar 28, 2024 | 4

It’s not paranoia if they’re really out to get you. Today on Side Scrollers, the video gaming podcast hosted by Stuttering Craig and the Blabbering Collector, Craig and Blabs were joined by guests BX and Gothix to discuss some disturbing current events. BX is an independent investigator who was ...

An Interview with Melonie Mac

AlexGherzo | Mar 24, 2024 | 5

Kotaku is going down fighting, and they’ve set their sights on Melonie Mac. Alyssa Mercante, the author of that Sweet Baby Inc. article that led (at least partly, one assumes) to Kotaku shifting its focus from news articles to video game guides, was caught trying to get dirt on Melonie on X, but w...