These past few weeks have been extremely interesting ones for people who follow the culture around videogames. First, there was the Hitman: Absolution trailer. Then, there was the orgy of misogyny and violence that was E3, which was followed by the cyber-attack on Anita Sarkeesian’s “Tropes vs Women in Video Games” Kickstarter project. All of these events (as well as the Tentacle Bento debacle), underscore a pretty big problem when it comes to gaming culture and women.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Thankfully this girl he targeted had the luxury of a healthy support structure to limit his "repressed nerd-rage" from going any further - many girls do not. Just appalling.
This was a very well written article. Heartfelt while still steeped in logic. Definitely worth a read.
Good article. After working years in the gaming industry I see alot of truth in this. Im a guy that is very respectful to women and the other guys at the office would hate mefor talking to the women at the office as real women rather than"that super cool chick that likes games so we gotta treat her as a total dude"" woman.
It was so obvious that all these guys have struck out with girls time and time again because they cant get over the fact that a normal person can be into nerdy culture yet be a "normal" person. Their view of women is completely messed up.
Nerds do infact need to get outof the cage and see what other things in life canbe good.
Nice article. Since most of it is a story, I have no problems, but I do disagree with this statement:
"Generally, the people who make, enjoy, and market games have no clue how to be respectful of women, and, in some cases, openly detest them."
I think that's as much of a stereotype as the one that says girls are only into games for their boyfriends, or that they only play casual games, etc. There is some truth- for some individuals- in ALL stereotypes, but it's never as common as it seems.
Rather, I think part of the... animosity? that women might face is less about out and out dislike of women, and more a feeling of encroachment into a "man's sanctuary." Not that it's a good mentality to have(Men only, that is), but I think both sides need to understand where the other is coming from.
She's definitely not an attempt to portray all women, but there's a fine line between "stereotype" and "exploitation without a point." I'd argue that LC falls on the "exploitation without a point" side of this debate.
But it's a good debate to have.