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So apparently Kallie Plagge has accused Vincent Ingenito (both formerly IGN) of sexual harassing her and one unnamed other while they worked together there. She detailed that IGN's HR department treated them both as equally guilty a case of 'inappropriate flirtation' despite his saying abusive things quoted in this tweet.
In a separate case, a Twitter user who I'm not sure has listed a given name has accused Polygon's Phil Kollar of taking advantage of his position as a streamer to get closer to younger women viewers, through text in this case. She continues that she reported this to Polygon, but the website kept the investigation internal and nothing ever came of it.
I would ask that we exhibit earnest care (it's an ethics term, look it up) toward the parties involved in any discussion.
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Uhhhhhhhh what world are we in?
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@DMCMaster You know, not everything has to go through this thread. I noticed you linked the Tekken & Noctis here and for some reason to the Injustice thread as well, but not to the Tekken thread itself. And the day before the same thing with the Injustice & Turtles news. Just saying.
And in general, too. Sure, lots of things are news-worthy and could fit in here, but there are those specific threads for many games as well to discuss about certain new developments.
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@Sentinel-Beach said in That's News!:
You know, not everything has to go through this thread
agreed. i generally don't even pay attention to this thread at all just because of how many god damn comments in here there and this being an unspecific news thread.
i'd MUCH rather see people create specific threads for news worthy topics rather than even try to scroll through the sheer number of comments there are here.
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Xbox One X is selling better than people expected. In UK it's on par with Switch launch sales and exceeded Pro sales.
Also, our dear friend Michael Pachter has raised his estimated 2017 X sales from 1 million to 1.5 million
2017 has bee great. PS4, PSVR, Switch and Xbox One X are all doing well and games have been great, what more could you ask for?
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Really impressive numbers for the X. Took the Pro 4 weeks to hit that in the UK.
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@tokeeffe9 could it be doing better becasue its more of a tech leap then the pro was? or is there another reason
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http://uk.ign.com/articles/2017/11/13/a-statement-from-the-ign-team
That's fucking awful. They literally went to HR about the incident and weren't taken seriously. Not even considering Ingenito, that HR Manager needs to really reconsider their career choice. Good job they're not with the company any more either.
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Fair play to the staff for supporting those women. We could do with a lot more actions like that in general.
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Kinda funny to see how inverse the interest for the PS4 and XBox One SKUs are.
Nobody wanted the vanilla model, but the One X is killing it. Meanwhile, nobody cares about the Pro, but the regular PS4 can't be stopped.
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Maybe as a loose general rule, this topic could be reserved to industry-wide news (business practices, console/publisher/financial info, drama, etc.), and game-specific news should go in their own specific topics?
And as an aside, I'd personally appreciate if leaks/rumors were in a separate topic, since I'm one of those people who enjoy surprise announcements and consider everything a spoiler ;)
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@El-Shmiablo keep in mind that Xbox One X has literally only launched a week ago and that the PS4 Pro did also sell out when it launched.
so does basically every other console in existence including the Wii U when it launched that was selling out but then we all know what happened in the months following.
give it at least 2 or 3 months before saying the Xbox One X is "killing it" because while XB1X is selling well right that could easily change quickly in the following weeks.
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The Game Awards Nominees have been announced
I'm just happy they split up best score and sound design awards. That really bothered me the last year or 2.
And just looking at all the things nominated, boy, what a year. Some great games have missed out and it's tough to say they definitely should have been there just due to the quality.
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@tokeeffe9 my only wish is for ashly burch and andrea rene to win.
Plus zelda and mario doesn't sweep.
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@A7X458 I'd be shocked if Melina Juergens doesn't win best performance.
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@tokeeffe9 This. Hellblade was some amazing shit.
Also if Warframe doesn't win Best Ongoing Game, the entire award means nothing.
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@tokeeffe9 Also Allies are in Jury.
But I do hope that as good as Mario and Zelda are, they don't swoop in all the awards.
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It's actually kind of a new thing for The Game Awards to face. It participated in Zelda Wii U's marketing, so then awarding it could be a conflict of interest.
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@Haru17 Not really. It's no different than an outlet advertising and reviewing a game. Those are seperate teams. The judges have nothing to do with the marketing of a game, that's for Keighley and his team to arrange.
