They’re still effectively blacklisted from the industry, because since then they’ve refused to reform and play Good PR Robot like reviewers are supposed to do (because the AAA games industry thinks ‘reviewer’ and ‘critic’ are synonyms for ‘PR person in a gig economy’), shining light on repeated abuses and scandals in the industry, both internal scandals like this (discrimination, worker abuse, fraud, the normalisation of crunch culture and not paying workers) and ways at which the AAA industry scams players (abuses of early access, loot boxes and ‘pay to win’ mechanics that used to be the realm of free-to-play games now dominating paid titles while the prices of those titles also go up, abusive subscription models and ‘always online’ services, fun little tricks that companies love to pull with “remastered” games, and lately NFTs).
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James Stephanie Sterling in one of a very small number of game reviewers out there with an actual fucking spine and a moral code made from titanium. They knew this would tank their career, they knew they were throwing away an incredibly promising future. Reviewers were told not to talk about it and, when it became impossible to contain, to not talk about it where it’s “irrelevant” – that is, never mention or hint at any such stuff when actually reviewing and promoting Ubisoft games, because it’s a separate thing, see, no need to distract from the game (Ubisoft’s goal here was to be able to continue to advertise their games to players who hadn’t heard about it, and wait out the scandal until those who had just assumed everything was dealt with and forgot, which worked).
Why? Because a massive scandal broke at the major game publisher Ubisoft revealing a culture of systematic sexual abuse, including high-ranking officials within the company that would regularly drug and rape female employees, which management and HR seemed fully aware of and would protect and move around the perpetrators Catholic-church-style. Jim used to be a relatively big name reviewer back in the Angry Trillby Reviewer Days until they suddenly ‘quit’ their job with the very prominent games journalism company they worked for and were summarily blacklisted by the entire AAA industry. I would like to share that they are using exclusively they/them pronouns at this time :-)
We love and appreciate James Stephanie Sterling in this house Give their videos a look see if you are interested in hearing about workers rights in the creative industry. They recently came out as non-binary “gender trash” (his words, not mine) and uses he/they/any pronouns according to his Twitter. He also raised concerns about the addictive nature of stuff like loot boxes and micro transactions long before anyone else did. His name is Jim Sterling and he is a rather… colorful games journalist who actually uses his platform to report on stuff like horrible working conditions, abuse and even stuff like sexual assault in the games industry. Now, you are only a little damp, let’s get your stuff inside, move my stuff into my dorm, then we can go get dinner in the student union. Your dad told the school you have a medical problem and they paired you with a roommate who also has a medical problem so you should be fine. Remember, no potties, if you need a change you text me to come change you and text your dad a picture to get his permission for a change.Ī roommate? Of course. Yes, but we have to get through this year first. Plus, if I keep checking and changing you, and we stay together, he will pay for my college tuition as well and told me that next year he’ll pay for us to get our own apartment. Good, lower your pants and show me front and back. You don’t want him to stop paying for your schooling, do you? Yes, here, you know the only way your dad would let me bring you is if you were kept in your diapers and I sent him the videos of your diaper checks. Ok, sweetie, we’re here, let’s get your diaper checked then move you into your dorm.īut, but, here? In the parking garage? Where anyone could see me? Daddy asked me for a diaper check and good baby girls do what they’re told 😇
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