Activision-Blizzard Sued By California

[Endus]

You spelled cartridge wrong :P

I think you meant "multiple 5 1/4 inch floppies"

[Kallisto]

I think you meant "multiple 5 1/4 inch floppies"

oh please. It's cassettes or nothing. :P

[Masark]

oh please. It's cassettes or nothing. :P

Not a spool of paper tape?

[Forogil]

Not a spool of paper tape?

I agree that it was cassettes when thinking of getting games to the computer in the early days. You could actually buy such games for them.

Obviously there were paper tape and punch cards for earlier computer, but the number of persons that used for them playing games was small - and I don't know if they were sold.

[Shadowferal]

I'm starting to miss asteroids...and pong.

[Attackrabbit]

I think you meant "multiple 5 1/4 inch floppies"

Last time I was at my mum's house I found my box of games for the BBC Micro....giant floppies galore

oh please. It's cassettes or nothing. :P

The first games I played were ones I had to type in myself from a book my dad brought home from the library

[Kallisto]

Last time I was at my mum's house I found my box of games for the BBC Micro....giant floppies galore



The first games I played were ones I had to type in myself from a book my dad brought home from the library

I think I still have one of those kinds of books up in the loft. Now we really are going old school.

[Diaphin]

I think you meant "multiple 5 1/4 inch floppies"

Its a homoerotic depiction of a half-nude barbarian man with a massive sword made out of plastic.

[Flarelaine]

I have already disposed of my collection of tapes and floppies. Whichever of those games stood the test of time is online somewhere in emulated or remastered format.

[Verdugo]

Activision-Blizzard HR department now accused of shredding evidence.

No bottom for this barrel.

[Edge-]

Activision-Blizzard HR department now accused of shredding evidence.

No bottom for this barrel.

https://twitter.com/Megan_Nicolett/s...51288944644106

Sauce for that.

Also California has expanded the lawsuit to cover contract/temp workers as well. Seems like the quiet period didn't do Activision-Blizzard any favors. Well, they're not doing themselves favors.

[callipygoustp]

https://twitter.com/Megan_Nicolett/s...51288944644106

Sauce for that.

Wow.... just fucking wow!

[Edge-]

Wow.... just fucking wow!

Yeah, if they can prove that that's uh...very bad both for the company and for any idiot dumb enough to have shredded documents.

Protip: If your employer asks you to break the law, or get close to breaking the law, don't do it.

[Xyonai]

https://twitter.com/Megan_Nicolett/s...51288944644106

Sauce for that.

Also California has expanded the lawsuit to cover contract/temp workers as well. Seems like the quiet period didn't do Activision-Blizzard any favors. Well, they're not doing themselves favors.

Looks like we're in - Possible? - Felony Territory now boys and girls. Goddamn.

[Rennadrel]

https://twitter.com/Megan_Nicolett/s...51288944644106

Sauce for that.

Also California has expanded the lawsuit to cover contract/temp workers as well. Seems like the quiet period didn't do Activision-Blizzard any favors. Well, they're not doing themselves favors.

I doubt we are going to see any light at the end of this dark tunnel for a while yet, and I don't think we've hit rock bottom yet.

[Jastall]

Yeah, this shredding of evidence may not be evidence itself, legally speaking, but it is pretty damning. There's absolutely no denying that the higher-ups knew these things were happening, had files on everything, knew it was wrong, and didn't hesitate to sweep it under the rug.

Was something similar discovered in the Ubisoft or Riot Games cases, by the by? I didn't follow those very closely but seems to me destruction of evidence sounds less like a case for a worker's right court that can only gives slap-on-the-wrist fines and more like an actual crime.

[KOUNTERPARTS]

So instead of cleaning out all of the shit stacking up in their company, they opted to just keep raising the ceiling to make room for more.

[Cosmic Janitor]

So instead of cleaning out all of the shit stacking up in their company, they opted to just keep raising the ceiling to make room for more.

Kinda ironic how the leadership employs the same design principles as their devs.

[Low Hanging Fruit]

It just never ends with these people does it.

[Draco-Onis]

I doubt we are going to see any light at the end of this dark tunnel for a while yet, and I don't think we've hit rock bottom yet.

We know how they treat full time employees, you can only imagine how badly the temps get it.