Head of Culture is basically the new HR but they've rebranded it to make it sound nicer and more inclusive. It's not a bad thing because all of the bad things that took place in Blizzard are the things this person will deal with. As for the diversity and what not don't stress on it tbh because it's more about bringing a broader base of knowledge into the company. Men and Women do and see things differently and having a work environment that is comfortable for everyone will just improve the games overall. It's not a guarantee but working in a comfortable workplace will bring down stress and anxiety so these people can work better and more efficiently on our games.
I think people are hung up on words because Gen Z and Millennials are obsessed with rebranding and using new words for old things but my generation (Gen-X) did that also etc. so just chill. It's a rebranded HR and it will help make things better for the company assuming she's good at her job.
It is completely beyond me how so many people in the gaming fandom fail to realize that the very reason diversity and culture departments are being introduced to these companies is precisely because so many of these studios operated exactly how these players "wish" they would. It turns out that the demographic of sweaty nerd game developers and generally shitty human beings has a pretty high incidence of overlap.
Honestly curious what the daily schedule of someone in this role would even look like.
This guy gets it. Why can’t we go back to the simpler times where sweaty nerds with issues sexually harassed women? What’s wrong with hiring your friends and environment and not giving chances to different ideas?
I’m in my 30s and i want things that were appealing to the teenage me and the world that existed then!
I'm sure this will make the game(s) good.
Disney is a slimy, exploitative company so I am sure she will fit right in.
All I know is we had Warcraft 2, Warcraft 3 without diversity hires and culture heads or whatever. Valve had no diversity departament while developing Half-Life and Half-Lief 2. Neither did id Software. These games are classic and are highly regarded everywhere. Really makes you think.
Now enjoy your blue-haired developers and inclusivity crusade, where game itself is on the second plane.
Stealthing around and wait until someone say something wrong, or uses bad words like indiana, escimo or using wrong pronouns.
Ah and take a look in job interviews so enough ethnic minority will be hired, even if their skils are worse then the one of the white male american boy.
Infracted.
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Your words, not mine, was a genuine question. Yet somehow I don't recall reading about "diversity departaments" and stuff like that in the gaming magazines I've read 20 years ago. I think it was all about games, not about what company does to satisfy Twitter mob.
That's because they don't care if people are miss treated and they don't have the foresight to see that driving people out of the gaming industry by being garbage humans hurts long game deployment long term.
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Exactly you didn't read about such departments and that's what leads to 20+ years of harassment pass overs assaults and billions of dollars of lawsuits across many of the biggest gaming company's.
All I ever wanted was the truth. Remember those words as you read the ones that follow. I never set out to topple my father's kingdom of lies from a sense of misplaced pride. I never wanted to bleed the species to its marrow, reaving half the galaxy clean of human life in this bitter crusade. I never desired any of this, though I know the reasons for which it must be done. But all I ever wanted was the truth.
I'm just here for the armchair CEOs to angerly scream on how *checks notes* women are destroying their vidya games