Sujet : Re: Ugh... Activision
De : spallshurgenson (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Spalls Hurgenson)
Groupes : comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.actionDate : 16. Mar 2025, 15:57:59
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On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:28:05 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
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Apparently, in an attempt to do market research, Activision has been
posting AI-generated images of popular brands, hoping to gauge
customer interest by how many people click on the links.*
On a vaguely-Activision related note: ex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick
has shoved himself into the news cycle again. He's suing a media
company about an article that was reporting on the case against him
regarding all that sexual harrasment and discrimination that was going
on under his nose while heading Activision. The gist of his argument
seems to be that the article didn't mention that the case was settled
out of court and this lack somehow turned the article into a spurious
hit-piece against him.
Normally this sort of case would get SLAPP'd out of the courts pretty
quickly, since America's first-amendment freedom of the press
protections are pretty strong... but these days the rule of law isn't
as highly regarded in that country, so who knows.
I didn't like that Microsoft bought Activision, but the one good thing
that came out of it was that Kotick was ousted. I was hoping we'd get
a longer respite before he resurfaced, though.