video gaming
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Roblox Sues YouTuber For Around $2 Million Over Terrorising Kids Platform
Roblox is finally taking notorious YouTuber Benjamin “Ruben Sim” Simon to court over his alleged attacks on the gaming social media platform and its young fans. A lawsuit filed in California court on Tuesday wants the longtime banned player to pay $US1.6 million (around $2 million) in damages and stop harassing Roblox employees and players.
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Report: Activision Took Years to Fire Someone Who Signed Emails ‘1-800-ALLCOCK’
A California lawsuit earlier this year alleged sexual harassment, discrimination, and a pervasive “frat boy culture” at Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard. At least in one instance, that culture included an employee signing all of his work emails as “1-800-ALLCOCK.”
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Atari’s New Collectible Game Cartridges Off To A Rocky Start
Yesterday the folks at whatever counts as Atari these days launched Atari XP, a series of collectible and playable Atari 2600 cartridges featuring homebrew and prototype games never officially physically released. The cartridge collection’s debut was a bit messy, however, incorrectly attributing a 2005 ROM hack of Yars’ Revenge to legendary Atari programmer Howard Scott…
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Once, He Was At The Mercy of Snipers and Explosions IRL. Now He’s A Fortnite Pro.
It isn’t always easy turning tragedy into triumph, but Mounir “33 Mony” Mkhallati is no stranger to that odyssey. Once a child during a tumultuous time in Syria, 33 Mony has gone on to earn some $US60,000 (A$81,147) since competing in the pro Fortnite gaming circuit and joining esports organisation Team 33.