Shortcast 73 - English Major Math

OPPORTUNITY DIABLOWN: At the end of the keynote presentation for this year's BlizzCon––a convention devoted to game developer, Blizzard, created by game developer, Blizzard––the wildly successful PC developer announced a new entry into its long-running and beloved Diablo franchise: Diablo: Immortal. While ostensibly a new Diablo game, Diablo: Immortal is a phone game made not by Blizzard but by Chinese mobile developer, NetEase, and it was decidedly not the game fans wanted news about: Diablo IV. In a backlash of epic proportions, Blizzard has tried to course-correct which only dug them in deeper, D. Bethel and Andrew investigate the aloofness of Blizzard, the entitlement of fandom, and the hazy trouble in-between.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Bethel, D. "The Week - 26 October 2018." Long John. ––Where D. Bethel wrote about people judging texts based on news, images, previews without actually seeing the final content. Good, Owen S. "Misprint Gives Super Mario Bros. 3 Fans a Poetry Book Called 'Grabbing Pussy'." Polygon. Vox Media, 07 Nov. 2018. Gordon, Rob. "Blizzard Is Working on 'Multiple' Diablo Projects." Screen Rant. Screen Rant, 09 Aug. 2018. Grayson, Nathan. "Blizzard Says It Wasn't Expecting Fans to Be This Angry About Diablo Immortal." Kotaku. Gizmodo Media Group, 03 Nov. 2018. Kuchera, Ben. "Diablo: Immortal Broke the Unspoken Rules of Blizzard, and BlizzCon." Polygon. Vox Media, 05 Nov. 2018. McWhertor, Michael. "Blizzard Responds to Diablo: Immortal Backlash." Polygon. Vox Media, 03 Nov. 2018. Boss Fight Books' Super Mario Bros. 3 printing error Twitter thread.

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