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Inside the Disarray Facing the Video Game Organization Behind E3 by Injustice 05/11/2019, 7:51pm PDT
Variety's Brian Crecente wrote:

In the past, when Gallagher would suggest something that other ESA employees thought might be off-putting to the game industry at large, they were able to guide him away from potential landmines.

But it appears he began to push even further into his conservative views. He was, one source told Variety, a big fan of Trump’s — stocking his office with Trump wine and proudly displaying a copy of Trump’s boxed game in his office. This was something that some office visitors (often members of the typically left-leaning video game industry) found worrisome, sources said. To make matters worse, Gallagher started pushing for the ESA to publicly support Trump-backed policies when possible, a shift in behavior compared to his arms-length approach to the Obama administration.

The ultimate proof that the multi-billion dollar videogames industry is actually a liberal conspiracy: some of its members were put off by an office full of Donald Trump memorabilia.

Variety's Brian Crecente wrote:

Following the leadership change in the board, Gallagher asked if they would approve the creation of a new role: chief of staff, with an eye on promoting a young employee, sources said. But several members of the board questioned his need for one.

Months later, Gallagher fired a well-respected, high-level staff member, sources said. Gallagher then created a new title and gave the young employee a raise, assigning her several high-profile roles at the association once held by the person fired, according to sources. This move was particularly devastating to morale, sources said. Internal unhappiness with the series of changes was made worse by the fact that some believed the employee wasn’t ready to take on the added responsibility. In one internal email sent to Variety, a working group noted that there were fundamental problems with a major plan by the employee and that it wasn’t ready to be rolled out.

What Brian is tiptoeing around here is the implication that this tight, young employee didn't get where she is through professional merit alone. Do you have any idea how hard it is to call a woman a whore in print these days? Especially when your only source is anonymous gossip?
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Inside the Disarray Facing the Video Game Organization Behind E3 by Injustice 05/11/2019, 7:51pm PDT NEW
    Re: Inside the Disarray Facing the Video Game Organization Behind E3 by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/14/2019, 7:25am PDT NEW
        You skimmed over a key line in that quote, ICJ... by Mischief Maker 05/14/2019, 8:30am PDT NEW
            More fundamentally, Trump is an unamerican piece of shit so . . . NT by laudablepuss 05/14/2019, 11:08am PDT NEW
            While we're skimming by Vested Id 05/14/2019, 12:13pm PDT NEW
                I don't know the answer to this. I'm not in the games industry or America. by Injustice 05/20/2019, 2:01am PDT NEW
            I'll take that for a "tax cuts and nothing else" NT by Vested Id 05/15/2019, 3:12pm PDT NEW
                The trillions of dollars of welfare for corporations was a tax cut. OK. NT by The Happiness Engine 05/19/2019, 2:27pm PDT NEW
                    Thank you for this idiotic reply NT by Vested Id 05/19/2019, 6:08pm PDT NEW
                        No, thank you for being unrelenting lying garbage. NT by The Happiness Engine 05/27/2019, 10:36am PDT NEW
                            Didn't lie, don't know what you're getting at, by all means elaborate NT by Vested Id 05/27/2019, 12:15pm PDT NEW
                    I also like the "and nothing else" part by laudablepuss 05/19/2019, 8:04pm PDT NEW
                        What's wrong with you buddy? You're the most hysterical person on this board. by Vested Id 05/19/2019, 8:24pm PDT NEW
                            Re: What's wrong with you buddy? You're the most hysterical person on this by Dan Driedelberg 05/19/2019, 8:36pm PDT NEW
                                Where's the confusion? NT by Vested Id 05/19/2019, 11:36pm PDT NEW
 
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