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00:00I ' M JOINED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE REBELLION PACK AND LONGTIME ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN IN GAMING. YOU HAVE FOUGHT A LONG TIME FOR INCLUSION IN THIS INDUSTRY SINCE BEFORE -- WHEN YOU YOURSELF BECAME A TARGET. YOU DON ' T THINK THE DEAL IS GOOD FOR THE GAMING COMMUNITY AND WORKERS. WHY NOT? > > FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE TODAY. I THINK IT HAS POTENTIAL TO BE GOOD. I THINK WE NEED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. YOU ' RE COMING FROM MICROSOFT, A COMPANY WITH VERY MIXED TREATMENT OF WOMEN IN THE GAMING WORLD. THERE ACQUIRING ACTIVISION/BLIZZARD, WHO HAD A SET OF SCANDALS WITH THE WAY THEY HAVE TREATED WOMEN, TO THE POINT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS PURSUING SOME RATHER SHOCKING CASES AGAINST THEM. IT LOOKS LIKE THE CEO IS GOING TO EXIT THE COMPANY. MOST PEOPLE WHO LOOKED AT THIS STORY THINGS IT IS A GOOD DIRECTION. PUT WILL MICROSOFT BE A GOOD STEWARD? VIDEOGAME COMPANIES ARE NOTHING WITHOUT THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEM. THE SIMPLE FACT IS, WE SEE TURNOVER IN THE VIDEOGAME INDUSTRY WITH WORKING FROM HOME AND THE PANDEMIC. PEOPLE HAVE OPTIONS WHERE THEY GO TO WORK. IT IS IMPERATIVE MICROSOFT RIGHT THE SHIP SO THEY HAVE THE BEST PEOPLE MAKING GAMES. EMILY: YOU HAVE HAD A LOT OF CALLS FOR HIM TO RESIGN, INCLUDING FROM EMPLOYEES THEMSELVES. IT IS NOT CLEAR HE WILL LEAVE THE COMPANY AFTER THE DEAL IS DONE. IF HE DID LEAVE, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD SOLVE THE CULTURAL ISSUES, OR DOES IT RUN MUCH DEEPER? > > IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTING, IT IS VERY CLEAR CULTURE COMES FROM THE TOP OF THESE COMPANIES. ACCORDING TO STORIES THAT HAVE,, HE PERSONALLY INTERCEDED WITH MANY OF THESE SEXUAL-HARASSMENT INVESTIGATIONS. THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS. BUT IT IS REALLY HARD TO IMAGINE IT NOT GETTING BETTER. IF YOU LOOK AT THE XBOX DIVISION, TODAY IT IS NOT WHAT IT WAS IN 2014 OR 2015. A LOT MORE WOMEN IN SENIOR LEADERSHIP. THE STORIES ARE COMING OUT OF THEIR DIVISION. MICROSOFT ARE MUCH BETTER THESE DAYS. I THINK IT IS AN ENCOURAGING SIGN. BUT IT ALSO KIND OF PUTS THESE EFFORTS TO PUSH HIM OUT OF THE DOOR ON HOLD AS WE WAIT FOR THIS MERGER TO GO THROUGH. EMILY: SATYA NADELLA USED THE WORD INCLUSION, COMMITTING TO THE GAMING INDUSTRY, BECOMING MORE INCLUSIVE, DO YOU BELIEVE SOMETHING MICROSOFT UNDERSEA -- UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP CAN PULL OFF, GIVEN HOW DEEP-SEATED THESE ISSUES ARE, BUT MICROSOFT DOES HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF MAKING BIG ACQUISITIONS WORK. REX I COULD NOT AGREE MORE. THE WOMEN WORK IN MICROSOFT HAVE GOOD THINGS TO SAY GENERALLY. WHEN IT COMES TO THESE CULTURAL ISSUES, YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO PEOPLE TRACK RECORDS. WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, IF THEY HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN SOLVING THESE ISSUES. MICROSOFT HASN ' T BEEN PERFECT, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD OVERALL. I BELIEVE IN THIS MOVE. THERE ' S ALSO THE ISSUE OF WHO GETS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE PLATFORM. IF YOU LOOK AGAIN PASS. THIS IS THE KIND OF CENTER PRODUCT FOR XBOX. THEY HAVE A REAL HISTORY OF TAKING IN THE GAMES, WHICH DISPROPORTIONATELY ARE MADE BY WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LGBT PEOPLE AND REALLY PUTTING THEM CENTER STAGE. YOU HAVE A GAME LIKE UNPACKED THEY CAME OUT LAST YEAR. IT WON MANY AWARDS. IT IS A STELLAR GAME. THAT IS A KIND OF OPPORTUNITY THAT GETS THE CHANCE TO BE IN FRONT OF MORE EYEBALLS OF SOMETHING LIKE GAME PASS. EMILY: I HAVE TO ASK ABOUT YOUR EFFORTS TO GET GAMER GATES TO THE SMALL SCREEN. TALK ABOUT THE THEORIES AND WHAT WE WILL LEARN ABOUT HOW MUCH THE GAMING INDUSTRY HAS AND HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE. > > IT WAS ANNOUNCED A FEW WEEKS AGO. WE ARE WORKING WITH HOLLYWOOD TO TURN IT INTO A TELEVISION SERIES. IF YOU REALLY DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION, THERE IS A STRAIGHT LINE TO GAMER GATE IN THIS CULTURE OF HOW WE FIGHT ONLINE, MISINFORMATION, AND A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND AMPLIFYING THESE DARK FORCES WHO HAVE POISONED AMERICAN CULTURE. THAT IS THE TELEVISION SHOW WE ARE WORKING TO PUT TOGETHER. IT IS A MIX OF FICTION AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION OF WHAT HAPPENED. THE TRUTH IS, THE VIDEOGAME INDUSTRY IS A MAGICAL PLACE TO WORK. WE HAVE OUR STRUGGLES, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT REPRESENTED

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