(He’s being modest - he does a lot more than just “yell at video games.” Since 2017, he’s used his platform to raise more than $6 million in donations to organizations including Hope From Home, Save the Children, and Color of Change.) “I don't really want to get too involved in it because I don't know enough - it would be giving out bad information,” he says. Jack demurred from getting too specific about the allegations against Activision Blizzard, though he had more to say about the broader problems facing gaming culture. The now-viral footage shows an all-male panel of developers mocking a female World of Warcraft fan who asked for less overtly sexualized character designs. While there are plenty of examples of things players “weren’t happy with” about Activision Blizzard games over the years, one notable example is a resurfaced video from BlizzCon 2010. “Now it seems like it's kind of bleeding into the company.” There's been stuff in the past with their games that people weren't happy with,” Jack tells Inverse. Blizzard and Activision stuff has kind of been bubbling up on the surface for a long time. “My knowledge of it is kind of like headlines and blurbs here and there, but what I've been hearing is absolutely ridiculous.

But he does acknowledge the issues both within the company and the gaming community at large. Jacksepticeye (real name Seán McLoughlin) - who has more than 27 million subscribers on YouTube and makes his cinematic debut with Disney’s Free Guy - tells Inverse he doesn’t see the Activision Blizzard lawsuit as part of what he does. Others have done their best to avoid discussing the issue entirely.

In response, some popular streamers pivoted from games like Call of Duty and Overwatch to rival titles from less problematic studios. The lawsuit alleges widespread gender-based discrimination and harassment at the company, prompting a walkout from current staff, boycotts of Activision Blizzard games by fans and streamers, and a deluge of discussion about toxic masculinity in gaming culture. In July, the state of California filed suit against Activision Blizzard, the developer and publisher behind smash-hit series including Call of Duty, Overwatch, and World of Warcraft. As video games become the center of mainstream culture, some of gaming’s biggest celebrities have been forced to reckon with the industry's ugly underbelly.

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