Every industry needs a villian. Baseball had George Steinbrenner (PBUH). Talk Radio has Rush Limbaugh. Olympic-level curling presumably has some sort of Blacque Jacque Shellacque-style character. Video gaming is graced with a nattering gnome of negativity in the form of Activision’s Bobby Kotick, and now we can finally tell his story.

Blizzard drops real names, Civilization 5 drops frugality, random GameStop employee drops the ball and DeathSpank drops the hammer down. Can we keep this metaphor and not reference Lord Snoop of Compton? Apparently not.

Side note: Our lament over the absence of Season 3 of 1vs100 was made before this sad news was revealed. The wailing of babes is everpresent.

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