1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comChristian Ward Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/christianward/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="anhJcHnPyc"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/a-bad-week-in-the-mushroom-kingdom/">A Bad Week in the Mushroom Kingdom</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/a-bad-week-in-the-mushroom-kingdom/embed/#?secret=anhJcHnPyc" width="600" height="338" title="“A Bad Week in the Mushroom Kingdom” — The Escapist" data-secret="anhJcHnPyc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> As Activision’s Bobby Kotick is finding out, the games industry loves to pick on the big guy. For most of this decade the punching bags were EA and Sony, both of whom are now enjoying a surge in gamer goodwill due to their recent (and mostly self-inflicted) troubles. Into their places have stepped Activision and Nintendo, charged with the high crime of making money, despite – or more likely, because of – the fact that their respective Guitar Hero and Wii Sports/Fit lines have done more to bring new people into gaming than any other in the last decade. No […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/galleries/display/55/55293.jpg