GAMING VS RUSSIA - Cutting Out Russia To Support Ukraine (VL636)

As Russia's war against Ukraine continues, companies around the world are being called to give signs of solidarity with Ukraine, including, in the past few days, those of the video game industry.

What actions have CD Projekt (including GOG), Bloober Team, and Electronic Arts taken? Why are some of these actions (and explanations for the same) more understandable than others?

And why should we never stop carefully considering them, regardless of the righteousness of their cause?

Honestly a topic entry point we have never wanted...in Virtual Legality.

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#Russia #Ukraine #War

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Discussed in this episode:

MAPS AND ARTICLES
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/02/europe/russia-ukraine-shifting-map-analysis-intl-cmd/index.html
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-batman-morbius-sonic-2-release-stopped-russia
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/ukraine-wants-russia-cut-off-from-core-internet-systems-experts-say-its-a-bad-idea/
https://www.ign.com/articles/fifa-22-nhl-22-removing-russian-teams-belarus-ea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent

TWEETS
https://twitter.com/GOGcom/status/1499388790288404487/photo/1
https://twitter.com/BlooberTeam/status/1499353861047341059
https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/1498945221337534469?
https://eump.org/media/2022/Goran-Marby.pdf
https://twitter.com/woodyatpch/status/1498472865301098500
https://twitter.com/EamonJavers/status/1499377906178576384
https://twitter.com/EASPORTSFIFA/status/1499057030857777154
https://twitter.com/EASPORTSNHL/status/1499057313730101248
https://twitter.com/Capitalistpig21/status/1496928221983494170

DIRECTOR REPORT (CD PROJEKT)
https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/investors/regulatory-announcements/current-report-no-6-2022/

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