Developer’s GDC billboard pokes at despised former Google Stadia exec

It's been nearly two years now since game industry veteran Phil Harrison left Google following the implosion of the company's Stadia cloud gaming service. But the passage of time hasn't stopped one company from taking advantage of this week's Game Developers Conference to poke fun at the erstwhile gaming executive for his alleged mistreatment of developers. VGC spotted a conspicuous billboard in San Francisco's Union Square Monday featuring the overinflated, completely bald head of Gunther Harrison, the fictional Alta Interglobal CEO who was recently revealed as the blatantly satirical antagonist in the upcoming game Revenge of the Savage Planet. A large message atop the billboard asks passersby—including the tens of thousands in town for GDC—"Has a Harrison fired you lately? You might be eligible for emotional support." Credit: Google Google's Phil Harrison talks about the Google Stadia controller at GDC 2019. Credit: Google Google's Phil Harrison talks about the Google Stadia contr ... Read full article.