Xbox Creator Nearly Got Fired After Saying Gaming Is Like Masturbating - Kotaku
Back in 2001, one of the key creators behind the original Xbox console, Seamus Blackley, compared gaming to masturbating.
Everybody does it, nobody wants to talk about it.” She responded to the person on Twitter and explained that she had to give credit to Seamus Blackey, often called the father of the Xbox, who originally said that quote all the way back in 2001.
In response to that tweet, Blackley explained that he nearly got fired for that quote.
Of course, Blackley wasn’t fired and helped Microsoft successfully launch the original Xbox and while that initial console didn’t do nearly as well as the PS2, later Xbox consoles have been far more successful