""I hope the shooter's name is Mario so that Luigi knows his bro got his back," Drew Harrison, a nearly 10-year veteran of the PlayStation studio, posted in the evening after Kirk was shot and killed during a speaking event at Utah Valley University. A few hours later, the post was screen-grabbed and shared by anti-woke crusader Mark "Grummz" Kern. "Suckerpunch Senior Dev celebrates Charlie Kirk's death," he wrote. " Ghost of Yotei is dead to me now." A streamer who goes by Madamsavvy responded, "No more. Cowards keep quiet. The studio deserves to go under." Kern replied, "No mercy.""
"Harrison subsequently shared on social media that people had been contacting her employer angrily trying to get her fired, and posted a screenshot of a barrage of missed calls from anonymous numbers as evidence of an ongoing harassment campaign. Less than 24 hours later, she was fired. "If standing up against fascism is what cost me my dream job I held for 10 years, I would do it again 100x stronger," she wrote. Sony confirmed her departure in an email to Kotaku but declined to comment further. "Drew Harrison is no longer an employee of Sucker Punch Productions," a spokesperson from Sony Interactive Entertainment wrote."
A contingent of right-wing online figures and their followers used Charlie Kirk's assassination to target people they disliked. Sucker Punch developer Drew Harrison posted a joke about the shooting, which was screen-grabbed and amplified by prominent online figures. The amplification triggered an organized harassment campaign aimed at Harrison and her employer, including numerous angry contacts and missed calls. Less than 24 hours after the post circulated, Sony confirmed that Harrison was no longer employed at Sucker Punch Productions. Harrison said she would repeat her actions if necessary, framing them as opposition to fascism.
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