The saga of the Avenger Controller and Paul Christoforo continues, although it appears to be finally headed toward a final resolution.
For those who may have missed this seemingly unbelievable story that has unfolded over the course of this final week of the year, an email chain between someone who purchased two Avenger Controllers and Paul Christoforo (pictured above), the product's now former marketing/sales/PR/customer service man, was published on Penny Arcade. In the emails Christoforo can be seen being rude, unprofessional, and unhelpful to the customer, listing off the many connections he allegedly has in the games industry and the press, and saying things like, "You just got told bitch." Penny Arcade's Mike Krahulik became involved and was also the target of Christoforo's typo-laden emails at one point before Krahulik revealed himself to be the real-life version of Gabe from the comic. In other words, someone influential whom Christoforo couldn't bully.
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