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Blizzard's new boss wants to have fun with games. But first, his company is in a crisis

By Todd Martens
Mike Ybarra, chief of video game studio Blizzard Entertainment, at the company's headquarters in Irvine, California. — Los Angeles Times/TNS

LOS ANGELES: Mike Ybarra is a man chosen to lead in a historic moment.

His Blizzard Entertainment has been singled out as a symbol of the male-dominated gaming community's worst impulses, specifically those that include boorish, frat-boy-like traits.

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