Angry @TheRednerGroup Tweet Explained!

Last week, a publicist working on behalf of 2K, the company behind the eagerly-awaited “Duke Nukem Forever” video game, posted the tweet at left after reading a negative review. Also last week, the publicist and his firm The Redner Group, were fired due to this tweet.

Today, the man who posted that warning, James Redner, authored a guest column on Wired that covers everything from why he sent the infamous tweet to his history playing Atari games to who he is as a human being.

Redner said immediately that the comments he made were his alone, which he reiterates here.

But

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