A follower sent in this link with commentary: “
I’m submitting this way in case the mods want to share the link, but I read an absolutely disheartening article written by a game developer who is tired of the normalization of abuse. He shows several examples of gamers tweeting vile and hateful things at game developers. The reason I found the article is because Patrick Weekes replied to it and agreed. As a one-time professional game reviewer, a lifelong gamer, and someone who would dearly love to write for a game, I’m sick at the idea that there are people who not only treat the devs this way, but think it’s perfectly right and proper that they do so. These people make things that we love and even if we don’t agree with all their choices, they have a claim to our respect and politeness at the very least. We as fans need to do better.
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tw on the link for homophobia, r-word, gendered slurs, just all round awful abuse from fans.
The topic every game dev is talking about behind closed doors : The cost of doing business
We Are What We Feel 