(or "why the community is too harsh on developers")
Jack Bradley writes - "We have all seen them at least once before. Trolls. They fester inside the comment sections and forums of pretty much any website. They are like parasites, feeding by throwing hate and verbal abuse at someone, hoping the victim will toss some back. In this day and age, however, many people on the internet have enough common sense to see what they are doing, and will either ignore or embarrass them. There is one type of person, though, that are still susceptible to these kind of attacks. Indie developers."
Valve CEO Gabe Newell has been ordered to attend an in-person deposition regarding an antitrust lawsuit filed by Wolfire games.
Big deal. He has to give a deposition i. person wowie. He requested to it remotely because you CAN request this and this is common as F especially with heads from larger companies being involved. Next.
If he can announce Left 4 Dead 3 after going to court, that would make us all happy
Valve recently released its 25th anniversary documentary on Half-Life where Gabe Newell emphasized why delaying the game was important.
I am shocked Gabe is still with us. Absolutely expected a widowmaker heart attack to take him out years ago. He never took care of himself. Hope for the rest of us?
Well it's staying true to its name, bc it's taking half my life to see a proper sequel.
And yet even with multiple delays, nowadays there's no guarantee that a game will being functional.
New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan sent Valve a letter decrying the vast amount of white supremacist imagery in its user generated content and community spaces.
I would like a response from him, they should crack down on that to an extent. If they supporting that crap get rid of it of its killing Nazi I'm down with that.
Ask that senator what she thinks about the actual nazis in ukraine that the US is funding, arming and training.
It gets old watching politicians worrying about videogames 24/7 as they accomplish nothing positive in Washington year after year.