#welovegamedevs!
Hard
times for game devs... after the whole (very sad) Zoe
Quinn affair, only few days ago Polygon
reported that “game dev harassment remains as bad as it was a year
ago”, when it seemed to reach a fevered pitch. The International
Game Developers Association is now creating a special interest group
to investigate mental health, even if it decided against support
groups. Kate Edwards, the executive director of IGDA said: “We are
also exploring methods by which we can educate game players on how
they can and should interact with developers”.
Yesterday,
on twitter the hashtag
#welovegamedevs
become
trending and thousands of gamers used it to underline their love and
appreciation for the developers of their favorite games. The hashtag
has been launched by Keith Stuart of The Guardian, who wrote “Maybe
everyone should think of a game they really love then tweet the
developer and tell them. Tag it #welovegamedevs
(I know I'm a hippy)”. The initiative immediately found the support
of many and echoed through the internet (see e.g. Gamasutra,
Dual
Shockers and Crave
online). #welovegamedevs become trending, first in the UK and
than in the US, showing the best side of the game community and,
incidentally, making Keith Stuart cry : “Do you think we can get
#welovegamedevs
trending? If we do, we win today! (You will also see a grown man cry
a bit)”.
PS
If
you didn't do it yet, look up at these tweets, both from gamers and
grateful developers, it is a “faith in humanity restored” sort of
thing!
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