@downnice95: I don't even think they truly know if those bomb threats were even done by gamers at all, so I think that's still up for speculation.
With that being said, everything else does have a lot of truth to it. From the Zoe Quinn and Phil Fish fiasco, the PSN/Xbox Live hacks, and the games journalism corruption (which has happened for a while) are definitely issues that need to be addressed. I do agree that this is a great community, but it has been poisoned by trolls and scoundrels. It needs to stop for sure, but it must take the collective efforts of both game developers and gamers themselves if we're ever going to see a true change away from this bullshit.
Crap like that happens because chronic failures would rather harass those who succeed (usually through a lot of hard work, especially with solo developers like Zoe) so that they aren't the only ones who feel like shit. It's absolutely not right but it's all these people have. They have no job (or if they do have one, minimal hours and pay), no friends and nothing else constructive going on in their lives. It's as sad as it is infuriating, especially given that they hurt something we love because they tear down the people who are essentially the salvation of the industry.
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