Phasmophobia developers apologize and remove Discord admin after social media backlash regarding leaked explicit images
Kinetic Games, the developer behind horror game Phasmophobia, has apologized for how it handled the alleged leak of s*xually explicit images by a Discord admin on its official server.
The indie gaming studio took responsibility for mismanaging the serious accusations against the admin. It also apologized for how one of its developers, Corey "cjdxn" Dixon, brushed the issue aside.
Part of Kinetic Games' statement reads:
The studio added that the admin has been banned from the Discord server and "will no longer have any involvement with the Phasmophobia community."
On September 29, 2022, an individual with the Twitter username CrownedCollider posted a thread accusing Kinetic Games of "housing a s*x pest" on its official Phasmophobia Discord server.
CrownedCollider alleged that the official Phasmophobia Discord admin, Charcoal Salamander, had leaked nude pictures he received from someone and shared them without the permission of the victim.
The user wrote:
Claiming to speak for the victim, CrownedCollider posted screenshots indicating that when he took up the matter with one of the developers, the request to investigate the admin was denied.
In screenshots of the alleged DMs of cjdxn4, the Reddit moniker for Phasmophobia's lead artist, the developer can be seen dismissing the case, describing sharing explicit photographs as "fair game."
The tweets gradually gained a lot of traction, which ultimately forced Kinetic Games to make an apology. The developers took responsibility for not taking action sooner.
In a subsequent clarification tweet, the team provided a timeline of exactly how things panned out.
Turns out, Charcoal Salamander was banned from the server on January 25, 2022, after allegations of se*ual harassment against him. Five
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