The DeanBeat: Be nice. Be kind.
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“Be nice to him, Dean.” Someone said that to me in a meeting this week. Something about my behavior suggested that I might not be nice all of the time, and so it was a good reminder to watch what I say because words matter. I need those reminders now and then, and so I am passing them along to gamers.
Be nice. Be kind.
“The joy of sharing has been driven from me.” Those are the words of Ron Gilbert, the director of the new Return to Monkey Island game, a title that fans have been waiting decades for. Gilbert said in a personal blog (since shut down) that he will no longer post about the game due to online abuse.
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>Ron Gilbert will no longer talk about the game online due to the amount of abuse he has received, particularly about its new art style. https://t.co/dfANMCgKZn pic.twitter.com/bOML95npn9Echoing what my colleague Rachel Kaser said: This is why we can’t have nice things. I have no idea why abusers feel so entitled that they had to harangue a game developer who is working hard on reviving a game series that hasn’t had new content since 2009. Other developers like Neil Druckmann of Naughty Dog and Cory Barlog showed sympathy for Gilbert. They have had their share of abuse too.
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Barlog was on the defensive after a rumored release date announcement for God of War: Ragnarok came and went.
“Dear all,”
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