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I have seen game devs that are public with what company they work for also get death threats/hatred/etc whenever a game comes out that flops even if they didn't work on it specifically. Gamers can come off as a really political audience with a lot of grift money to be made on culture war stuff so it makes sense if you're an apolitical gamedev to stfu.


I've also received surprising levels of vitriol here on HN when I mentioned working for EA (which I did 2015-2019).


There's gamers here too. I'm always surprised at the tonal change in a comment thread on a game related post here.

Sorry we're such a nasty audience. It's not all of us for what little that's worth.


Ahh yes, AKA The Devil. From the Bible. Big fan of his work. /s

Yeah, it sucks. Some people can't separate the grunts just working on features from the suits up top who manage a lot of the things they actual hate. Don't shoot the messenger.




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