Make your complaints heard about bad games, says Dragon Age veteran Mark Darrah, but your $70 doesn't buy you cruelty
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Summary
In a new video, Dragon Age veteran Mark Darrah has spoken out against gamer harassment and toxicity, stating that “your $70 doesn’t buy you cruelty,” and urging gamers to express their anger at the studios responsible for the games, rather than at individual developers.
Darrah highlights the complexity of the game development process and the numerous factors that could result in issues or aspects that gamers don’t like.
He argues that personal attacks on individuals developers are misplaced and wrong, and that gamers should be specific in their feedback to game companies about what they like and don’t like, as this will help those companies to make games that more closely meet gamers’ expectations in future.
The call comes amid a raft of recent layoffs at major gaming studios, and heightened discourse about the role and working practices of gaming developers, with some commentators criticising the industry’s working conditions.
