The article discusses the disturbing trend of toxicity within online gaming communities, particularly how critics sometimes target developers personally instead of providing constructive feedback. Mark Darrah, a prominent figure in the Dragon Age series, criticized the culture of cruelty that emerges when gamers express dissatisfaction. In his YouTube video "Your $70 Doesn't Buy You Cruelty," he highlights how misplaced anger at developers can result from a lack of understanding of game development complexities. He encourages a healthier dialogue around dissatisfaction with games, pushing for empathy rather than hostility against those responsible for game creation.
When you've been on the internet as long as I have, you get the distinct displeasure of watching cycles of toxicity repeat themselves ad nauseam.
Rather than devoting energy to important matters, a subset of the internet will create and participate in online campaigns to harass developers who made a video game they didn't like.
Too many people online resort to cruelty and personal attacks, typically without understanding how a thing they're unsatisfied with ends up the way it does in the final product.
Darrah’s video emphasizes that while criticism is warranted, it should never cross the line into personal attacks against the developers.
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