…well… let’s not pretend that the internet mob is completely rational in all its brigading… the pitchforks come out and get pointed in various directions for no good reason quite often…
I can’t really blame anyone working in PR for feeling the need to tread carefully. That said, it’s probably time we had some fair trade/labor practice disclosure standards for video games and/or computer software in general.
That shouldn’t be too extreme an idea to be practical - we have such things in other industries already, like clothing and food production.
I would love for you to defend that logic in like any other scenario. Hey, that drug company didn’t need to say that the children’s cancer medicine they we’re making was really just Zima, that would have just upset the people with pitchforks.
It might be the pitchforks.
If you don’t like pitchforks, don’t do things that invite pitchforks. It’s really that simple.
…well… let’s not pretend that the internet mob is completely rational in all its brigading… the pitchforks come out and get pointed in various directions for no good reason quite often…
I can’t really blame anyone working in PR for feeling the need to tread carefully. That said, it’s probably time we had some fair trade/labor practice disclosure standards for video games and/or computer software in general.
That shouldn’t be too extreme an idea to be practical - we have such things in other industries already, like clothing and food production.
I’m surprised we don’t have disclosures for working conditions. Gamers like the suffering of developers. It’s part of the power fantasy.
I would love for you to defend that logic in like any other scenario. Hey, that drug company didn’t need to say that the children’s cancer medicine they we’re making was really just Zima, that would have just upset the people with pitchforks.
So you’re saying it’s not the pitchforks?