melodioustear.bsky.social
she/her. disabled, autistic/adhd & queer. PhD @ university of kent, researching embodied Madness in interactive media through a Mad and crip lens. occasional nerd musician & twitch streamer. recklessenough.com aka rebecca milton
👤 Joined on 02 August 2023
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@melodioustear.bsky.social@melodioustear.bsky.social → @recklessenough.com@recklessenough.com → @melodioustear.bsky.socialDragon Age singlehandedly launched an entire generation of game devs
Show PostThere is something so soul crushing about creating art that pushes the needle in the games industry, only to be thanked by using the capital gained from said art to push the ones who created it out of a job.
Show PostI don't think readers understand how much influence Bioware has had on authors in the last twenty years. We owe Bioware so much. No Dragon Age means no body horror means I don't write body horror into my work, for example.
Show PostAnd there it is. Unicronic Arts finally fucking did it. Simply vile. The damage EA (and every company like it) has done to both videogames and the artists who make them can never be overstated. They sabotaged this fucking industry and they deserve to burn.
Show PostI feel like people armchair diagnosing here also seem to ignore that you can be neurodivergent and completely culpable for what one does.
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