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Game Over: The Beginning of the End of Harassment in Games

Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 2, 2021

Last week was all about the news on the State of California’s lawsuit against Activision Blizzard over allegations of sexual harassment. 1 Acknowledge the problem and your own role in solving it Harassment is (and has been for a long time) a HUGE problem. 2 Form Code of Conduct and anti-harassment policies.

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Jared Creasy: “Combat online toxicity by building healthy communities”

PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Research from takethis.org reveals some startling statistics: “6 out of 10 players have quit a session due to hate and harassment.” ” “Avoid prone-to-heated-argument topics like religion and politics.” ” “6 out of 10 players have refrained from spending money on a game due to its community.”

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You may have heard of the controversy at Kotaku where they got blacklisted by Nintendo, so they resorted to reporting leaks on Tears of the Kingdom because they didn’t get an early review copy of the game. Is anyone in the right or the wrong here?

Ask a Game Dev

MAY 11, 2023

To my knowledge, there has never been any blacklisting or retaliation for the news like Riot’s internal sexual harassment issues, Blizzard’s predatory leadership problems, political issues like Blitzchung and Hong Kong, DICE and Battlefield’s loot box problems, or player-unfriendly monetization practices.

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Introducing Community Health on AWS

AWS Games

JULY 28, 2022

A 2021 study by the anti-defamation league found that 83 percent of adults experienced harassment while playing online games, and 67 percent of respondents to a 2021 Unity Technologies study said they would likely leave a game if they experienced disruptive or toxic behavior.

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Biggest Headlines of Last Year

Game Dev Unchained

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Small voices were being magnified as Activision/Blizzard was at its heel defending from harassment allegations. Topics discussed in this episode: 0282: Roundtable News | Blizzard Under Fire. Last year was nothing short of amazement. After a few settlement and shuffling it appeared to have affected its sell off this year.

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On the topic of generative AI, what jobs are game companies looking to replace with it first? I imagine that concept art is going to be one the easiest things to replace and I harass some games are using AI to fill out voice over work ( AI is a major sticking point between game companies and the voice actor union right now), but what other jobs are at risk of being replaced?

Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 15, 2024

Honestly, right now it's actually rather difficult to replace entire jobs with generative AI. It's much more of a situation where AI would be used to augment and fill in small knowledge gaps rather than replace contributions from individual developers.

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Acquisitions & VR Failures

Game Dev Unchained

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

It’s no secret that Activision/Blizzard has been facing inner turmoil with harassment claims and allegations piling up and unfair practices within the workplace. Topics discussed in this episode: 0:00 AppFigures. Whatever the case, there is a major shift in hierarchy and game developers have more leverage than ever.

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Upcoming CIMFest Keynote: Flavored by Authenticity

Game Design Aspect

JUNE 9, 2021

It's completely different from the LudoNarraCon one even though the topic is the same. Roundtable: Creating Non-Toxic Gamer Communities (1 PM Eastern) What game design principles can be used to promote friendlier and harassment-free communities? If you missed our SXSW panel , you can catch it here on the SXSW 2021 YouTube channel.

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Creator autonomy takes center stage at GDC

Game Daily

MARCH 21, 2023

The Future of Play In “ The Future of Play ” on Wednesday lunchtime, GDC’s main stage plays host to a potentially fascinating slate of topics that touch upon the changing interface between the games themselves, and the lives and well-being of the people who make them.

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How I Deal With Harassment, Abuse, and Crazies In General.

The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Whenever I write about a topic that upsets me, I calm myself by illustrating it with charming, reassuring stock photos. Some of these questions regard advice on how to deal with being harassed online. Some of these questions regard advice on how to deal with being harassed online. Harassment is real, and it has a real effect.

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Transgender Visibility Within The Games Industry

OPM Jobs

MARCH 31, 2023

This is largely thought to be due to the increased likeliness of social rejection, harassment and bullying. The transgender community is statistically more likely to suffer from stress through anxiety or depression. So why not make games that affirm their existence? This is where video games could change lives.

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The curious case of Google removing over 77% of all our positive reviews

Greenheart Games

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Surely, an algorithm could help there… Anyway, more on the topic of the incredible eco-system of pirated APKs, in a future report. The policies page mentioned by Google is divided into two sections. – Patrick Klug. Greenheart Games.

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On Backtracking in Roguelikes

Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Here we’re primarily talking about the player revisiting earlier floors on their journey, rather than backtracking within a single map (though I’ll cover that topic a bit separately at the end), and our discussion focuses on roguelikes of the dungeon delving variety, since open world games generally allow backtracking by default.

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