Though Twitch's response was welcome, it's still a rather weak one that seems all the milder when prominent figures within that scene, such as Duncan 'Thorin' Shields, came out to defend the use of that language. It was a reminder of where our industry is really at. don't belong in the games industry."Īt the end of this year's Pride month popular streamers Mohamad "m0E" Assad and Steven "Destiny" Bonnell II were both served 30 day suspensions on Twitch for homophobic slurs. Calling it out usually gets an, 'oh, it's just a joke, I don't really mean it' response but even if that's the case for 90 per cent of the people who say that stuff, there's still a huge portion of people who genuinely think that woman, queer people, people of colour, etc. You only need to spend a few minutes in most online competitive games before you're called a homophobic or racist slur. "While the workplace side is generally pretty good (in my experience!), gamers are often not quite so welcoming.
"I think it would, however, be difficult to ignore the elephant in the room of Gamergate and its ilk," they told me.
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"I think it varies a fair amount depending on the company, but the professional industry as a whole is relatively liberal and therefore I think people are either not queerphobic or sensible enough to hide it within a professional setting. I spoke to Hannah, a queer game developer of seven years, about their experience in the industry and despite my concerns, there's plenty to be proud of. No efforts to help out queer developers, to boost their presence on platforms like Steam.
No public donations to LGBT charities, shelters or activist groups. It was still more than what most companies did. ❤️?? ??? /GDtQO2e3Nx- PlayStation UK JTo see this content please enable targeting cookies. Last year’s festival was inspiring, and because #PrideMatters to PlayStation, we’re proud to be sponsoring for the second year.