Notorious_handholder@lemmy.worldtoGames@lemmy.world•The Writer Of Dragon Age's Emmrich And Josephine Has Departed BioWareEnglish
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9 hours agoWhen it comes to the games industry, it’s a lot more common for that to happen, especially with writers and musicians so it’s not that weird to jump to that conclusion.
The whole industry is still fairly new and has a lot of… Lets say Immature and big ego people. This wouldn’t even be the third time this year I’ve heard of a big name or group in the games industry being bullied or harassed out of a position by jealous coworkers or managers with inflated egos.
I mean, you really only need one to understand just how bad it is and why it is not that hard to imagine being “pushed out” as a possibility
https://writersguild.org.uk/gameswriters/
Especially when bioware has already been accused of doing this in the past and has treated some of their writers with a view of resentment
https://filmstories.co.uk/news/writers-were-quietly-resented-at-bioware-says-lead-writer-of-dragon-age/
https://thatparkplace.com/toxic-echoes-and-unmet-expectations-bioware-whistleblowers-detail-veilguards-collapse/
Harrassment and bullying in the video game industry is a well known about issue especially over ego and creative decisions “pushing people out”. You can find articles about how common place it is or specific scandals spanning just about every studio or publisher going back years. It’s pretty ubiquitous in the industry second to Hollywood probably in how common it happens