Fan entitlement: how developers deal with the haters

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Fan entitlement: how developers deal with the haters

Added: 20.04.2014 12:00 | 10 views | 0 comments

From the OXM archive: The minds behind Devil May Cry, Battlefield 3 and Aliens talk fury and feedback.
According to Gearbox Software's Brian Thomas, cinematic director for Aliens: Colonial Marines, human beings need to be taught the art of being nice to each other. "One of my degrees is in Political Science, and I had a Political Polling professor tell us that his number one rule was that angry people have the easiest time talking to you," he explained to me at a recent preview event, discussing certain tempestuous responses to the game's interpretation of Alien lore. "Because it's a really easy thing to grasp and articulate, usually in a curse towards you. Positivity is a harder thing to grasp, because we're not trained to actively go to another person and say something positive to them unprompted."