On an average day, my friends might ask me how my work is going. I smile, tell them “It’s going great,” and then start a story about one of the shittiest things they’ve ever heard. And now I may give you the summary.
The spooky season is upon us, but the chronic online gamers are coming my box know that terrible shit is happening in our space all the time. It’s not just the games that are occasionally terrifying – it’s also how the industry grinds people to dust, how giant corporations increasingly try to screw up the average consumer, and how abuse of power comes as no surprise.
Some of this year’s scariest gaming news is sad. Some of them are funny. Others will make you tear your hair out over the general state of the world. But hey, me too! Let’s be scared and [some other unidentifiable emotion] together!
