According to over a dozen current and former employees, Life Is Strange developer Deck Nine’s management has long let a toxic work culture fester at the studio, including protecting multiple abusive leaders, encouraging crunch, and allowing bullying of individuals advocating internally for more authentic representation.

Early last year, while working on the next entry in the Life Is Strange franchise, a few developers at Deck Nine stumbled upon something that didn’t belong in their game: Nazi symbols.

Initially, developers noticed a reference to the number 88, and flagged the issue to their bosses assuming it was an innocent mistake. But in the ensuing weeks, others found more problematic signs and in-universe labels, such as references to a racist meme, the number 18, and the Hagal rune. As the number of possible hate symbols mounted, staff grew increasingly concerned that someone was putting these items in their game deliberately as a dog whistle to white supremacists.

  • bahbah23@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    3 months ago

    Does bigotry just go hand-in-hand with people being willing to step on other people to get ahead?

    I’m pretty sure that’s the main point of bigotry

    • Mossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.socialEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      Sure, when it comes to stepping on people you’re prejudiced against. However what about in a general sense? Does it make stepping on others easier in general, even if they’re the same as you?

      • xkforce@lemmy.worldEnglish
        131·
        3 months ago

        There is no group of people that cant be othered. Women, minorities, LGBT, people that differ in religious/areligious beliefs, physical characteristics like weight, mental disorders and neurodiversity, poverty/lower income, the list goes on