Friday’s State Of Play Is All About Hogwarts Legacy, A Game That Cannot Catch A Break

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   louie

   March 15, 2022 at 10:59 am

   The problem is gonna be if the game is successful then they’re going to be locked in for DLC or a sequel to milk their new cash cow game series. Fans have been jumping up and down for this series since the the start of the franchise and if the developers have done anywhere near close to a decent job, JKR’s name on the IP isn’t going to make a difference to their want to play a game that was 20 years in the making. Avalanche, while it’s doing its best to stay away from the bullshit, is going to be subject to this for as long as the game series last.

   JKR should keep her mouth shut for once in her life, if only for all of the other people working on her properties who are being harassed due to her behaviour. For someone who claims to be an advocate that stands up for others, she never does that with the workers attached to Harry Potter. While it might be largely the world’s crazies harassing these people and they’re responsible for their own actions, JKR is far from helping.

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      locksterr

      March 16, 2022 at 2:35 am

      Huh?

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         louie

         March 16, 2022 at 12:45 pm

         The harassment of the devs is never going to end if this series does well, because JKR can’t shut the hell up. It’s a sad situation for all of the people minding their own business, then getting harassed because she feels the need to have a Twitter meltdown every week.

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            sofunnyiweep

            March 16, 2022 at 1:06 pm

            While I’m sure there are people who have projected their ire in the developer’s direction (this is true no matter which developer or which game), the controversies around this developer actually have nothing to do with the HPL property or its attachment to JKR. The ire this developer has received is entirely centred on sexual harassment claims which eventually lead to a departure.

            By all means, JKR really does need to simmer down and think about the people she’s causing harm to (incl. the LGBT+ community which she is insistent on trying to divide), but the people who work on the HP property aren’t being victimised by people who want to stick it to JKR.

            In fact, HP remains popular even among those who are fans that JKR has actively made a point of denigrating. Fact is, for many, many people, the story of HP really did add value to their lives, despite JKR’s reactionary hackery. So even if all of these fans and advocacy groups hated her (to be sure, they do), they aren’t attacking the others attached to the IP on the basis of professional associations (several degrees removed) with JKR.

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