I have to give props to my friend Ted. We both vehemently disagree on this whole Naughty Dog leak situation. But we also appreciate each others' insights from opposite sides of the industry, and can disagree without lobbing insults at each other.
-
4/ So at the end of the day, no, I don't think that this fervor being stirred up by a handful of YouTubers with an axe to grind is really that big of a deal. Every game goes through iterative development, and the ending now simply might not be what it ships with.
So many games nowadays seem to be subject to this sort of ginned-up controversy. From the right you hear "This game promotes the LGBT community, boo hoo hoo!" From the left, "This game promotes fascism, boo hoo hoo!" Yet they're simply art pieces that you make of what you will.
