So how about that immigration ban? How has the gaming community responded to it? The game development scene is one that prizes what the Assassin’s Creed intros would call “a multicultural team of various religious faiths and beliefs” and the ban’s deeply botched rollout has only served to get in the way of developers from the nations affected. Here is a quick rundown of the responses in the community.
Devolver Digital – The prolific and popular publisher of indie products has long been a shining beacon of creativity and class. Even while putting out games splattered with pixelated gore like Hotline Miami and Mother Russia Bleeds. In response to this, they’ve promised to demo games for developers stuck outside of the U.S. at the Game Developers Conference completely free. A spot there is worth its weight in gold and Devolver’s name carries weight.
Insomniac Games – The developer behind Ratchet and Clank and the upcoming Spiderman game for PS4 released a video condemning the ban as unconstitutional, un-American and urging action, noting how much of their team are immigrants.
Harmonix – The popular music game developer released this doozy of a rebuttal.
We encourage everyone to work together constructively to make your voices heard. pic.twitter.com/tM07yqygiL
— Harmonix (@Harmonix) February 1, 2017
The American Civil Liberties Union – This group is actively litigating the Trump Administration, provoked in part because of his unofficial war with the press and his current Orwellian Editor tendencies. Polytron is selling FEZ for whatever people will pay for it and then
Remember, this will go on for four solid years. We are the majority. And the theme song of the majority is Rage Awakened.
Scream to the heavens! Scream at that rock! Scream in front of the White House! Scream just because! Take a cough drop because you screamed too much! Scream because Kingdom Hearts III doesn’t look like it’s coming out in your lifetime!
Logan Graham is a junior studying media arts with a focus in games and animation at Ohio University. Please note that the views and opinions of the columnists do not reflect those of The Post. How do you feel about the developer's response to the 'immigration ban?' Let him know by emailing him at lg261813@ohio.edu.
