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.
How is it that gaming as both an industry and as a hobby so consistently manages to attract the worst people you can imagine?
It’s an escapist thing. People just trying to escape the reality of their lives.