So, a🧵from someone who has an inkling of how these things come about, and for those who might be interested to know how to avoid it. This isn’t a narrative issue in the way it might appear. IMHO it's come about due to narrative/level design & object placement misalignment. 1/16

https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/1617805958452842497

This is not meant to serve as a critique of the game. I've not played it. But more a general look behind the scenes of development and how things like this can occur for those who are not already reliving their personal narrative traumas. 2/16

As a number of game writers have received the same blanket email asking ‘how do I sell my great story idea to EA?’ I thought I’d put together a thread on how writing works in the game industry (as I've experienced it) & the kind of roles there are for external writers. /1 I’m focusing on external writers because that’s what I’ve always worked as. (Please mute me for a bit if this isn’t something you want to hear about.) /2

So. Been watching this and I have some thoughts.

https://twitter.com/robingaming/status/1013452941133582336

Robin talks about guys being unfairly maligned because they just ‘prefer to play as guys’. They’ve had the luxury of preference because they’ve always catered been for. I just had to accept that it would largely be a bunch of dudes, and the smallest sneezing of female characters.

As someone who has worked on 4 female led AAA titles, I want to say a few words about this Battlefield hoo-ha. Whilst they may recreate some historical elements, let’s not pretend the Battlefield games are super realistic portrayals of warfare. They’re not. Yes, women have been involved in wars, in many different roles. Since time immemorial we have always fought. So let’s celebrate that.