For the Fans? Or By the Fans?
The disruption between creator and consumer.
7 min readMar 14, 2022
In 2012 the final video game of the Mass Effect trilogy was released to widespread outrage from fans of the franchise. As the finale of an epic sci-fi opera its ending was deemed insufficient by its player base. Criticisms and outright bile was poured, not just on the game itself but its development team. Death threats were received along…