[KittenInABox]

I have seen game devs that are public with what company they work for also get death threats/hatred/etc whenever a game comes out that flops even if they didn't work on it specifically. Gamers can come off as a really political audience with a lot of grift money to be made on culture war stuff so it makes sense if you're an apolitical gamedev to stfu.

[Agentlien]

I've also received surprising levels of vitriol here on HN when I mentioned working for EA (which I did 2015-2019).

[natebc]

There's gamers here too. I'm always surprised at the tonal change in a comment thread on a game related post here.

Sorry we're such a nasty audience. It's not all of us for what little that's worth.

[johnnyanmac]

Ahh yes, AKA The Devil. From the Bible. Big fan of his work. /s

Yeah, it sucks. Some people can't separate the grunts just working on features from the suits up top who manage a lot of the things they actual hate. Don't shoot the messenger.