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That seems like the last person who should be taking about that.



Whatever issues you have with Fortnite probably don't have much to do with her. She left in 2017. Until the tail end of her tenure, Fortnite was a very different game.


Well, Fortnite Save the World launched with paid loot boxes, so...


Doesn't mean she's personally responsible for that choice, though. More likely than not the requirement was handed down by suits with MBAs


As was said in other threads, what she writes is more comparable to cigarette industry or casino operators than to ethical design. Therefore, even if she wasn't directly responsible for the loot boxes, she seems to have thoroughly internalized and rationalized the unethical design of the game.


I get what you're trying to say, but I don't think we should turn off industry experts because of their past.




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