Developer thinks E3 announcements are “mass murder” fantasies

Prominent indie developer Jonathan Blow has spoken out strongly against the games released at this year’s E3 conference.

Taking to Twitter, Blow called out game developers for “working very hard to build fantasies about how cool it is to be a mass murderer.”

Other developers (including Markus “Notch” Persson) retaliated by saying that “studios big enough to be at E3 are the ones that make games people want.”

You can watch the drama unfold below:

The lesson of E3: Game studios are working very hard to build fantasies about how cool it is to be a mass murderer.

— Jonathan Blow (@Jonathan_Blow) June 13, 2016

That's backwards. The studios big enough to be at e3 are the ones that make games people want. Not that you'd know. https://t.co/u31I5cGc9Q

— Markus Persson (@notch) June 13, 2016

So it's us CONSUMERS who want to play out power fantasies. The studios just want to make money. But being edgy sure is cool.

— Markus Persson (@notch) June 13, 2016

@Jonathan_Blow Because video games are above criticism!

— Tommy Refenes (@TommyRefenes) June 13, 2016

To all the people mad at me for saying this … Why are you so threatened by an obviously true statement?

— Jonathan Blow (@Jonathan_Blow) June 13, 2016

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