Standard: Think of the hazards associated with developing a video game and the possibility of receiving death threats probably won’t rank very highly. But Sean Murray, 36-year-old architect of the upcoming No Man’s Sky, is talking me through how a release date wrangle over his newest title led to a wave of violent online invective. “I had written a blog post for Sony that was going to announce the delay,” says Murray in the PlayStation maker’s sunny Soho office.
"It was so offensive to me"
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dat beard tho!!! lol!
Congrats on all the hard work Sean, a few more days and you can sleep... and have a shower.... and shave. Yes, you can shave.
"Still, Murray didn’t inform the police. “I think the level of crazy you have to be to be mean to someone on the internet and the level of crazy you have to be to actually do those things is really different,” reasons the Cork-born developer. Maybe."
No, not maybe. He has the exact right attitude to take with internet death threats. People say stupid things when they're angry or upset and what they say gets even worse when they're completely anonymous. Pearl clutching and freaking out about nasty comments on the internet is the worst way to respond, and Sean Murray totally has the right attitude.
this man lied about so much stuff about in (or not in now) this game. once the game bombs i hope no publisher thinks twice about funding another game for him.
* Sean Murray's Playoff beard.