Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Seeing Ubisoft ban jerks in Rainbow Six is now my favorite part of the game

Toxicity in online video games has been out of control for a long time — and curbing it has seemed like a hopeless enterprise. But Ubisoft’s rampage against racist trolls in the past week in Rainbow Six: Siege has given me hope that game developers are finally demonstrating the courage to change things.

I’ve been playing Siege since it came out for the PC in 2015. It has become an outstanding game in its class: a polished experience filled with tense moments and kinetic spectacle. But like so many other online games, it has also been filled with disgusting trolls who make outrageous comments in chat and over voice communications. The ability to mute them individually is nice, but it means you’re always one step behind them. There’s no...

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