The fate of Alexis Kennedy's contribution to DA4

I’m glad someone at Failbetter decided to make such a comprehensive post. A lot of things about Kennedy’s post pinged me as him trying to do damage control rather than honestly speak about his actions. Am pretty surprised he outright lied as much as he did about such verifiable things, though, guess he was hoping no one would call him on his bullshit. Well, he certainly did a good job of digging himself deeper into the hole he’s made for himself.

Thing is that we do have both sides of the story, we have corroborating evidence and witnesses. At this point in time, and even prior to Myers' post, acting as if there was little or nothing supporting victims claims apart from their public accusations is indeed an act of passing judgment that scrutinizes one side a lot more than the other.

All of this is kind of a moot point no? Didn't someone from BioWare already state that they are not using Kennedy's contributions because of the switch to Joplin?

I understand 'withholding judgement', but - as mentioned - there was more in the ether about Kennedy's faults than just accusations of one or two victims. Failbetter and people who worked there appear to have wholly sided with victims and they know both sides best on personal and professional level. I have no idea what Bioware folks knew, but it increasingly appears that they know more than the public, so their siding with victims can be viewed as a tell as well.

Anyway - examining these kinds of situations from all angles is all fine and good IMO - I think the world overall could use more care when it comes to passing judgement on many things. But demanding an unspecified 'burden of proof' from victims or expecting them to go through many legal hoops regardless whether it's even possible or helpful ain't a thing that speaks of neutrality on the matter. Be it in this case or in many others victims that come out present public testimonies, oftentimes with details, find corroborating witnesses or we see a slew of people coming out saying that they believe victims based on their personal experiences with perpetrator among other things... is such is the case, making it seem like victims did little to nothing to prove their claims doesn't look that fair or impartial to me. 

I'm not sure if this could be called outright 'victim shaming', but from what I've seen, heard or experienced, it does have a chilling effect on people.

It certainly appears that way.  Granted, I didn't know much about him, aside from really enjoying Fallen London, until this all blew up.

- This was Mark's tweet. It's not explicit, but you can argue it does imply they're not using his work.

Mark Darrah @biomarkdarrah
Dragon Age did work with Alexis Kennedy on a previous incarnation of the game. We no longer have a working relationship with him.