On another note, many have asked for my opinion on Paranautical Activity being removed from Steam due to one of the developers going on a rampage on Twitter which included a "Threat" to kill Gabe Newell. I supported those guys when I felt they were being made an example of unfairly when Valve denied putting them on Steam even though they had Adult Swim as a publisher. It was a pointless situation because soon afterwards Valve let publishers dump whatever tat they wanted on the store, meaning that the game was in my view unfairly treated. However, all that said, I believe that they have been fairly punished in this instance. You cannot act that way in public. Twitter is not a place where you can just shout into the void. You are shouting publicly to an audience of people who has the ability so spread what you say to thousands in a heartbeat. You can put in all the disclaimers you want but the reality is that when you tweet you represent your company in some capacity and there are real consequences to that. I feel sorry for the rest of the team and the game is good enough to be on Steam (though certainly it is not a great game), but there are consequences to acting that way that everyone should remember. Threatening to kill the CEO of the store you're trying to sell your game on and calling their employees incompetent is a PR disaster and you must accept the outcome of doing something like that. Twitter sucks, we'd all be better off without it. Whoever thought it was a good idea to make it really quick and easy to say a stupid thing to the entire internet that will stick with you for life has a lot to answer for, but this guy isn't a child and he has to live with the consequences of his actions, consequences which I believe to be fair. I can't and won't defend them.
