A Prominent Accessibility Advocate Worked With (Game) Studios and Inspired Change. But She Never Actually Existed.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/40412767
Weirdest gaming story I've heard this year
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That story is wild. That dude is just making up girlfriends with disabilities to... make change?
To fund his resources for change
Wow. I've seen this exact story (fake Internet person garners wide sympathy right up til tragic death) at least 3 other times with varying details. Two specific ones were "deaf", I guess to be able to dodge requests for phone interviews. Maybe with voice deepfaking they'll be able to put that aside in the future.
This is one of those rare cases where the ends might actually justify the means