10 Ways The Gaming Industry Can Improve

1. A Healthier Online Discourse

As games evolve, they regularly provoke emotional responses that we often take to the internet to release. Be it unabashed joy, pure devastation or intense anger, the online sphere is the only real source of nerdy conversation between video game enthusiasts, and when burning passions collide, they often do so in spectacular fashion.

Criticism for your favourite game can so regularly spark an involuntary response, which is perhaps natural, but transferring that rage into online words only adds to an increasingly toxic online space.

Instances like The Last of Us Part II's release and Battlefield 1's addition of women on the front line both triggered negative conversation, and while disagreement is welcome, vitriol is something that the community has no place for. There's no denying that constructive dialogue between gamers, from developers to gamers or even the other way around is vital to maintaining an efficient ecosystem.

Video game fans are some of the warmest, most passionate people around. Conventions and meet-ups are evidence of this, and ensuring our online persona matches our physical presence is something that we can all aim to achieve.