Breaking Up With Love and Deepspace: A Gamer’s Disillusionment Over Controversy
A GameSpot editor recounts attending Love and Deepspace’s second anniversary, detailing censorship pressure from Infold to avoid depicting men, the controversial Valko rollout that was deleted after backlash, and how the studios’ capitulation to harassment eroded the author’s trust and joy in the game, ultimately leading them to delete the title and end a two-year relationship with a game they once cherished for women players.